Imagine Pediatrics is hiring a
Mental Health Therapist

Summary

Join Imagine Pediatrics as a licensed child & adolescent clinical therapist (LCSW) to support our Behavioral Health Acute Care Team. Provide brief targeted therapeutic interventions, conduct crisis assessments and interventions, treat patients with various psychiatric disorders, collaborate with team members, and more.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling or related area
• Must be licensed to independently practice in New York (LCSW), openness to cross-state licensure
• 1-2 years’ experience post independent licensure in a behavioral health setting
• 1 year of crisis experience
• Certification in evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Experience working with high-risk behavioral health populations including but not limited to suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, severe persistent mental illness (SPMI), children in the foster care system, elopement, and incarceration
• Strong preference and comfortability conducting triage assessments, crisis interventions, and administering screeners such as the PHQ9 and Columbia Suicide Screener
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and their caregivers inclusive of external systems involved in a minor’s care
• Experience working with a diverse population or demographics
• Telehealth experience
• Strong communication, documentation, and diagnostic skills
• Familiarity with technology, Microsoft suites, and documenting in electronic health records
• Availability in the evening and after school hours 11am - 7:00pm CST

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide brief targeted therapeutic interventions for clients via teletherapy services for an acute pediatric population
• Conduct crisis assessment and intervention to address needs of a patient experiencing a psychiatric emergency
• Treat patients with diagnoses including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, self-harm, incarceration, elopement, and beginning to develop psychotic symptoms
• Ability to make critical decisions in line with clinical expertise to implement least restrictive safety measures
• Assess and safety plan critically for the least restrictive environment necessary to ensure safety
• Experience referring patient to emergency resources when/if necessary
• Conduct psychosocial assessment for follow up hospitalization program within 7 days of hospital discharge date and 30 day follow up care for patients experiencing moderate to sever mood disorder symptoms
• Meet regularly with behavioral health manager to discuss caseload progression
• Work collaboratively with crisis team members on care coordination for various cases

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA; Company-funded HSA
• 401(k) with 4% match, vested 100% from day one
• Employer-paid short and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 20 days PTO + 10 Company Holidays & 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid new parent leave