Description

Malvern Community Health Services (MCHS), seeks to support children and adults and their families, role models, caregivers, friends and members of their spiritual community, to have access to individualized, strength-based, trauma-informed quality behavioral health supports and services that foster choices so they they may enjoy meaningful relationships and a life worth living in our communities. 

MCHS offers expert and caring behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. 

We are currently hiring Outpatient Therapists to join our Philadelphia Outpatient Services Department. At our Philadelphia office we service Philadelphia County community in: 

• Outpatient Therapy 
• IBHS
• Psychiatric Services

Position Summary: An Outpatient Therapist (OPT) provides individual, family and/or group therapy to children, adolescents and adults. The Outpatient Therapist assists the individual to promote the independence in managing mental health needs and/or behavior problems.This position can be a full time or part time position depending on the applicants availablity as well as a possibility of hybrid at the discretion of the program director. 

Benefits:

Hired employee is eligible for health benefits after 30 days of continuous employeement. In addition, after 6 months of continuous employment, Malvern offers a company sponsored 401K plan through Vanguard that includes a company match! The benefits available after 30 consecutive days of employment are: 

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Free Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance

Summary of Essential Position Functions:

• Provide therapy (individual, family or group) to clients on a regularly scheduled basis
• Complete all paperwork within policy time frames
• Attend all staff meetings
• Make referrals to appropriate community resources
• Transfer skills to client to promote independence
• Comply with all state mandated regulations and all training requirements
• Participates in supervision within policy time frames
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications:

This position requires individuals that are client focused; team oriented; great interpersonal and communication skills; dependable; problem solving skills; organizational skills; focused on compliance and performance quality. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibility: N/A

Education and/or Experience:

• A licensed mental health clinician (including psychiatrist, psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, or social worker) with a graduate degree that required a clinical/ mental health direct service practicum OR Master's level prepared candidate with a degree in a related field that required a clinical/ mental health direct service practicum OR Bachelor's level prepared candidate with a degree in a related field. 

• Individual and family therapy experience
• Knowledge of mental health systems and community resources
• Must be able to intervene and control agitated clients through non-physical interventions. Hazards include risk of exposure to disease and risk of physical injury associated with psychiatric patients who have the potential to act out or lose control

Credentials and Special/Technical Skills:

• Clearances for Child Abuse, FBI and State Criminal, CPR and First Aid

*Malvern Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.*