Strategic Therapy Associates is an established mental health provider with offices throughout Virginia. We are seeking an Outpatient Therapist (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LMHP-R, or LMHP-S) to provide school-based* outpatient mental health services to students in the public school system. We help clients resolve mental health issues that are putting them in an at-risk status, moving them toward positive change and self-sufficiency. We use and teach family systems interventions in our work with families.

Benefits:

• Flexible Schedule (as it relates to client availability)
• Lucrative Earning Opportunities Including Regular Bonuses
• $12, 000 Hiring Bonus for Full-Time Hires
• On-going Training and Learning Opportunities
• Mileage Reimbursement
  
• Medical Insurance (company pays 75% of employee premium) Dental & Vision Insurance
  
• Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Long Term Disability
  
• Supplemental Insurance Benefit Options
  
• Paid Holidays
  
• Paid Universal Leave
  
• Bereavement Leave
  
• 401K Retirement Plan With Company Match
  
• Tuition Discounts With Partnering Universities
  
• Free CEUs Through Partnering Universities
  
• Clinical supervision toward professional licensure (LCSW, LPC and/or LMFT)

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Carry a caseload of outpatient therapy clients, providing mental health counseling services to students in a school-based* setting.
• Overseeing referrals, completing assessments, and working closely with case managers, school personnel, and guardians.
  
• Empower clients to resolve the issues that can lead to out-of-school placements, or that may result in institutionalization if not effectively remedied via lesser restrictive measures.
  
• Establish rapport quickly and employ creative, appropriate therapeutic techniques to best meet the needs of the individual client.
  
• Complete the required clinical documentation.
  
• Outside of the school year, outpatient services will be provided in an office-based setting and caseload may also include crisis intervention, in-home family therapy, and clinical assessments.

Attributes:

• Clinically sound.
• Family-oriented.
• Hopeful and optimistic that people can change.
• Flexible and willing to adjust practice for the betterment of clients.
• Open-minded and willing to learn and apply new strategies.
• Humble and good-humored.

Required Education and Qualification:

• Must have the ability to successfully register as a Resident in Counseling (LMHP-R) or a Supervisee in Social Work (LMHP-S) with the Virginia Board of Health Professions. Please visit this link for more information: https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/counseling or https://www.dhp.gov/social/default.htm/ or be an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW.
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance, own vehicle, satisfactory driving record & willingness to transport clients within the community

• Conditions apply, and licensure supervision is offered to masters-level staff at Strategic working in the intensive in-home program and is based on supervisor availability and after a period of employment (as determined by the director) in which the potential "resident" has been observed in clinical skill and in interactions in regular clinical supervision.