Emotional Wellness Therapist

Community Of Hope Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 75.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Top Workplace awards

Paid lunch

Vacation and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

403(b) retirement

Career growth opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Community of Hope is seeking an Emotional Wellness Therapist to provide short- and long-term psychotherapy, screening, and crisis intervention at the Commons at Stanton Square Center in SE, Washington, DC. The role involves collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of treatment professionals.

Qualified candidates hold an LGSW/LICSW/LGPC/LPC license, maintain active BLS, and are willing to travel between sites.

Qualifikationen

• Active psychotherapy licensure in corresponding field.
• Ability to perform intake and psychosocial assessments.
• Experience with crisis intervention and safety planning.

Aufgaben

• Provide short- and long-term psychotherapy, screening, and crisis intervention.
• Complete intake and psychosocial assessments per COH protocols.
• Develop and monitor treatment plans and update every 3 months.
• Provide crisis intervention and coordinate safety with appropriate agencies.
• Coordinate care with internal and external providers and supervise interns.

Kenntnisse

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Travel between sites

Evening/weekend availability

Ausbildung

LGSW/LICSW/LGPC/LPC license

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Jobbeschreibung

Description

Washington, DC | Hybrid | $75K - $85K | Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)

Do you have a passion for providing compassionate, evidence-based mental health support to individuals and families seeking to improve their emotional well-being? Community of Hope is seeking a dedicated and empathetic Emotional Wellness Therapist to work with other treatment professionals here at COH to provide a coordinated, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to short-and-long-term psychotherapy services, screening, and crisis intervention. This position is located at our Commons at Stanton Square Center in SE, Washington, DC.

Our Approach and Values

We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.

We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

What You'll Do

• Provides effective and efficient short-term and long-term psychotherapy services, screening, and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, and/or adults based on privileging Clinician also provides family (non-couples), and group therapy via in person and/or telehealth counseling.
• Completes intake and psychosocial assessments for all referred patients following COH protocols.
• Utilizes appropriate screening tools to assess clinical diagnoses and monitor symptoms quarterly or more frequently as necessary.
• Completes a treatment plan for all short-term therapy clients by the 2nd scheduled session and for long-term therapy clients by the 4th scheduled session.
• Monitors client progress through the course of treatment, reevaluating and adapting the treatment plan at required intervals. Treatment Plan should be updated at least every 3 months or more frequently as appropriate.
• Provides crisis intervention per the clinician’s licensing and COH guidelines, to include addressing suicidal/homicidal ideations.
• Ensures patient safety by following COH policies for contacting Child and Family Services Administration, Adult Protective Services, Mobile Crisis, and/or 911 when appropriate. Creates patient safety contracts as appropriate.
• Helps identify and address related problems affecting health of client, such as housing, vocational rehabilitation, and social integration, and coordinates service delivery with other health center staff and community providers.
• Coordinates emotional wellness care with internal and external service providers. Consults with supervisor on difficult to engage clients.
• Maintains the required productivity numbers expected by Community of Hope, as set by the board, currently at 100 visits per month.
• Provides clinical supervision to Master level interns and licensed graduate clinicians as appropriate.

Must-Haves

• LGSW/LICSW, LGPC/LPC, or comparable license required. Any providers who are licensed in Maryland who provide a copy of their license and MD CDS to Talent Management are also eligible for MD licensure reimbursement.
• Active BLS Certification.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, staff and the treatment community.
• Ability to travel between sites.
• This position may require evening or weekend hours depending on client needs.
• Sensitivity to diverse cultural, ethnic, sexual orientation identity issues.
• Proof of required vaccinations is required. This includes, but may not be limited to, Flu. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason, subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in community health center setting.
• Ability to work with technology and electronic health records preferred.
• Knowledge of community resources or the ability to become knowledgeable.
• Fluency in Spanish or Amharic.

Why You'll Love Working Here!

At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner.
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch.
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years), 2 weeks sick leave, + 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP), Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance + 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development, internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity, compassion, and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, rapidly growing nonprofit, and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, we have provided health and housing services, perinatal care coordination, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DC’s largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and our various partnerships, we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy, housed, and hopeful. With the help of our amazing staff, we have successfully provided:

• 50,000+ medical visits
• 6,300+ dental visits
• 17,000+ emotional wellness visits
• 1,384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.