Mental Health Therapist (Master's Level) NON-EXE
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GENERAL SUMMARY
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The Mental Health Therapist (Master’s Level) is responsible for conducting mental health assessments and providing evidence-based therapies to patients and their families under the supervision of a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. Reports to department leadership.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Conducts mental health evaluations to identify mental health symptoms and psychosocial stressors and/or supports to include chronic illness, trauma, disability, primary support group, educational experiences, social environment, legal system and other psychosocial or environmental factors.
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Develops an individualized treatment plan to address identified diagnoses and symptoms.
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Provides evidenced based therapies to children with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring acute or chronic illness, trauma, or disability.
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Completes comprehensive evaluations for review by the broader treatment team (such as treating MD referral source).
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Completes psychosocial evaluations, progress notes and individualized treatment plans in accordance with the established best practice and third-party guidelines.
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Evaluates children and adolescents at risk for harm to self or others to determine the appropriate level of care and facilitates admission to inpatient psychiatric facilities and/or referrals to other community mental health services, as appropriate.
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Obtains outcome measures, through use of psychometric tools to track clinical trends and share data on patient progress with collaborating physicians.
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Leads coordination efforts with patients' medical care providers to ensure seamless integration of medical and mental health care.
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Runs evidence-based groups as a co-facilitator.
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May participate in department on-call as needed.
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Performs all other duties as assigned.
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LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
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Required Licenses and/or Certifications
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- Must be in the process of working towards clinical hours of a current Virginia clinical license (Licensed Clinical Social Work or Licensed Professional Counselor).
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- Must complete all licensure requirements within 3 years.
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- Must complete all training requirements that is determined by department leadership, including MATCH and any other evidence-based trainings offered.
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Preferred Licenses and/or Certifications
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MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
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Required Education and Experience
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- Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or Mental Health required.
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- 6 months of therapy and assessment experience required.
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Preferred Education and Experience
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- One to two years of related work experience preferred (including internship) and approval letter toward clinical supervision.
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- Experience with implementing evidence-based treatments with children and families in both individual and group treatment modalities preferred.
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Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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- Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills necessary.
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- Ability to work as a multidisciplinary team member.
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- Position may require occasional travel to offsite locations.
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- Increased Security Clearance Required for Job Role in Children’s Pavilion: FBI fingerprinting, criminal background check, Child Protective Services registry search and National Sex Offender.
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WORKING CONDITIONS
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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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