Group Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Join Us to Build Healing and Hope Together!

As leaders in children’s mental health and wellness, St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems Youth Mental Health Care have partnered to create one of the nation’s most innovative and transformative youth mental health and wellness campuses. The partnership includes a 77-bed acute care hospital and outpatient programs. Located on the KVC Missouri Children’s Mental Wellness Campus conveniently located in Webster Groves, Missouri, the peaceful environment and broad continuum of care allow children and families to access the appropriate level of treatment throughout their healing experience. The new campus is slated to open in late 2026. Learn more at stlouischildrenskvc.org. Join us and be a part of this journey of healing and hope for thousands of children and teens.

Job Summary
The Group Therapist will implement trauma-informed and therapeutic services within the creative process to enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the children and youth receiving PRTF/ residential services. Therapist will collaborate as an active member of the treatment team.

Minimum Requirements
Education:

Master’s degree in Social Work, Family Therapy or Counseling from an accredited institution

Licensure/Certification:

• Certified or licensed in at least one of the below:
• LMSW, LSW, LSCSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC, LMFT, LCMFT or other professional license issued/approved by the state(s) in which you practice.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance

Key Responsibilities

• Practice conduct that displays respect for all KVC colleagues and community stakeholders regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.
• Conducts individual, group and family therapy.
• participates as a part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Completes required documentation, including but not limited to: intake assessments, treatment plans, crisis and safety plans, monthly assessments and session notes.
• Enter documentation accurately and timely per KVC Missouri guidelines.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Requires comprehensive knowledge of youth’s history, plan of care and discharge plan and available for consultation.
• May participate in Utilization Review functions and reporting to insurance companies and payors.
• Maintain current employee profile in KVC’s HRIS tool.
• Maintain current knowledge of and adhere to all KVC policies.
• Provides crisis intervention when necessary and use approved tools, techniques, and resources available.
• Participates in treatment review meetings with guardian and community partners in person, virtually or by phone.
• Maintain compliance with state, federal and all licensure and accrediting bodies.
• Provide timely, fiscally responsible supply requests.
• Promotes community integration of clients.
• Responsible for the storage and tracking of Art therapy supplies and equipment.
• Writes clinical reports from an Art therapy perspective.
• Consults with staff on group therapy issues to increase quality and efficiency of treatment services.
• Maintains applicable credentials.
• Maintains compliance with state, federal, and JC guidelines.

Physical & Work Environment

This role involves a mix of standing, walking, and occasional lifting, along with regular use of office equipment. You’ll work in a professional office setting with moderate noise levels and occasional exposure to outdoor conditions.

If you’re ready to take ownership of a critical role that keeps operations running smoothly while making a meaningful impact on people’s lives, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits & More

Employee benefits and culture fall under the KVC Health Systems umbrella. KVC is a family of private, nonprofit organizations that strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. Through our broad continuum of care, we are proud to be a national leader in mental health, child welfare, and health and human services transformation.

At KVC, we offer a positive, supportive workplace where each person can do work they love. In fact, we’re so proud of our culture that we see it as our top competitive advantage in the health and human services field. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC has an incredible 83 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. KVC was also named #15 on Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies 2025 list, a recognition achieved entirely based on anonymous employee reviews. In addition to being mission-driven, we offer employees an unparalleled level of flexibility, wellbeing, learning, inclusion, recognition, and rewards.