Telehealth Therapist

Cambermentalhealth; St. Louis, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

KVC Health Systems seeks a Telehealth Therapist to deliver trauma-informed therapy to children and adolescents using web-based platforms. The role involves coordination with residential and acute programs, families, schools, and community partners to tailor treatment plans.

Expect travel to hospital sites for in-person support when needed. The incumbent will hold a Master’s degree in a related field and licensure in the state of practice, with at least three years of supervised experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, family therapy, or counseling and state licensure.
• Minimum of three years supervised experience with children/adolescents.
• Telehealth experience preferred; proficient with telehealth platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and group therapy via telehealth.
• Collaborate with treatment teams, schools, and community partners.
• Complete assessments, treatment plans, and discharge summaries.

Skills

Therapy experience

Telehealth

On-call support

Education

MSW / MFT / Counseling

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

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Telehealth Therapist

Full Time Professional Kansas City, KS, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 9055

Telehealth Therapist

Full Time

St. Louis, MO, US

Join Us to Build Healing and Hope Together!

As leaders in children’s mental health and wellness, St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems Youth Mental Health Care have partnered to create one of the nation’s most innovative and transformative youth mental health and wellness campuses. The partnership includes a 77-bed acute care hospital and outpatient programs. Located on the KVC Missouri Children’s Mental Wellness Campus conveniently located in Webster Groves, Missouri, the peaceful environment and broad continuum of care allow children and families to access the appropriate level of treatment throughout their healing experience. The new campus is slated to open in late 2026. Learn more at stlouischildrenskvc.org. Join us and be a part of this journey of healing and hope for thousands of children and teens.

Job Summary

Using web-based technology, the Telehealth Therapist will provide trauma-informed case management and therapy to children and adolescents being served by residential and/or acute programs. Collaborates with treatment teams, hospital liaisons, schools, mental health centers, and the community to collectively address individual needs of each client on their caseload.

Will travel as needed to sites in order to provide additional support to therapy and admissions teams.

KVC employees are expected to work with children and families, community partners and each other using KVC values: The heart of our work is helping people. Our character is built on authenticity and compassion. Family connection drives our culture.

Collaboration fuels our improvement. Urgency and innovation mark our approach. Diverse perspectives are key to our progress. Additionally, staff members are expected to be a role model for children and families, be solutions focused and build upon their strengths. KVC employees are also expected to maintain knowledge of, and adhere to, all company policies and procedures.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Other duties may be assigned according to qualification of staff and development of programs.


• Practice conduct that displays respect for all KVC colleagues and community stakeholders regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.


• Conducts individual, group and family therapy using telephonic and web-based technology provided by KVC.


• Travel to Hospital sites when needed for in-person meetings and therapy sessions. Participates as a part of a multidisciplinary treatment team and complete comprehensive intake and assessments, initial and master treatment plans and discharge summaries.


• Completes required documentation, including phone calls and visitations, forms and reports per agency's policy and procedures; enters documentation accurately and in time according to KVC Hospitals guidelines.


• Requires comprehensive knowledge of youth’s history, plan of care and discharge plan and available for consultation on a 24/7 hour on-call basis.


• May participate in Utilization Review functions and reporting to insurance companies and payors.


• Maintain current employee profile in KVC’s HRIS tool.


• Maintain current knowledge of and adhere to all KVC policies.


• Provides crisis intervention when necessary and use approved tools, techniques and resources available.


• Facilitate treatment review meetings with guardian, MCO, and community partners in person or by phone.


• Creates and maintain secure, safe, pleasant, nurturing living and learning environments both virtually and when on-site.


• Maintain compliance with state, federal and all licensure and accrediting bodies.

All employees must be at least 21 years of age.

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work, Family Therapy, Counseling from an accredited institution and licensed to practice in the state(s) in which you practice.

Professional Licensure/Certification

LMSW, LSW, LSCSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC, LMFT, LCMFT or other professional license issued/approved by the state(s) in which you practice. Clinical licensure preferred. Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Experience/Skills

• Minimum of three year’s supervised experience in providing individual, family and group therapy to children and/or adolescents. Documented course work in child/adolescent development and individual, family and group counseling. Previous experience providing telehealth preferred.


• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside-weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits & More

Employee benefits and culture fall under the KVC Health Systems umbrella. KVC is a family of private, nonprofit organizations that strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. Through our broad continuum of care, we are proud to be a national leader in mental health, child welfare, and health and human services transformation.

At KVC, we offer a positive, supportive workplace where each person can do work they love. In fact, we’re so proud of our culture that we see it as our top competitive advantage in the health and human services field. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC has an incredible 83 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. KVC was also named #15 on Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies 2025 list, a recognition achieved entirely based on anonymous employee reviews. In addition to being mission-driven, we offer employees an unparalleled level of flexibility, wellbeing, learning, inclusion, recognition, and rewards.