Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist - Hybrid

About the role

The Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist upholds the health center's mission to ensure access to recovery-oriented Behavioral Health services and resources that value dignity and worth of the person. This role commits to strong consumer satisfaction and delivery of high-quality clinical services that address the whole person, result in better health outcomes, and help maintain the fiscal and operational capacity of the Behavioral Health Department.

Location: Hybrid at 6120 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual and family therapy sessions, and groups as needed, to meet set productivity targets:
  • Adult Therapist: average of 24 sessions each week
  • Child/Adult Therapist: average of 23 sessions each week
  • Child Therapist: average of 22 sessions each week
• Complete all charting as required by contracted funding sources, including intakes, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, service logs, and discharge planning.
• Participate in regular supervision with designated Clinical and Administrative Supervisors, team meetings, case conferences, consultations, and interdisciplinary work groups.
• Provide crisis intervention: be immediately available during working hours for psychiatric emergencies and participate in regular on-call rotation after hours.
• Coordinate care with psychiatrists, medical staff, and refer clients to other levels of care or services as needed.
• Maintain competencies in mental health and substance abuse as required by licensing and funding bodies, including current PA license to practice.
• Collaborate with FPCSN Providers and staff to ensure integrated, person-centered care; attend and participate in case conferences, departmental, interdisciplinary, site-level, and network-level team meetings.
• Support FPCSN’s commitment to a trauma-informed system of care, recognizing and responding to the impact of traumatic stress on all individuals.

Requirements

• Earned master’s degree in social work, psychology, or an applied mental health related field.
• Licensure in the State of Pennsylvania: LCSW, LPC, or LMFT.
• Minimum of two years' experience as a licensed clinician providing therapy to individuals and families.
• Experience and competency conducting assessments and psychotherapy with individuals, families, couples, and groups with behavioral health challenges, including substance abuse.
• Experience with mental health crisis assessment and intervention.
• Effective and concise oral and written communication skills; ability to meet deadlines for clinical documentation.
• Maintain required training in mental health and/or subspecialties (e.g., children).
• Ability to utilize and follow mental health requirements set by state licensing bodies and insurance credentialing.
• Exhibit behaviors aligned with FPCSN’s organizational values, mission, and beliefs.
• Demonstrate cultural competence/proficiency and treat all individuals with respect and fairness.
• Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships based on respect, trust, and safety.
• Exemplary problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member; highly responsible, reliable, and courteous.
• Unconditional ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
• Exemplary organizational skills and ability to prioritize.

Physical Requirements

• Light lifting: exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
• Stand or sit for extended periods.
• Walk, use hands or fingers to handle or feel, climb stairs/ladders, talk, hear, and see.
• Pushing or pulling, repetitive motion, reaching (high or low), kneeling, stooping, crouching, or crawling.