PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Psychotherapist

Psychotherapist provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Additionally, provides brief and crisis interventions to El Centro patients as needed.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults
• Provides brief intervention and 24-hour intervention as needed
• Administers initial patient assessments
• Conducts psychosocial assessments
• Collaborates with physicians and other providers to develop treatment plans
• Re-assesses and completes new treatment plans as indicated.
• Writes and maintains progress notes for all encounters. Ability to meet documentation deadlines.
• Conducts appropriate care transitions, including discharge of patients
• Maintains and updates patient record
• Makes appropriate referrals for patients, including psychiatric (within or outside of agency)
• Obtains patient records when needed (local medical and mental health agencies).
• Engages in community outreach and provides community presentations when needed
• Participates in case staffing and administrative meetings
• Partakes in clinical supervision and seeks peer consultation as needed.
• Ability to work a full-time schedule.
• Maintains productivity as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned and abides by agency’s policies and procedures including Behavioral Health Department Policies and Procedures.

Qualifications

Education:  Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in the social or behavioral sciences.

Experience:  Previous counseling experience (minimum of 3 years) with strong emphasis on effective treatment for childhood disorders. Experience in the medical field working with mental health issues preferred, as well as with families, groups, and diverse cultural, ethnic and socio-economic settings.

Requirements: Licensed to provide therapy by state board pertaining to individual’s profession (Psychologist, LMFT, LPC, LCSW), bilingual (Spanish), abides by respective licensing board Code of Ethics and maintains in good standing with credentialing board.

Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of DSM-V; well-practiced in all psychotherapeutic methodologies; Strong knowledge of trauma informed treatments, Evidence Based Models, child development, crisis intervention, and family systems.

Skills: Strong clinical and assessment skills, cultural competence, basic casework skills (referrals, advocacy) and strong verbal and written communication skills.  

Abilities: Flexibility to be able to work in different work settings and environments, ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary team, ability to provide vision, feedback and creativity to a growing and changing mental health department.

Environmental/Working Conditions:  Will need to adapt to various workspaces - exam rooms, ECC offices and, if necessary, patient’s homes.

Physical/Mental Demands: Mentally challenging position due to continuous exposure to extreme issues and mental health trauma. 

Salary : $75,000 - $110,000