School Based Therapist

Job Opportunity at Newport Mental Health

Newport Mental Health (NMH) is a progressive high-energy organization that uses state of the art person-centered recovery approach to help individuals recover from mental illness and substance use disorders. NMH extends its trauma informed evidence-based services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Our services vary from outreach, specialized programs, mental health, school-based therapy, substance use therapy, community-based therapy, and outpatient.

We are looking for someone who is mission-aligned, an ally, solution orientated, and has good time management skills.

What we offer:

• Excellent health and dental insurance.
• Vacation, sick and personal time accrued biweekly.
• Up to 11 paid holidays.
• Retirement program through Mutual of America.
• Additional supplemental insurance programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Employer paid life insurance.
• Flexible spending account (FSA) and dependent care (DCA) spending accounts.

What you will be doing (essential duties):

This position will provide individual, family and group psychotherapy to children and adolescents. Collaborating with school personnel in four school districts in Newport County, services are provided in a school-based setting during the academic year, and in the office when school is not in session.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Provide group, individual and family therapy.
• Conduct diagnostic assessments including initial intakes and on-going reassessments.
• Work side by side with service recipients to create person-centered recovery plans.
• Provide clinical consultation and guidance to Bachelor level case management staff.
• Complete all agency documentation utilizing a collaborative documentation approach.
• Participate in crisis response services as part of a clinical team.
• Risk assessment for individuals who present in crisis.
• Crisis intervention, stabilization, and counseling.
• Assessment for emergency hospitalization.
• Serve as a client advocate with appropriate and timely referrals to other agencies; provide consultation and follow-up communication with law enforcement agencies, community agencies, schools, medical facilities, and inpatient units.
• Actively participate in team communication processes that ensure appropriate services and outcomes.

What we expect of you:

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, marriage, and family therapy or other related social services field.
• Licensed at the independent practice level as defined by the Rhode Island Department of Health (LICSW, LMHC, PhD) preferred.
• Minimum of two years of clinical work experience.

Salary: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 annually.