Child & Family Therapist - Family-Centered Care

002 Sea Mar Community Health Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington state is seeking a licensed mental health clinician to provide developmentally and culturally appropriate assessments and counseling within the pediatric and family services.

The role requires collaboration with psychiatry, case workers, and primary care physicians to coordinate treatment plans, monitor medication effects, and ensure confidential, client-centered care across diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Assists in insuring agency compliance with WAC's, RCW's, and other pertinent laws, regulations, and contracts.
• Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures as directed by the ProgramDirector.
• Educates staff regarding the process for mental health service referrals and regarding "psychoeducational topics" (suicide risk assessment, behavior modification, etc.) as directed by theProgram Manager.
• Maintains documentation of mental health services, and follow through in patient charts.
• Provide developmentally and culturally appropriate formal and informal diagnostic assessments for each patient during the program.
• Document outcomes, justify diagnoses, and communicate with the collaborative partners regarding outcomes and recommendations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, specifically children and families
• Provide information about assessments and involve family members as active participants in the assessment process and in treatment planning, where appropriate.
• Collaborate with other professionals in conducting family-centered assessments and treatment planning, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Able to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, adult or geriatric patients.
• Refer patients to psychiatric and medication management services as appropriate.
• Gather information regarding past mental health services to be used in the individual's treatment plan development.
• Provide mental health services referrals to patients prior to or following admission, and exchange information with outside service providers.
• Support other staff regarding mental health needs of staff or patients.
• Maintain confidentiality, prevent splitting between staff and patients, and offer concrete ideas on handling challenging situations.

Job description

Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington state is seeking a licensed mental health clinician to provide developmentally and culturally appropriate assessments and counseling within the pediatric and family services.

The role requires collaboration with psychiatry, case workers, and primary care physicians to coordinate treatment plans, monitor medication effects, and ensure confidential, client-centered care across diverse communities.