Psychotherapist

About the role

The Therapist in the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic provides competent, patient-centered, best-practice and evidence-based behavioral health and wellness services under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the Clinic’s capacity to provide psychotherapy including individual, couple, and family services in the clinic that are high quality and patient centered.
• Conduct intake, assessment, treatment planning and therapy throughout the care and discharge processes, including follow-up care.
• Participate in the delivery of other behavioral health and wellness services that are guided by educational, psycho-educational, and psychotherapeutic perspectives and at various levels of practice.
• Engage in various administrative tasks related to a variety of behavioral health and wellness services (e.g., program and policy development/maintenance, marketing, research activities).
• Manage each treatment plan in consultation with appropriate persons and service providers.
• Act as a liaison between patients and their collateral contacts.
• Prepare, formulate and evaluate an appropriate treatment plan for each assigned patient, based on assessment and diagnosis, focusing on improving each patient’s total quality of life.
• Ensure that all necessary information, documents, and evaluations are in the official case record.
• Develop knowledge of and maintain regular communication with the emerging specialized service providers and other circles of care/treatment providers (agency and community resources) to facilitate patient access and to continually coordinate care.
• Regularly report to the Director of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic on all assigned responsibilities.
• Adhere to all agency policies, including Confidentiality, Employee Handbook, Health Care Corporate Compliance Plan, Standards of Conduct, and other relevant policies.

Requirements

• An accredited Master’s degree in one of the following disciplines: Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Licensure as an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), or LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) in the state of service.
• Experience providing in-person, video-based and telephone-based therapy.
• Experience in providing behavioral health and wellness services, both mental health and substance abuse services.
• Knowledge of, and a skill base for behavioral health and wellness programming, both mental health and substance abuse services.
• Knowledge of and experience treating co-occurring disorders.
• Understanding of a variety of best-practices and evidence-based practices in behavioral health and wellness.
• Demonstrated commitment to cultural sensitivity and cultural accountability.
• Understanding that as a therapist in the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic, you serve as one member of a team offering services.
• Will value diversity and provide equitable treatment to patients, clients, champions and others.
• Ability to be flexible in hours.
• Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual) is a plus.
• HIV experience in a not-for-profit environment.

Qualifications

• Accredited Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Licensed LCSW, LPC, or LMFT in the state of service.
• Experience in providing in-person, video-based, and telephone-based therapy.
• Experience in providing behavioral health and wellness services, including mental health and substance abuse services.
• Knowledge of and experience treating co-occurring disorders.
• Understanding of best-practices and evidence-based practices in behavioral health and wellness.
• Demonstrated commitment to cultural sensitivity and cultural accountability.
• Understanding of the role as a member of a team offering services.
• Ability to be flexible in hours.
• Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual).
• HIV experience in a not-for-profit environment.

Skills

• Flexible scheduling to accommodate on-call/after-hours care.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize responsibilities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of and experience treating co-occurring disorders.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off, including 12 paid holidays.
• 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%.
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits.
• Employer paid short and long-term disability.
• Tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance.

Pay

$70,000/annually (Depending on Experience)

Schedule

Flexibility in scheduling to accommodate on-call/after-hours care.