School-based Therapist

Better Morning( Behavioral Health Services) • Full-time • Washington, DC, US • $70k - $73k / year • 1d ago

Background:

Better Morning emerged as an outpatient counseling practice in Ashburn, VA and is home to passionate mental health professionals dedicated to helping others. Since our establishment in 2014, we have been committed to providing high quality, focused, professional services to individuals and families in the Northern Virginia and Washington DC area.

In addition to providing counseling from the Ashburn office, Better Morning started off providing Community Based Intervention (CBI), level II and III, services to youth between the ages of 6 and 21.

Role Requirements

The School Based Therapist is responsible for providing services related to the delivery of mental health care to assigned consumers at the designated school location around DC and will provide consultation services to the school staff to support the overall mental health goals of the school.

Provides direct mental health services to include:

Provides direct mental health services to include intake assessment, individual/family/group therapy, and crisis intervention to assigned clients.
Collects information about consumers through interviews, tests, and evaluation of day-to-day functioning within work, family and other routines.
Identifying areas needing continued support, resources and treatment in order to assist consumers.
Completes master treatment plans, treatment plan updates, managed care authorizations and all chart requirements.
Preparing and completing diagnostic and bio-psychological assessments, clinical notes, referrals, treatment plans of clients as appropriate.
Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings and clinical supervision.
Maintains confidentiality of records relating to consumers' treatment.
Provides therapy; maintains assigned caseload.
Works with Clinical Managers and other multi-disciplinary team members to develop and implement treatment plans/assessment for clients.
Creates appropriate case management notes and input into systems as needed.
Provides complete and timely documentation to support services rendered.
Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Master's degree in social work
LGSW/LGPC- Required
1-3 years Mental Health experience.
Must possess a strong knowledge of common diagnoses and treatments for school-aged children and possess the skills necessary to facilitate positive change in a school environment
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent problem-solving skills
Demonstrate exceptional time management organizational skills

Full-time (40 hours) (8 hours shift)

Salary: $70,000.00 - $73,000.00 per year. The salary range differs based on the number of relevant work experience and educational level. In addition, we offer the below Employment Benefits:

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $73,000.00 per year

Benefits: