Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Come join our life-changing team building hope, resilience and well-being serving the community as an Outpatient Mental Health Therapist serving youth, adolescents, and families!

Shift Details: FT 40 hours/week

Schedule: Your normal hours of work will be negotiated between you and your supervisor; however, they will range between 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday through Friday to include four appointments starting at 4:30pm or later per week to provide increased accessibility for clients. Your offices will be at the Vona clinic office in New Hope, MN, or your confidential home office where you may provide telehealth services. After a probationary period of in person services for training and onboarding, you are expected to work a minimum of 50% of your scheduled hours per week providing in-person services at the Vona clinic, subject to change based on the needs of the business.

Compensation: $58,000 - $62,000 for clinical trainees and $66,000 - $70,000 for professionals

Location: 9220 Bass Lake Rd, Suite 255, New Hope, MN 55428

About the job:

Seeking experienced Mental Health Therapist to provide mental health services to individuals and their families, focusing on school-aged youth and adolescents, in a hybrid model of remote from confidential home office and in person services at New Hope clinic.

Essentials:

• Participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team, providing mental health services including: diagnostic assessment, individual and family assessment, treatment planning, individual therapy, family therapy, group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, skills training, and case consultation with primary focus on serving children, adolescents, and their families.
• Collaboratively develop treatment plans with clients and guardians/caregivers, conducting treatment plan reviews routinely to determine ongoing care needs, and assist with clinical data collection and reporting.
• Provide documentation in a professional and timely fashion that accurately reflects clinical service consistent with internal and external documentation standards.
• Collaborate with other professionals including social workers, case managers, probation officers, medical professionals, and family members/natural supports to coordinate care for assigned clients.
• Participate in case consultation and provide input to the multidisciplinary team, representing the disciplines of social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or clinical counseling in client's treatment plans.
• Willing to have a minimum of four appointments scheduled to begin at 4:30 or later per week to provide increased access for services to clients and their families.
• Experience working with a diverse client population in terms of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, cognitive ability, etc.

Job Highlights:

• Billable hours target that recognizes the value of time for collateral contact with client's support system, supervision, consultation, continuing education training, and documentation.
• Individual and group supervision is provided free of charge and built into your schedule for those pursuing LICSW and LPCC licensure.
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• HSA & FSA Programs
• Employer Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term/Long-Term Disability
• Qualify for the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness plan
• Quality training, continuing career education and leadership programs
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holiday & Sick Days)

Required Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work or PsyD/PhD
• Working to obtain clinical contact and supervision hours to achieve Mental Health Professional licensure through the corresponding licensing Board requirements.
• Licensed with a pre-professional license when the corresponding licensing Board requires it.
• If licensed as a clinical trainee, must be on track towards independent clinical licensure

OR

• Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work or PsyD/PhD
• Independently licensed as a LP, LICSW, LPCC, or LMFT preferred
• 2 years clinical work with school-aged youth and adolescents and their families preferred
• Registered Play Therapist (RPT), completed DC 0-5, or someone with play therapy training (Theraplay, child centered, somatic experiencing, Child Parent Psychotherapy) preferred for working with children

About Us:

Vona is part of Volunteers of America MN/WI which serves as an affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization. Volunteers of America Minnesota is a nonprofit health and human services organization that annually serves more than 25,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and adults completing incarceration. Since 1896, we have helped people gain self-reliance, dignity, and hope.

Take pride in helping others and join us today!

At VOA, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations' shared commitment to our mission and creates an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best.

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