Outpatient Therapist (LISW or LMHC)

Vera French Community Mental Health Center • Davenport, IA

18d • Onsite

About The Position

Vera French is seeking a Therapist to join its Outpatient Therapy Team, with a Monday–Friday schedule and an interest in seeing children. The organization operates full-service clinics in Davenport and Bettendorf. The Staff Therapist holds clinical responsibility for patients assigned for intake, evaluation, and treatment; collaborates with other staff to evaluate services and plan future goals and objectives; and supports a safe environment that promotes optimal trauma-informed care. Vera French offers supervision toward licensure.

The role includes providing intake and evaluation services as part of a multidisciplinary team, completing intake paperwork and assessments, presenting cases and participating in assignment, and providing ongoing individual, group, and family therapy to assigned clients and their families when appropriate. The therapist attends staffing and discipline meetings, assesses their caseload and workload, and works with the team and supervisor/coordinator. The therapist may also participate in areas of special interest, including consultation and education, assertive training, family therapy, play therapy, individual services, and summer camps.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a related field.
• LMHC or LISW licensure in the State of Iowa.
• Excellent public relations skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in mental health, including individual and group therapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide intake and evaluation services as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Complete intake paperwork and assessments.
• Participate in case presentation and assignment.
• Provide ongoing individual, group, and family therapy to assigned clients and their families when appropriate.
• Attend staffing and discipline meetings.
• Assess own caseload and workload and work with the team and supervisor/coordinator.
• Support a safe environment that promotes optimal trauma-informed care.
• Collaborate with staff in evaluating services and planning future goals and objectives.
• May participate in consultation and education or special-interest areas such as assertive training, family therapy, play therapy, individual services, and summer camps.

Benefits

• Medical insurance through UnitedHealthcare.
• Dental and vision insurance through Delta Dental.
• Employer-paid life insurance, AD&D, and long-term disability through Mutual of Omaha.
• Supplemental life and short-term disability options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution, vested on day one, and a 25% match on employee contributions up to 6%.
• Paid time off, including 9 paid holidays, 9 paid sick days, 2 weeks of vacation, and 1 Vera French Day.
• In-house training opportunities, including CPR, medication management, and other training through the learning management system.
• Tuition reimbursement and loan repayment programs for employees after one year of employment.
• Supervision toward licensure.

What This Job Offers

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