Child & Family Therapist - school based

Position Summary:

Provides clinical mental health services to children, families, and adults in an outpatient community mental health clinic, client homes, or community-based locations such as schools. Responsibilities will include intakes, diagnosis, case management, and mental health treatment services to identified clients. This position will support multiple schools in the Eastmont and Wenatchee School districts, with a focus on students grades 4-7. This position will travel between schools based on need and it is a year round position.

Responsibilities:

• Provide intake assessments, diagnosis, and ongoing culturally sensitive treatment to children, families, and adults using Evidence Based Practices

• Complete required documentation within the identified timeframes

• Develop clinical treatment plans which focus on client strengths, culture, needs, and goals within the briefest time frame for successful achievement

• Maintain encounters/productivity of 60% of reportable/billable services

• Participate in ongoing Continuous Quality Improvement to ensure that services provided demonstrate best practice standards and meet all contractual requirements

• Actively participate in individual and group supervision, clinical staff meetings, and other multi-disciplinary meetings

• Staff cases that require specialist consultations and psychiatric consultation as required

• Coordinate client treatment with schools, physicians, and other community resources and referrals to community services whenever necessary

• Observe confidentiality in all related program functions with staff and clients

• Establish and maintain working relationships with other community mental health providers, primary care, and other referral sources

• Provide routine services and on-call coverage outside of standard business hours if required by assigned program or team

• Perform other duties as assigned