Child Focused Therapist

Ellie Mental Health-monument, Co - Woodbury, MN

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Woodbury, MN

About the position

As a Child Focused Therapist at Ellie Mental Health, you will play a crucial role in enhancing access to quality mental health care for children, adolescents, and families. This position emphasizes a compassionate and creative approach to therapy, aligning with the company's core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination. You will have the opportunity to work in a supportive environment that prioritizes clinician experience and offers flexible scheduling options.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic assessment, treatment (including family and individual therapy), and referrals to minor clients and their parents/guardians.
• Create and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes.
• Collaborate with other Child Services providers including medication management, psychological assessment services, and other mental health providers to meet client needs.
• Coordinate services with external care providers including case managers, families, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed.
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings.
• Offer individual and family therapy using a broad range of modalities, including Play Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Dance/Movement Therapy.

Requirements

• Master's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university.
• Clinical licensure or being on licensure track for LMFT, LPCC, LICSW, LP, etc.
• Passion and experience working with and meeting the unique mental health needs of children, adolescents, and families.
• Knowledge of developmental principles and awareness of the intersection between normative child development and psychopathology in the diagnosis and treatment of children/families.
• Experience completing diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes.
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients.
• Proficient in the use of Office 365 and EHR systems (Valant), including collection of co-payments.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with DC:0-5, ECSII/CASII, SDQ assessments preferred.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, Vision
• Free access to virtual urgent care and short-term counseling
• 401k
• Long Term Disability
• Short Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Unique pay models with industry-leading compensation
• Reasonable caseload expectations and flexible scheduling
• Comfortable, furnished offices and clinic environment
• Free Supervision
• Free attendance for internal CEU's
• Eligible to receive a bonus for seeing clients ages 0-11