Resident Marriage & Family Mental Health Clinician (LPC and/or LMFT)

Part-time position (minimum of 15 client sessions per week; potential to be hired for fewer than 15 client hours on a case-by-case basis). Minimal travel expected (0-10% of travel time, potential for multiple work sites).

About the role

FIVE18 Mental Health Clinical Training is a program designed to prioritize the clinician-in-training. Our goal is to provide training, experience, and supervision tailored to the individual to foster an environment that guides you directly toward your passions. Additionally, we offer quality supervision with no time commitment required post-licensure, all at no cost to you. At FIVE18, we invest in you.

The purpose of this position is to fulfill the mission of FIVE18 Counseling and FIVE18 Family Services by providing professional counseling that facilitates a collaborative process of growth and change with couples and families. The professional counseling services provided will be guided by professional ethics of the counseling field, best practice standards, and consistent with the Christian culture of FIVE18 Family Services.

Responsibilities

• Provides couples and/or family therapy to clients
• Ensures that counseling sessions begin and end on time
• Completes all required paperwork for client charts and billing in a timely manner
• Coordinates services with a multidisciplinary team, including social workers, administrative staff, medical staff, and community agencies
• Attends or cooperates with court proceedings and testifies in court as needed
• Completes all continuing educational requirements regarding marriage and family work needed to remain in good standing with licensing board
• Maintains client confidentiality and other ethical standards outlined by the state licensing board and participates in clinical supervision or consultation as needed
• Schedules follow-up sessions with clients, takes payments, and issues receipts
• Participates in team staff meetings and in FIVE18 all-staff meetings
• Participates in required trainings
• Works with supervisor to identify annual SMART(er) goals; participates in the quarterly reset using the C-BOS training library

Requirements

• Graduate degree in the Mental Health Field
• Board approval as a Licensed Resident in Counseling or Licensed Resident in Marriage and Family Therapy prior to onboarding
• Must be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing in the English language with proper etiquette
• Must have the clean and neat appearance of a business professional
• Must obtain and maintain personal malpractice insurance in compliance with state guidelines
• Must maintain active licensure with respective boards, including continuing education
• Strong preference for certifications in various methods of trauma-informed care and various marriage and family therapies

Qualifications

• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis and treatment of conditions found in the DSM-5 TR
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Knowledge of couple therapies, techniques, tools, and theorists (e.g., Gottman, IMAGO, Prepare-Enrich, SYMBIS)
• Knowledge of family therapies, techniques, tools, and theorists (e.g., IFS, Bowenian Family Systems, Structural, Strategic)
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, ethnicity, and cultures
• Knowledge of all pertinent insurance policies
• Basic computer proficiency (Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Internet, and Database applications)
• Current counseling/therapy techniques and methodologies

Skills

• Basic technological skills: using computers, fax machines, and telephones
• Skilled in assessment, evaluation, and application of appropriate therapeutic methods
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing
• Ability to report necessary counseling information in a clear, concise, and complete way
• Ability to make informed, objective decisions with integrity
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other team members
• Accuracy, accountability, active listening, ambition, analytical skills, autonomy
• Oral and written communication, customer-oriented approach, decision-making
• Diversity-oriented, empathetic, ethical, honesty/integrity, interpersonal skills
• Organized, problem-solving, relationship-building, reliability, self-motivated

Deliverables

• Meet with clients as scheduled and provide quality counseling and mental health services
• Maintain and monitor schedules
• Provide the number of clinical sessions each week as agreed upon in collaboration with the Director of Marriage & Relationship Services

Physical Demands

• Stand: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)
• Walk: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)
• Sit: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)
• Manually Manipulate: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)
• Reach Outward: Occasionally (up to 33% of the time)
• Reach Above Shoulder: Occasionally (up to 33% of the time)
• Squat or Kneel: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)
• Bend: Occasionally (up to 33% of the time)
• Grasp: Occasionally (up to 33% of the time)
• Speak: Frequently (33% - 66% of the time)

Other physical requirements include:

• Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth) – for reading and driving
• Sense of Sound – for answering, listening, and speaking on the telephone, as well as listening and speaking to clients, counselors, and other FIVE18 staff
• Sense of Smell – for safety in detection of hazardous fumes and/or smoke
• Sense of Touch – for handling tools and materials and accomplishing activities of daily living
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Sense of Balance – for standing and walking

Pay

Range from $22.25 to $23.75 per hour.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development opportunities
• Free supervision towards licensure
• Volunteer time off
• 401k (after 6 months)
• 401k matching (after 1 year)
• Potential for part-time Holiday PTO (after 1 year)