Mental Health Therapist

Job Description

Salary: $45,000 - $63,000

Strategic Therapy Associates is an established mental health provider with offices throughout Virginia. We are seeking Resident-Level Mental Health Therapists (LMHP-R, LMHP-S, LPC, LMFT, or LCSW) or Licensed Professionals to help clients resolve mental health issues that are putting them in an at-risk status, as we work toward eliminating the cause for out-of-home placement or institutionalization while moving them toward positive change and self-sufficiency. We help clients resolve their own problems and restore appropriate hierarchy within families. We use the Strategic Family Therapy treatment model in our work with families, and clinical supervision for our Resident-Level Therapists is geared from that perspective.

Benefits:

Flexible Schedule (as it relates to client availability)

Lucrative Earning Opportunities Including Regular 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 Insurance

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:

Provide outpatient therapy, clinical assessment, home, community, and/or school-based counseling, crisis services, and/or family therapy sessions for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Empower clients to resolve the issues that can lead to out-of-home and/or out-of-community 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.

Attributes:

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:

Previous work experience in mental health settings; previous work experience in community-based mental health settings is preferred.

Master's degree in human services related area (i.e. professional counseling, marriage & family therapy, social work).

If not a licensed professional, 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 their website for more information.

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.