Senior Therapist

Easter Seals DC|MD|VA • Camp Springs, MD, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1w ago

Easterseals DC MD VA offers a unique opportunity for a motivated leader to join an exciting new community-based behavioral health program based in Prince George’s County Maryland. The Lead Clinician serves as the face of the program in the community and supports families and staff in our Head Start and Early Head Start programs established in Prince George’s County Maryland. The Lead Clinician will provide evidence-based treatment to children and families as well as behavioral health consultation and training to the Head Start and Early Head Start staff. The Lead Clinician is also tasked with building community relationships and performing needs assessments of community behavioral health needs in areas surrounding the Easterseals DC MD VA Head Start locations. As the program grows, the Lead Clinician will be responsible for supervision of future clinicians. The Lead Clinician is a full-time employee of Easterseals DC MD VA and reports directly to the Senior Vice President of Programs and Risk Management. The successful candidate will be motivated to deliver services to the highest standards of efficacy and quality, have excellent communication and customer service skills, and will be results-oriented.

Easterseals DC MD VA

Easterseals DC MD VA (ESDCMDVA) is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through direct and life-changing disability and community services.

Since 1945, ESDCMDVA has worked tirelessly to enhance quality of life and expand access to healthcare, education, and employment. We take a holistic approach, providing comprehensive services to thousands of children and adults in our neighborhoods, no matter their disability, military status, income, race, or age: To help each child reach their full potential, we provide personalized child development and early intervention services. To improve health and reduce isolation in adults with disabilities, we offer engaging activities and expansive resources. To enable military families to integrate into the community, we provide a suite of services, including employment support and mental healthcare. And to sustain families and caregivers, we provide comprehensive services and supports.

Our Mission is to enrich lives and expand opportunities for all children and adults in our communities, including people with disabilities and military backgrounds. Our Vision is to create a hopeful, inclusive community where all people realize their potential and live meaningful lives. We achieve these goals by empowering all clients to live their best lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other group affiliation. More than half the individuals we serve each year are of low or moderate income.

Our dedicated staff of approximately 300 professionals includes specialists in education, therapy, senior services, social work, assistive technology, nursing, and related professions. As part of the Easterseals international network, we draw on the resources of almost 25,000 professionals to stay at the cutting edge of service delivery.

ESDCMDVA (www.eseal.org) is the affiliate serving Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. We are an independent 501(c)3 with a local Board of Directors.

Core Values

· Respect: We treat one another fairly. We value the uniqueness and dignity of each member of our community by honoring the choices our participants make and goals they set for themselves, as well as the ideas of our staff and volunteers. We appreciate the strength of diversity and inclusion.

· Responsibility: We share an obligation to ensure that appropriate actions are taken to benefit the organization and its participants. We are good stewards of organizational resources and are accountable for our actions.

· Integrity: We conduct business ethically. We hold ourselves to a high moral standard and speak up when a correction is needed. We communicate openly, honestly, and directly.

· Innovation: We are willing to embrace new ideas, take measured risks, and find better ways to help more people.

· Care: We show compassion for others. We assume the best about everyone we encounter. We strive to live our mission each day.

Overview of the Community Behavioral Health Program

The Community-based Behavioral Health Program is a new program to Easterseals DC MD VA and is designed to strengthen our service continuum for children and families in our service area. The initial focus of this new program will be the Prince George’s County area of Maryland. The new Lead Clinician will help develop this new opportunity and build a strong community partnership to meet the needs of the community. This program is designed to meet children and families where they are and support their behavioral health needs in their community.

Position Summary

The Lead Clinician will be a key member of the community-based behavioral health leadership team. He/she will have a broad role encompassing development and oversight of the program, direct therapeutic client care, as well as consultation and coaching to the Head Start team. The Lead Clinician will have training and experience in counseling young children (0-5 years old), providing family therapy, supervising other counselors, and taking part school-based consultations; must be skilled at delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based services. The Lead Clinician will provide services throughout the area in homes, Head Start and Early Head Start centers, and other community locations. Services may also be provided virtually.

We seek a clinician who will excel at roles and responsibilities including but not limited to:

Administration, Management, and Operations

· Provide overall supervision for the clinical staff, as the program expands, and ensure that they have the professional development and training necessary to maintain a high-functioning clinical program.

·Work with leadership to establish a development plan for the program; including quality assurance and regulatory compliance to client files; on-going program evaluation and recommendations to the SVP for continuous growth and quality; and preparing and submitting monthly program reports and ad-hoc reports as requested by the SVP.

· Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of clinical processes, protocols, and procedures; establish, maintain, and continuously improve processes for outcomes measurement and reporting.

· Develop a training program to enhance skillset of Head Start and Early Head Start staff and other team members to promote an environment of trauma-informed care.

· Ensure that the clinicians provide treatment in compliance with state and federal guidelines as well as program policies, protocols, and procedures (as program grows).

· As the program capacity grows, develop the intern/extern program, and manage its’ operation.

Clinical Care

· Provide direct mental health services and referrals for children and their families in existing Easterseals DC MD VA programs and the community area we serve, utilizing evidenced-based therapies.

· Perform and document client screenings, psychosocial assessments, and progress and referral information.

· Conduct clinical intake assessments.

· Provide individual, couples, and family therapy to children and their families, with a focus on delivering evidence-based treatments.

· Collaborate and coordinate with the family, Head Start team, community providers, and all other disciplines to provide the best care to clients as needed.

Qualifications

· Education: Master’s Degree required, and independent license in Maryland to practice as LCPC, LCMFT or LCSW-C with established supervisor status for licensure.

· Preferred license-eligible in DC and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for future program growth.

· A minimum of 8 years’ overall experience, a minimum of 5 years in a clinical setting, plus a minimum of 2 years of clinical supervisory experience required.

· Experience working with or managing the care of children and families.

· Knowledge in DSM-V diagnoses

· Experience in child and family evidence-based programs.

· Experience providing services in a variety of settings strongly preferred.

· Strong connections and experience in Prince George’s County strongly preferred.

· Knowledge of the appropriate and effective use of protected health information, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

· Bilingual (English/Spanish) a strong plus

· Experience working with diverse communities is strongly preferred. Individuals who identify as BIPOC or as a part of historically under-represented groups, are strongly encouraged to apply and are invited to identify their culture, identity, or background in their cover letter, if desired.

· Must pass physical examination, background check, fingerprinting screen, and maintain required physical/TB screen requirements.

· Must have reliable transportation and the ability to travel throughout the area effectively and efficiently as necessary.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Easterseals policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, status as a special disabled veteran, or any other protected criteria as established by federal, state, or local laws. Employment decisions at Easterseals are based solely upon relevant criteria, including an individual’s capabilities, qualifications, training, experience and suitability.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

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