Open Positions

Psychotherapist
Full Time – Adolescents, Teens, Couples & Adults

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Start Date: Immediate

Salary

Based on experience, eligible for benefits including health and dental insurance. 

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Required Education

Graduate degree and full state licensure in Wisconsin

Required Experience

1-5 years +

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Minimum Experience

Fully licensed LCSW, LPC or LMFT. Must have prior experience providing outpatient psychotherapy post-licensure. No Trainees (APSW or LPC-IT are ineligible)

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Position Description

A leading outpatient mental health organization in Waukesha County has a full time position available for a fully licensed psychotherapist.  The ideal candidate will have outpatient psychotherapy experience with adolescents, teens, couples and adults who present a wide variety of mental health issues; an excellent ability to form a therapeutic relationship, good understanding of teen and adult mental health treatment methods, family systems, the effects of and treatment of adverse childhood experiences and experience working with couples and families.  The position also involves providing anger management services to individuals, services to parents who have place their children at risk of out of home placement and facilitating a psychoeducational group for women who have been domestically violent in a relationship.  Experience with DSM 5 diagnosing, treatment planning and ability to draw from a variety of interventions for treating emotional, psychological, family and personal issues.  Experience serving Employee Assistance referrals and AODA-affected clients strongly desired.  Those with existing insurance credentials are highly desirable.
 

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Applicant Qualifications and Skills:

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• Proficient in a variety of psychotherapy modalities

• Training and knowledge of effective interventions for treatment of individuals who have suffered emotional trauma

• Experience building emotional, behavioral regulation skills with teens- older adults

• Family Systems

• Ability to work independently and as part of a treatment or school team

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and community professionals

• Creative, receptive and responsive

• Projects a professional demeanor and appearance

• Familiar with legal, ethical standards

• Knowledge of DSM diagnosing

• Ability to form and implement treatment plans

• AODA and DBT experience desired

• Ability to work with individuals and couples presenting a variety of mental health and emotional and family issues

• Employee assistance experience desired

• Interest and ability to teach anger management skills to adults

• Interest and ability to provide group treatment for female perpetrators of domestic violence

• Ability to teach parenting skills

• Interest in serving clients from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds

Tasks and Responsibilities

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Clinic therapist:  Provide psychotherapy to a varied client caseload of adolescents, teens, adults, couples and families; provide anger management services; facilitate group for female perpetrators of domestic violence; provide services to improve parenting skills of parents who are placing their children at risk; provide occasional contracted employee assistance services.

• Assessment, intake, case management, individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy, adult psychotherapy as needed.

• Group therapy as assigned

• Complete client charting and other required paperwork per agency, state and insurance contract requirements.

• Attend peer consultation, staff meetings, supervision and other meetings.

• Provide emergency after-hours coverage on rotation.

• Maintain client confidentiality and comply with HIPAA guidelines

• Uphold agency and state ethical and legal standards.

• Establish and maintain collateral contacts as needed.

• Participate in marketing and public relations efforts if needed.

• Fulfill continuing education requirements to maintain state licensure.

• Maintain positive and cooperative working relationships with agency staff.

• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

School-Based Community Mental Health Provider

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Employment Term: 9 month position Sept 1 – May 31,  annually renewable

Employment Type: Full Time    Hours per Week: 40   Work Hours (i.e. shift): 8 AM – 4PM  Location: School District of Waukesha

Start Date: September, 2019

Starting Salary Range: Salary

Salary/Benefit Notes:

Full time employees eligible for benefits including health, dental, life and disability insurance may be available for candidates completing probationary period who meet specific performance standards.

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Required Education: 

State Licensure (LPC, LCSW, LMFT) or ability to obtain license on or before December, 2019

Required Experience:

Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field and

2 years experience in mental health or counseling field.  Experience working in or with schools highly desirable.

Position Description:
Family Service is seeking a full time licensed mental health provider/therapist to coordinate and deliver mental health supportive services for elementary school students in the School District of Waukesha for the 2019-2020 academic year. Candidates will not provide direct psychotherapy services to students during the first year 9-month term but in year 2 and thereafter,  the position will become a full-time 9-month school therapist position.  Candidates with experience working in or with schools strongly desired.  An understanding of family systems, the effects of child abuse and neglect, ability to treat children who’ve suffered adverse childhood experiences and experience working with families required.  The ideal candidate will also have outpatient psychotherapy experience with elementary aged children, ages 4-11, who present a wide variety of issues.

Minimum experience required:  

Fully licensed LCSW, LPC or LMFT.   Must have prior experience working with mental health-affected children and their families and some experience providing child therapy.  Ability to facilitate psycho-educational groups for children.  Ability to use creative interventions to form relationships with children.  Ability to generate trust and form relationships with parents, students and staff. Ability to provide child mental health information and training to educators.

Applicant qualifications and skills:

•    Experience working with youth ages 4-11 and under-served populations

•    Experience working in schools or experience working collaboratively with school staff

•     Knowledge of Waukesha County mental health services and other community resources

•    Knowledge of child development and “normal” developmental stages

• Understanding of and experience working with mental health-diagnosed children

• Knowledge of the impact of adverse childhood experiences

• Training in childhood trauma

• Experience with leading student social-emotional support groups for elementary aged children

• Proficient in child therapy and childhood trauma treatment concepts and methods

• Experience with methods for building emotional, behavioral regulation skills with children

• Knowledge of family systems theory

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of team and with members of the community

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent public speaking skills and experience

• Excellent social skills with adults and students

• Excellent decision-making skills

• Projects a professional demeanor and appearance

• Creative, receptive and responsive

• Flexibility in adapting to new work demands

• Ability to work efficiently and effectively with multiple responsibilities
  Familiar with legal, ethical standards in the provision of mental health care

• Experienced in the use of art, music or other creative therapies helpful

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Build educator capacity to understand and adapt mental health concepts into useful strategies to effectively reach and teach challenging students

• Create written materials for staff and parent education on student mental health and trauma

• Serve as advocate for the creation of a trauma sensitive school environment

•    Organize and facilitate parent trainings on at home strategies for supporting children’s mental health needs at home, school, and in the community.

•    Co-facilitate social-emotional-academic instructional groups for students along with school staff.

•    Support student mental health needs in the classroom through interactions, consultations and/or co-led classroom activities with school staff.

•    Assist in professional development activities toward increasing staff knowledge of mental health issues, the impact of mental health and trauma on learning.

•    Provide staff training on self care and effective management of stress and stress response responses.

•    Assist with connecting students, staff to appropriate community resources to support student mental health

• Attend peer consultation, staff meetings, supervision and other meetings as required by supervisors

• Maintain student confidentiality and comply with HIPAA guidelines

• Uphold agency, school and state ethical and legal standards.

• Establish and maintain collateral contacts as needed.

• Fulfill continuing education requirements to maintain state licensure.

• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

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