Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Position: Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Department/Program: Center for Counseling and Psychological Services/Outpatient
Reporting to: CCPS Co-Directors
Overview:
The Center for Counseling and Psychological Services, WCMHS’s outpatient division, is currently seeking a dedicated child and adolescent psychotherapist to join our dynamic and enthusiastic team. You will have the opportunity to provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for youth ages 6-22 experiencing emotional, behavioral, and/or psychological challenges from a trauma-informed lens. This is an office-based,40hr/week position. The clinician in this role will have extensive opportunities for learning from a wide variety of experienced clinicians through ample group and individual supervision and on-going trainings provided by the agency at no cost. CCPS offers clinicians a training budget to support learning and training in various clinical topics of interest and/or for CEU’s. CCPS is able to provide the necessary individual and group supervision towards {LICSW, LCMHC, and Psychologist} licensure.
Summary of Duties:
- Diagnose and treat a variety of mental health disorders
- Provide mental health assessments to determine treatment recommendations and assess ongoing client progress
- Provide therapy interventions – possibility for providing group therapy
- Provide light clinical case management in collaboration with WCMHS programs, schools, DCF, and health care providers
- Create individualize treatment plans according to client needs
- Progress notes and paperwork
Qualification:
- Master’s degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, or associated field
- License eligible - MSW, LICSW, LCMHC, LPMA, or MFT preferred
- At least one year experience providing psychotherapy (more experienced clinicians encouraged to apply)
It was suggested to use: Successful candidate will have the following skills: Since this will be new to our descriptions, perhaps we can add it later when we review and finalize the recrafted listings.
Successful candidate will have the following skills:
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Ability to build rapport quickly
- Ability to communicate with compassion and empathy
- Strong ability to manage time and prioritize tasks
- Ability to ask questions and seek out supervision/consultation
- Strong therapeutic intervention skills and/or a willingness to learn new skills
- Works well on a team
- Experience working therapeutically with youth and their families
Physical Requirements: The role may involve the following physical requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting and standing during therapy sessions and administrative tasks.
- Effective verbal communication, including the ability to clearly convey information both in-person and over the phone.
- Basic manual dexterity to handle documentation and computer-related tasks.
- Mobility to move within the office environment and between different work locations.
- Regular supervision and strong administrative support in a collaborative working environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Generous medical, dental, vision, life and accident insurance – WCMHS covers 82.5 – 92% of premium costs.
- Matching 403(b) – match begins at 4.25% and increases based on years of service.
- Employee assistance plan.
- Generous sick and vacation accruals. Full- and part-time regular positions receive 12 days’ vacation and 12 days sick time annually - prorated based on standard hours.
- 12.5 paid holidays annually.
- Mileage reimbursement for agency related travel.
- Fun and engaging environment and the ability to give back to the local community.