What are the responsibilities and job description for the School-Based Outpatient Therapist position at Strategic Therapy Associates Inc?
Strategic Therapy Associates is an established, state-wide mental health provider. We are seeking a School-Based ased Outpatient Therapist (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LMHP-R, or LMHP-S) to provide counseling services to students in the Roanoke public school system. School-Based Outpatient Therapists have the option to work under a 10 month contract or a 12 month contract.
Strategic Therapy Associates helps clients resolve mental health issues that are putting them in an at-risk status, moving them toward positive change and self-sufficiency. We use and teach family systems interventions in our work with families.
Benefits:
- Schedule that matches the school calendar
- Opportunities for Bonuses
- *$12, 000 Hiring Bonus for Full-Time Hires
- On-going Training and Learning Opportunities
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Medical Insurance (company pays 75% of employee premium) Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Long Term Disability
- Supplemental Insurance Benefit Options
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Universal Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- 401K Retirement Plan With Company Match
- Tuition Discounts With Partnering Universities
- Free CEUs Through Partnering Universities
- Clinical supervision toward professional licensure (LCSW, LPC and/or LMFT)
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Carry a caseload of outpatient therapy clients, providing mental health counseling services to students in a school-based setting.
- Overseeing referrals, completing assessments, and working closely with case managers, school personnel, and guardians.
- Empower clients to resolve the issues that can lead to out-of-school placements, or that may result in institutionalization if not effectively remedied via lesser restrictive measures.
- Establish rapport quickly and employ creative, appropriate therapeutic techniques to best meet the needs of the individual client.
- Complete the required clinical documentation.
- Outside of the school year, outpatient services may be provided in an office-based setting and caseload may also include other service types such as crisis intervention, in-home family therapy, and clinical assessments.
Attributes:
- Clinically sound.
- Family-oriented.
- Hopeful and optimistic that people can change.
- Flexible and willing to adjust practice for the betterment of clients.
- Open-minded and willing to learn and apply new strategies.
- Humble and good-humored.
Required Education and Qualification:
- Must have the ability to successfully register as a Resident in Counseling (LMHP-R) or a Supervisee in Social Work (LMHP-S) with the Virginia Board of Health Professions. Please visit this link for more information: https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/counseling or https://www.dhp.gov/social/default.htm/ or be an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW.
- Valid driver's license, auto insurance, own vehicle, satisfactory driving record & willingness to transport clients within the community
*Conditions apply, and licensure supervision is offered to masters-level staff at Strategic working in the intensive in-home program and is based on supervisor availability and after a period of employment (as determined by the director) in which the potential "resident" has been observed in clinical skill and in interactions in regular clinical supervision.
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