Child/Family Therapist (40hrs, Days)

Kaiser Permanente; Keizer (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente seeks a licensed mental health clinician to provide diagnostic evaluations and outpatient psychotherapy for children and families. The role involves collaborating with a child psychiatry team and allied health professionals to design and direct individualized treatment plans.

Responsibilities include evidence-based interventions (individual, family, group), comprehensive assessments, and meticulous documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years post-master's practice in applied psychotherapy with children (0-18) within the last 5 years.
• Credentialing from multiple states required; primary state at hire and secondary states post hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy for children and families.
• Perform complete formulation, differential diagnosis, treatment and safety planning.
• Utilize individual, family, and group therapies with evidence-based approaches.
• Communicate with parents, schools, outside agencies, and providers regarding treatment plans.
• Consult with child psychiatrists and attending physicians; document clinical contacts.
• Maintain timely documentation of clinical services and contacts.
• Collaborate with medical providers regarding symptom presentation and treatment recommendations.

Skills

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Documentation

CBT/DBT knowledge

Education

Masters degree

Tools

EMR documentation

Job description

Provides diagnostic evaluations and subsequent psychotherapy for outpatient services utilizing individual, family, and group modalities. Collaborates with child psychiatrist, and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.

• Evaluates and provides therapeutic interventions for children (under 12), adolescents (13-18), and their families requesting mental health services.
• Assessment performed with complete formulation, differential diagnosis, treatment and safety planning.
• Therapy will consist of evidenced based approaches for intervention and management strategies, including individual, family and group therapies.
• Communicates effectively with parents, collateral contacts, outside agencies, school systems, and/or outside providers regarding treatment plans.
• Consults with staff child psychiatrists regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients.
• Maintains appropriate and timely documentation of clinical services and related clinical contacts.
• Consults with appropriate medical providers regarding the patients symptom presentation, treatment plan, response to interventions and treatment recommendations.
  

Job Summary:

Provides diagnostic evaluations and subsequent psychotherapy for outpatient services utilizing individual, family, and group modalities. Collaborates with child psychiatrist, and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and provides therapeutic interventions for children (under 12), adolescents (13-18), and their families requesting mental health services.
• Assessment performed with complete formulation, differential diagnosis, treatment and safety planning.
• Therapy will consist of evidenced based approaches for intervention and management strategies, including individual, family and group therapies.
• Communicates effectively with parents, collateral contacts, outside agencies, school systems, and/or outside providers regarding treatment plans.
• Consults with staff child psychiatrists regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients.
• Maintains appropriate and timely documentation of clinical services and related clinical contacts.
• Consults with appropriate medical providers regarding the patients symptom presentation, treatment plan, response to interventions and treatment recommendations.
  

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of post masters practice experience under appropriate supervision in applied psychotherapy with a minimum of one (1) year practicing with a majority pediatric population (0-18 years) within the last 5 years, OR minimum of one (1) year of post-doctoral practice experience (formal fellowship or otherwise) under appropriate supervision in applied psychotherapy with a majority pediatric population (0-18 years) within the last 5 years.

Education

• Masters level degree required (M.S.W., M.S., M.A., M.Ed.).

License, Certification, Registration

• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire AND Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire

OR

• Mental Health Counselor License (Washington) within 6 months of hire AND Professional Counselor License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire

OR

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Washington) within 6 months of hire AND Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Oregon) within 6 months of hire

OR

• Psychologist License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire AND Psychologist License (Washington) within 6 months of hire

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements:

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer past experience with child and adolescent intensive outpatient programs, partial day hospitalization program, residential program or most major components of these programs (to include exposure to group evidence-based treatment such as DBT, Mindfulness, etc.).
• Experience with documentation utilizing an electronic medical record.
• Documented training/experience in areas of CBT, DBT, family therapy, parent management training, and/or Collaborative Problem Solving.
• Specific training in Autism Spectrum Disorder interventions.
• Emphasis/specialization in child, adolescent and family dynamics including knowledge of emotional, cognitive and social development.
• LCSW, PsyD, PhD preferred.