Therapist

Position SummaryThe Behavioral Health Therapist provides high-quality, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and families within a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) setting. The majority of the therapist's clinical time will be spent providing care through the organization's school-based services community-based location.The therapist provides behavioral health assessment, diagnosis when permitted within professional scope, individual and family therapy, crisis assessment and intervention, care coordination, consultation, and referral services. The role collaborates closely with youth, caregivers, schools, primary care providers, behavioral health professionals, and community partners to reduce barriers to care and support continuity of treatment.Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesConduct comprehensive behavioral health assessments and develop individualized, strengths-based treatment plans appropriate to the patient's developmental level, clinical needs, culture, family system, and environment.Provide evidence-informed individual, family, and group interventions within the clinician's education, training, competence, and Missouri scope of practice.Provide treatment for common child and adolescent behavioral health needs, including anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, emotional or behavioral dysregulation, adjustment concerns, grief, family stress, and school-related concerns.Complete age-appropriate suicide and safety risk assessments and provide crisis assessment, stabilization, safety planning, referral, or escalation according to organizational protocols.Engage parents, guardians, and caregivers appropriately while maintaining the youth's therapeutic alliance, privacy, confidentiality, and applicable legal and ethical requirements.Facilitate referrals to psychiatry, primary care, substance use treatment, higher levels of behavioral healthcare, community resources, and social services when clinically indicated.Youth, Family, School & Interdisciplinary CollaborationUse developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approaches to establish therapeutic relationships with youth and families.Collaborate with parents and caregivers to strengthen protective factors and support progress toward treatment goals.With appropriate authorization and consistent with privacy requirements, coordinate with school personnel, counselors, nurses, social workers, case managers, healthcare providers, and other professionals involved in the patient's care.Participate in interdisciplinary consultation and coordinated treatment planning for youth with complex behavioral health, medical, developmental, family, or social needs.Recognize the impact of social determinants of health and connect families with appropriate organizational and community resources.Integrated FQHC Care, Documentation & QualityFunction as an active member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team and support integration of physical, behavioral, and social healthcare.Provide warm handoffs, brief consultation, care coordination, and other integrated behavioral health interventions when appropriate.Complete assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, risk assessments, safety plans, care coordination, discharge documentation, and other required records accurately and within organizational timeframes.Maintain documentation that supports medical necessity, continuity of care, quality review, and billing requirements.Follow applicable professional, organizational, state, and federal requirements related to privacy, informed consent, mandated reporting, professional boundaries, credentialing, and clinical practice.Participate in clinical supervision or consultation, peer review, quality-improvement activities, case conferences, staff meetings, and required training.Minimum QualificationsEducationMaster's or doctoral degree from an appropriately accredited program in social work, counseling, clinical or counseling psychology, marriage and family therapy, or another behavioral health discipline that meets Missouri requirements for the clinical services assigned to this position.LicensureCurrent, unrestricted Missouri licensure authorizing the clinician to independently provide the services required by this position, such as Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Psychologist, or another qualifying Missouri behavioral health license approved by the organization. Final eligibility is subject to HR, credentialing, payer, and scope-of-practice review.ExperienceClinical experience providing behavioral health services to children and adolescents required or strongly preferred, consistent with organizational hiring standards.Experience engaging parents, guardians, caregivers, and family systems.School-based, community-based, mobile, integrated primary care, FQHC, or underserved-population experience preferred.Knowledge, Skills & AbilitiesKnowledge of child and adolescent development, family systems, behavioral health assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapeutic intervention.Competence in evidence-informed and trauma-informed interventions appropriate for youth and families.Ability to assess suicide, self-harm, abuse/neglect, violence, and other safety concerns and implement appropriate safety interventions.Strong clinical judgment, therapeutic rapport, cultural humility, professional boundaries, and collaborative communication.Ability to work effectively and independently in a mobile clinical environment and adapt to changing schedules or locations.Proficiency with electronic health records, telecommunication technologies, and timely clinical documentation.Additional RequirementsSuccessful completion of applicable background checks, exclusion screenings, health screenings, credentialing, privileging, and onboarding requirements.Maintain professional licensure and complete continuing education, competency, and training requirements applicable to the clinician's discipline.Preferred QualificationsTwo or more years of post-graduate clinical experience with children, adolescents, and families.Experience in schools, an FQHC or Community Health Center, integrated primary care, community behavioral health, or mobile/community-based care.Training or experience in youth-appropriate evidence-informed approaches such as CBT, TF-CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, or family-based interventions.Experience serving families affected by healthcare access barriers or significant social determinants of health.Bilingual or multilingual abilities relevant to the populations served. #J-18808-Ljbffr Samuel U Rodgers Health Center Inc