Clinical Therapist Job Description

Position Overview: Clinical therapist will provide outpatient individual and group therapy to clients of The Brave Life Therapy. Clinical therapy services include treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. We are currently looking for individual therapists or counselors who work with adolescents and young adults, who are anti-racist, social justice minded, and ready to be a part of a dynamic, fun, and collaborative team. If you want to be part of a work family, apply!

About our agency:

We are a fun, dynamic, and collaborative team who values working collaboratively and helping improve the health and wellness of our communities.

Creating strong relationships: Building strong, meaningful relationships is a basic need for all of us. We value building relationships within our community and helping our clients do the same. It’s also a hallmark of our business to promote strong, lasting bonds within our team and to work collaboratively both in the office and out in the community.

Serving the community: Part of our mission is to contribute to promoting wellness within the community through community involvement, speaking engagements, and financial contributions. It is our goal to reach more people and provide psychoeducational services to students, teachers + administration, and businesses through regular outreach in the community.

Invest in quality: We’re committed to providing the best atmosphere for our clients and our team. Our commitment is seen in our beautiful workspace for our employees and a comforting space for our clients and in offering the extra touches like coffee + tea stations, fun music, a collaborative environment for our team, and wrap around services for our clients. We promote continued education for our clinicians through quarterly trainings in evidence-based practices so clients can feel safe knowing their therapist is always growing in their skill.

Promoting inclusion: We promote hiring clinicians of varying backgrounds, beliefs, and specialties to better serve the diverse and unique experience of our clients. It’s also important here we believe in creating the best atmosphere for our clients and employees and giving back to our community. Our mission is to help members of our communities reconnect with the things that are truly important and thrive, both in their own lives and in their relationships. We strive to make wellness a down to earth practice. Our vision is to eliminate mental health stigma by creating awareness of, appreciation for, and acceptance of mental health self-care.

Our Values: We live by values that guide who we are as a team and how we present to our communities. We hire staff who bring these values to life that our office promotes a foundation of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in its culture and practice.

Reports to: Pat Anderson, LCSW

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform on-site clinical counseling services to clients, as scheduled, and in accordance

  with company policies.

• Receive additional trainings for working with multicultural and LGBTQAI individuals within 60 days of employment if you have not already received these trainings.

• Will complete HIPAA training within 2 weeks of employment.

• Attend weekly group staff meetings that meet Wednesday’s from 12:00-2:00pm.

• Regular and reliable attendance and timely arrival to work is required.

• Be properly licensed and abide by all laws, rules, regulations, and codes of ethics that are binding upon or applicable to the services performed for The Brave Life Therapy.

• Respond to client’s’ requests for service or calls within 24 hours whether such requests are made in person, by phone, voicemail, etc. or through the business website. Respond to such requests by meeting, evaluating, and providing services to such patients.

• Communicate with a client’s treatment team (i.e., PCP, psychiatrist, school, etc.) as necessary.

• Timely completion of written records for each client including, but not limited to: intake notes, progress notes, treatment plans, termination notes, contract notes, and other forms or documents (within 24 hours of session) which may be needed or required from time-to-time by this agency or third parties in conjunction with the treatment of the clients within a timely fashion (by Friday of each week). Keep patient files accurate and up to date.

• Charge and collect payments from patients for services provided consistent with the policy and rate for such services as established by Jennifer Vincent, LLC.

• Attend mandatory staff meetings and training as directed.

• Conduct and regulate counseling services in a professional manner so as to maintain and increase the goodwill and reputation of clinicians and agency. Be respectful of and cooperative and collaborative with co-workers.

• Passion for working with others (being collaborative) and helping our team members grow and learn.

• Other duties as may be assigned.

  Qualifications and Skills:

• Align with our mission, vision, and values.

• Must be punctual in reporting to work.

• Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree in counseling or social work; and

• Active, unrestricted license (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, LMHCA) in the State of Indiana or pre-licensed upon examination (A copy must be provided)

• Graduate students or applicants pending licensure will not be accepted

• Available to hold at least 15-25 patient sessions per week, provided such sessions are available and referred/scheduled.

• Must be willing to marking themselves through meeting new professionals, attend networking events and trainings

• Be organized and detail oriented.

• Be a team player.

• Be able to work independently on tasks assigned.

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.

• Prior experience in a private practice setting highly preferred.

• At least three years’ experience

• Have at least one niche market for counseling services (i.e., children, teens, trauma, anxiety, grief, anger management, etc.).

  Benefits:

• High flexibility in your schedule

• Salary is 50% of clinician scheduled fee *60% if fully licensed. Most clinicians make $50,000-$60,000 or more depending on appointments

• Weekly supervision for licensure if required

• CEU’s offered on site and $100 after 90 days of employment

• Additional free trainings such as LGBTQIA, Motivational interviewing, OCD, Trauma certifications.

• Compensation for yearly licensure renewal

• Compensation for Liability insurance

• $100 Compensation for office supplies at start of employment

• This position is not right for you if you’re:

• Someone just looking for a job to clock in and out of.

• Someone who doesn’t feel passion for our mission, vision and values.

• Someone who’s not a team player or prefers not to work collaboratively.

• Someone who wants to own their own business in the near future. If that’s you, awesome! But we’re not the place for you. We dedicate a lot of time to our teams, and provide the flexibility, autonomy and space to allow each member of our team to get creative in their role. The ideal person is invested in time and energy in this agency.

• Someone who doesn’t like to hop in and help others get their work done - we highly value teamwork.

  This position perfect for you if you’re:

• Aligned with our mission, vision, and values.

• Energized by helping others in a team and contributing to the growth of this counseling

  agency.

• Social justice oriented and practice anti-racism work.

• Creative, engaged in doing good work, and excited by furthering our mission to making

  wellness a down-to-earth practice.

• Able to take direct and constructive feedback and run with it.