Child and Family Mental Health Provider

Children's Mercy KC • Kansas City, MO

17d • $31 • Onsite

About The Position

Children’s Mercy is seeking an experienced Acute Mental Health Provider to deliver crisis-focused care to children and adolescents ages 2–17. This role includes mental health assessments, safety and suicide risk evaluations, and brief therapeutic interventions. Providers support crisis stabilization, safety planning, and appropriate treatment referrals. Care is delivered in the Emergency Mental Health Crisis Center and CMH Emergency Departments. The provider works closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, trauma‑informed, patient‑centered care, with flexibility to support other Child and Family Mental Health areas as needed.
Some of the benefits CMH offers our licensed Mental Health professionals:
Numerous CEU opportunities per year, either department specific, or hospital-wide
Annual stipend for qualified bilingual employees
License renewal reimbursement
Engagement in shared decision making through a variety of hospital wide workgroups and committees
At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.
Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

Requirements

• Applicants must have MO licensing upon hire. KS licensing is required within 90 days of hire.
• Master's Degree and 1-2 years experience
• LMSW MO Licensed Master's Social Worker MO-If you are hired to work in Missouri, you need to have Missouri License (LMSW/LCSW) or (LPC) upon hire. Within 90 days you must also obtain a Kansas License.
• LCSW MO Licensed Clinical Social Worker MO-If you are hired to work in Missouri, you need to have Missouri License (LMSW/LCSW) or (LPC) upon hire. Within 90 days you must also obtain a Kansas License.
• LSCSW MO Licensed Clinical Social Worker Specialist-If you are hired to work in Missouri, you need to have Missouri License (LMSW/LSCSW) or (LCPC) upon hire. Within 90 days you must also obtain a Kansas License.
• LCPC MO Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor-If you are hired to work in Missouri, you need to have Missouri License (LMSW/LSCSW) or (LCPC) upon hire. Within 90 days you must also obtain a Kansas License.
• LPC MO Licensed Professional Counselor-If you are hired to work in Missouri, you need to have Missouri License (LMSW/LCSW) or (LPC) upon hire. Within 90 days you must also obtain a Kansas License.

Responsibilities

• Child and Family Therapy Service Provision and Documentation: The Child and Family Mental Health Provider will provide evidence based mental health treatments to patients and families within the clinical area they are assigned.
• Case Management and Collaboration: The Child and Family Mental Health Provider will maintain ongoing communication with internal and external stakeholders to ensure strong partnerships. This may include communication with referral sources, service providers, community mental health providers and care team members. as well as, assisting families with accessing community services and transitioning to other treatment providers when needed.
• Professional Development: This Child and Family Mental Health Provider will demonstrate active involvement and leadership within the team, department, and hospital by regular attendance at meetings and educational opportunities, serving as a consultant for other members of the department and hospital, participation on committees, and responding to hospital and/or community requests for educational programs.

Benefits

• Numerous CEU opportunities per year, either department specific, or hospital-wide
• Annual stipend for qualified bilingual employees
• License renewal reimbursement
• Engagement in shared decision making through a variety of hospital wide workgroups and committees
• The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.
• Learn more about Children’s Mercy benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level