Early Childhood Therapist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master's Degree from an accredited university or professional school of Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy, required.
• Appropriate Ohio licensure, required.
• Must remain current in required licensure and clinical or other training as required.
• Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance as required by hospital policy and position-specific requirements.
• Must pass motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications, and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
• Experience providing and managing culturally appropriate and trauma-informed behavioral healthcare to children, adolescent and families, required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, peers, and community representatives.

Nice To Haves

• Independent license, preferred.
• Internal or organizational interns who have completed their academic program may be hired while awaiting full licensure, provided they hold a valid Ohio Board Trainee Registration. Candidates must be operating within the initial 60-day post-graduation window or an approved trainee extension (up to 6 months maximum).

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses and documents client presenting problems, history, symptomology, mental status, and diagnosis.
• Prescribes initial interventions in a timely manner.
• Assists in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives.
• Employs strategies of intervention that are consistent with empirically supported treatments and consistent with program expectations.
• Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care.
• Completes clinical charting and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards.
• Remains current in general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborates consistently with team psychiatrist.