Mental Health Therapist - Community Action Team (CAT)

Company: Child Guidance Center
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

**** $1,000 Sign On Bonus **** Why work for CGC? Our tag line says it all; Unlimited Potential. Endless Possibilities. For 70 years our professionally trained staff have positioned clients for success by operating on a whole-health, whole-family mentality that not only focuses on treating children and adolescents, but also their families and systems. We serve upward of 5,000 individual children per year, as well as their siblings, guardians, and family members (totaling more than 15,000 individuals). Benefits:

• Competitive compensation with flexible pay options
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Plan for medical and dependent coverage
• Licensure reimbursement
• Annual Professional Development stipend
• Licensure supervision provided
• Unparalleled mentoring and support
• Plus many more!! Want to work with youth and their families? Love the idea of working in the homes and having variety each day? Is crisis stabilization work your passion? Provide therapy services to clients ages 11-23 and their families. Join a multidisciplinary wraparound team that serves the families bringing in their natural supports, rather than just the client as an individual. This program collaborates and staffs cases on a daily basis. Be a part of an agency that for 70 years has created many opportunities for staff to grow and develop into highly skilled service providers? Essential Duties:
  • Provides counseling and therapy within a team concept where each team member is recognized for their unique role in helping the client and family achieve better functioning.
  • Maintains effective communication with the treatment team and family, coordinating treatment goals while giving priority to the families' goals.
  • Provides quality therapeutic services to a full caseload of clients, meeting or exceeding team productivity, grant, billing and administrative standards
    • Conferred Master's degree and completed internship from a FL license-eligible program that allows the practitioner to register as an intern in the social work, therapeutic mental health counseling or marriage and family therapy disciplines.
    • At least two years' previous experience working with children or adolescents with behavioral health needs.
    • Moderate computer skills are also required, such as inputting at least 35 cwpm, using Microsoft Office Suite and using an electronic health record.
    • Availability to work flexible schedules that include evenings and weekends Preferred Experience:
      • A current FL LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT
      • Previous experience providing therapeutic services to families and developing treatment plans based on current DSM/ICD diagnoses. PI182323937

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