Independent Contractor - Therapist

Thompson Child & Family Focus • Ashville, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As an Independent Contractor IAFT (Intensive Alternative Family Treatment) Therapist, you will provide child-centered, trauma-informed, family-focused clinical services to children and youth participating in Thompson’s Intensive Alternative Family Treatment program. You will provide therapy, support treatment planning and crisis response, engage families and permanency resources, and collaborate with Treatment Parents and the multidisciplinary IAFT team. Provide individual, family, and conjoint therapy to assigned children, youth, and families. Complete or contribute to clinical assessments, Person-Centered Plans, crisis plans, transition plans, and discharge plans. Collaborate with families, Treatment Parents, legal guardians, schools, healthcare providers, care managers, and community partners. Participate in IAFT team staffing's, Child and Family Team meetings, psychiatric consultation, and other treatment-related meetings. Support risk assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning, stabilization, and clinical follow-up within your professional scope. Complete timely, accurate documentation that meets payer, licensing, regulatory, Thompson, and IAFT fidelity requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or another approved behavioral health field.
• Current North Carolina professional or associate-level clinical license.
• Eligible credentials may include LCSW, LCSWA, LCMHC, LCMHCA, LMFT, LMFTA, or LPA.
• Experience providing clinical services to children, adolescents, and families.
• Strong clinical judgment, time management, communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
• Valid North Carolina driver’s license, reliable transportation, and required automobile insurance when travel is necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Therapeutic foster care, child welfare, community mental health, or intensive family-centered experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and conjoint therapy to assigned children, youth, and families.
• Complete or contribute to clinical assessments, Person-Centered Plans, crisis plans, transition plans, and discharge plans.
• Collaborate with families, Treatment Parents, legal guardians, schools, healthcare providers, care managers, and community partners.
• Participate in IAFT team staffing's, Child and Family Team meetings, psychiatric consultation, and other treatment-related meetings.
• Support risk assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning, stabilization, and clinical follow-up within your professional scope.
• Complete timely, accurate documentation that meets payer, licensing, regulatory, Thompson, and IAFT fidelity requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level