Description

Malvern Community Health Services (MCHS): seeks to support children, 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 may enjoy meaningful relationships and a life worth living in our communities. 

We are currently hiring Outpatient Therapists to join our Outpatient Program in Reading. At our Reading office we service the Berks County community in: 

• Outpatient Therapy 
• School-Based Outpatient Therapy
• Psychiatric Services

Position Summary: The Outpatient Therapist (OPT) provides individual, family and/or group therapy to children, adolescents and adults. The OPT assists the individual in promoting independence to manage mental health needs and/or behavior problems. This position can be full time or part time depending on the applicants availabilty as well as a possibility of hybrid at the discretion of the program director. Free Supervision for license elgible candidates is available for full time employees. 

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
• Participate 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