Community Based Therapist

Primary Responsibilities (included but are not limited to):

• Provide mental health services including assessments to individual and family during sessions
• Travel to/from assigned school
• Collect health information and student outcomes data to use for monitoring the performance and effectiveness of services provided
• Develop action plans with teachers and parents to determine next steps as needed
• Make referrals for outside support for additional specialist
• Ability to build relationships with clients and partner with additional stakeholders and or/ outside agencies.
• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to consumer’ treatment
• Update case management notes after sessions and input information into systems as needed
• Identifying areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment to assist clients regularly
• Maintain client records that are accurate, comprehensive an adhere to documentation policies

Education, Skills, and Experience Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Previous experience with crisis and trauma-informed care desired
• 2-3 years of experience working in inner city schools
• Must have LICSW, LPC, LGPC, or LGSW
• Understanding of the RTI process
• Other licensure relevant to industry is a PLUS
• Bilingual is a PLUS

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Clearance Requirements:

• CFSA CPS Clearance
• FBI Clearance
• Metropolitan Police Clearance (DC)

Note: Clearances must be completed before working with clients and every year thereafter

SMILE OFFERS A COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE

Position Type and Expected Working Hours:

Full-time position will require a minimum of 40 hours per week. Hours are determined based on the school you are assigned to. Therapist are expected to extend his or her hours, as needed, to accommodate the schedules of parents to facilitate family therapy and parent education.

Additional Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard clinical environment with extensive patient contact and frequent interruptions.
• Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight (up to 40 pounds); to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
• Vision: Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by managers to perform other instructions and duties. This job description may be revised from time to time and does not constitute a contract for employment.

EEO Statement:

SMILE Therapy Services, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.