Description
Primary Children's Center for Safe and Healthy Families is seeking a Mental Health Therapist to provide assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and their caregivers. The ideal candidate is passionate about trauma-informed care, values interdisciplinary collaboration, and is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health services to vulnerable youth and their families.
Responsibilities:
- Provide evidence-based outpatient mental health therapy to children and adolescents with histories of child maltreatment, trauma, and/or grief.
- Complete comprehensive behavioral health assessments, treatment planning, and ongoing clinical documentation.
- Deliver trauma-informed individual, family, and caregiver-focused interventions as clinically indicated.
- Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other multidisciplinary team members to coordinate patient care.
- Utilize evidence-based treatment approaches to address trauma-related symptoms, behavioral concerns, emotional regulation, grief, and family functioning.
- Engage caregivers as active participants in treatment and support implementation of therapeutic recommendations.
- Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans as clinically appropriate.
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation in accordance with organizational, regulatory, and payer requirements.
- Participate in clinical consultation, team meetings, and ongoing professional development activities.
- Promote a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive therapeutic environment for patients and families.
Requirements:
- Master's degree in social work or related field from an accredited institution.
- Current state licensure as LCSW, CMHC, or LMFT.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer skills, including email and word processing.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with patients, families, and treatment teams.
- Dual licensure with current state licensure as LAC.
- Montana Only: Current state licensure as a MHPP.
Salary: $35.60 - $54.93 per hour
Benefits:
- Benefits eligible
- $2500 sign-on bonus for external applicants with 1+ year of experience