Emotional Wellness Therapist

TEAMS Constructions; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Workplace (Washington Post)

Hybrid work model

Paid time off and holidays

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

403(b) retirement

Job summary

Community of Hope in Washington, DC is seeking a licensed clinician to provide psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults in a hybrid setting (in-person and telehealth), with emphasis on crisis intervention and coordinated care.

You will complete intake assessments, develop and monitor treatment plans, collaborate with staff, ensure patient safety, and supervise Master’s level interns. Requires LGSW/LICSW or LGPC/LPC and ability to travel between sites; BLS certification is required.

Qualifications

• LGSW/LICSW, LGPC/LPC, or comparable license required.
• 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 as required.

Responsibilities

• Provides effective psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, and/or adults via in person and/or telehealth.
• Completes intake and psychosocial assessments following COH protocols.
• Uses screening tools to assess diagnoses and monitor symptoms.
• Creates treatment plans by the 2nd or 4th session depending on type of therapy.
• Monitors progress and updates treatment plan every 3 months or as needed.
• Provides crisis intervention and ensures patient safety per COH guidelines.
• Addresses related social determinants and coordinates with health center staff and providers.
• Coordinates emotional wellness care with internal/external providers and consults with supervisor.
• Maintains productivity of 100 visits per month as required.
• Provides clinical supervision to Master level interns and licensed graduate clinicians.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Travel between sites

BLS Certification

Education

Licensed clinician (LGSW/LICSW or LGPC/LPC)

Job description

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

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.

Requirements

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.