Behavioral Health Therapist 4 Mental Health Programs

Inova Health System; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support for team members and families

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA is seeking a dedicated Behavioral Health Therapist 4 for full-time work in their Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs. This position involves providing therapeutic services and clinical supervision while ensuring client progress in their treatment plans.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health or a related field and has at least five years of experience post-licensure. Excellent benefits including health coverage, retirement matching, and education assistance are provided.

Qualifications

• Licensed as LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LCP, or LSATP required.
• 5+ years of post-licensure experience in mental health treatment.
• Ability to lead group therapy sessions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic services and psychoeducational programming.
• Assess and diagnose mental health disorders through evidence-based assessments.
• Supervise graduate students and team members seeking licensure.

Skills

Crisis Intervention

Trauma Therapy

Integrative Therapies

Group Therapy

Education

Master's Degree or higher in relevant field

Tools

Basic Life Support certification

Job description

Behavioral Health Therapist 4 Mental Health Programs

Job Description

The Inova Behavioral Health Services Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is looking for a dedication Behavioral Health Therapist 4 to join the team. This program can help people who are stepping down from inpatient care, providing structure and encouragement as individuals re-enter their family and community environments. This program can also be step up from outpatient care, with the goal of helping people avoid inpatient psychiatric admission. This role will be full‑time day shift from Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This program is in Fairfax, VA, near Inova Fairfax Medical Campus.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave and more.

The Behavioral Health Therapist 4 serves as clinical expert providing a range of therapeutic services, psychoeducational programming and behavioral interventions to assist the client in achieving progress towards the goals and objectives of individualized treatment plans. Assesses and diagnoses mental health and/or substance use disorders through a bio/psycho/social department specific and evidenced based assessment identifying patient and family goals/needs. Serves as a clinical leader by providing clinical supervision to team members seeking licensure as well as supervision/mentoring of graduate students during clinical internships.

Minimum Qualifications

• Certification - Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire; Crisis Prevention Institute in-person training for non-violent crisis intervention, receive CPI blue card within 6 months of hire, After 9/1/25, Vistelar replaces CPI for new and renewed de-escalation certifications. Approved Clinical Supervisor within 3 months
• Licensure - Upon start: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP), or Licensed Substance Abuse Professional (LSATP)
• Experience - Five years of experience post licensure in mental health/substance use disorder treatment, psychoeducational programming including targeted, evidence-based interventions (crisis intervention, trauma, and integrative therapies)
• Education - Master's Degree, Ph.D., PsyD, EdD in Mental Health, Social Work, Counseling, Substance Use Disorders or Behavioral Health-related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in leading group therapy
• Approved Clinical Supervisor

Equal Opportunity Employer

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy‑related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.