Outpatient/DBT Therapist

About the role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Responsibilities

• Provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to individuals and their families.
• Participates actively in all relevant team, supervision, and general staff meetings to enhance the services of Community Services Group.
• Reports to the Program Coordinator or Director.
• Provides treatment services to families including therapy, skills training, and education designed to enable families to care for their mentally ill or emotionally disturbed children in the home.
• Works closely with other mental health specialists, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, case managers, psychiatric nurses, school counselors, and behavioral health providers.
• Provides diagnostic and therapeutic services in accordance with standards applicable to mental health professionals.
• Provides individual, family and/or group counseling services to children, adolescents, and families.
• Provides on-call services as scheduled by the Program Director.
• Actively participates in clinical team and staff meetings.
• Provides clinical counseling in community settings, when applicable.
• Collaborates with other professionals, but primarily works independently.
• Possesses knowledge of behavioral health diagnosis and coding for children/adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
• Ability to collaborate with the family and/or primary caregiver and/or other members of the healthcare team.
• DBT Therapist: provides comprehensive DBT treatment with fidelity to the model, working with both adolescents and adults.
• Provides DBT individual therapy, DBT skills group, and DBT coaching call service.
• Conducts DBT assessments.
• Utilizes core DBT techniques, including diary card review, chain analysis, skills coaching, and the target hierarchy.
• Attends the DBT consultation team consistently to discuss client cases, therapist needs, and program issues.
• Completes the DBT foundational training, required mentoring, and homework assignments (including session observation/videotaping).
• Commits to providing treatment for two years after completing training.
• Develops a therapeutic rapport with clients and team members.
• Willing to accept constructive feedback and show a willingness for change within the consultation team.

Qualifications

This position requires one of the following combinations of education and experience: Master’s or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling, psychology or a related field; AND Licensed as one of the following: Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), License Associate Marriage and Family Therapy (LAMFT) or License Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Prescription, & Vision Insurance available for employees, spouses, domestic partners, & dependents who qualify.
• Generous Paid Time Off & Other Paid Leave
• Extensive Paid Training
• Career Development Opportunities
• Flexible Pay Options through myFlexPay
• Family Medical and Parental Leave
• Flexible spending accounts for medical & dependent care
• Traditional or Roth 401K Plans with up to 4% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life Insurance
• Wellness Opportunities
• Tuition Assistance
• Mentor/Mentee Opportunities
• Health Insurance & Benefits availability will vary.

Pay

Starting salary: LSW/LAPC/LAMFT- $50,000. LPC/LCSW/LMFT- $55,000. Negotiable based on experience/licensure.

Schedule

Full-Time (40 hrs./wk.) Monday to Friday office hours with 2 evenings per week.