Mental Health Therapist
Full Time • Fort Wayne
STRONG FAMILIES MAKE STRONG COMMUNITIES!
Benefits:
- Milage reimbursement
- 403B
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Whitington Services for Children and Families is seeking individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of others.
To join our growing staff you must be license eligible in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Marriage and Family therapy from an accredited university. Direct LCSW supervision is provided.
We currently have openings for community-based Medicaid outpatient clinics and Fatherhood Engagement program with extended opportunities to work with those overcoming addiction or participating in supervised parenting time and reunification efforts along with traditional therapeutic services.
We offer flexible schedules and have current openings for Full, Part-time or contracting providers.
Benefits/Perks
To join our growing staff you must be license eligible in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Marriage and Family therapy from an accredited university. Direct LCSW supervision is provided.
We currently have openings for community-based Medicaid outpatient clinics and Fatherhood Engagement program with extended opportunities to work with those overcoming addiction or participating in supervised parenting time and reunification efforts along with traditional therapeutic services.
We offer flexible schedules and have current openings for Full, Part-time or contracting providers.
Benefits/Perks
- Flexible Scheduling
- Competitive Compensation
- Office access 24/7 to meet your scheduling needs and the needs of those you work with.
- We provide weekly team collaboration and support.
Job Summary
This position includes Home, Community and Office-based services to families/persons identified either as under a service referral from the Department of Child Services/Probation and upcoming Medicare/Medicaid clinic options and therapeutic supervised parenting time in home, in community or in office settings.
This position includes Home, Community and Office-based services to families/persons identified either as under a service referral from the Department of Child Services/Probation and upcoming Medicare/Medicaid clinic options and therapeutic supervised parenting time in home, in community or in office settings.
In this role there are initial assessments, treatment planning, ongoing implementation of progress notes, contact with Department of Child Services, probation and families and caregivers and the courts. May include direct supervision toward licensure under an LCSW Supervisor.
We are seeking individuals with a passion for others who can provide high-quality care and evidence-based mental health solutions. Whitington allows scheduling Monday-Sunday and all time frames, to allow for flexible workdays and times based on the needs of the families/persons scheduling. Services are expected to include the following:
We are seeking individuals with a passion for others who can provide high-quality care and evidence-based mental health solutions. Whitington allows scheduling Monday-Sunday and all time frames, to allow for flexible workdays and times based on the needs of the families/persons scheduling. Services are expected to include the following:
- Perform intake assessments
- Biopsychosocial assessments both adult and child
- Individualized measurable treatment plans
- Ongoing progress notes showing evidence of the use of evidence-based methods.
- Services must be consistent with the Agency service model and state and or federal contract expectations.
- Services are required to be family center and child focused.
- There is an expectation that services will begin within 48 hours of being assigned.
- Ongoing risk assessments and monitoring of family/parental progress must be maintained.
- All therapists are held to all facility and licensing and ethical standards of the National Association of Social Workers.
- This position may also be required to act as a relief person in other positions as needed and can include group facilitation and program development duties as required.
Qualifications
Practicum and Interns welcome to apply. Master’s degree in social work, psychology, marriage and family, or related human service field, or be license eligible in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Marriage and Family therapy from an accredited university. Direct LCSW supervision is provided.
This position requires a Valid Driver’s License and up to date insurance coverage
This position requires a Valid Driver’s License and up to date insurance coverage
Candidates must be able to transport families/persons in their personal vehicle with mileage reimbursed or in company-provided vehicles and may require driving out of town or long distances.
Clinicians must be comfortable working both as part of a collaborative team and as an individual practitioner and maintain an on-call status as required.
Clinicians must be comfortable working both as part of a collaborative team and as an individual practitioner and maintain an on-call status as required.
Whitington serves children and families in their homes that are at risk or in crisis through our Home Based Family Centered Casework and Therapy Services.
Mission
Mission
It is our mission at Whitington to develop independent life skills that lead to self-sufficient families.
Goals
- Ensure safety and optimum growth opportunities for referred children and families.
- Maintain a culture that promotes learning and strives for excellence.
- Achieve reunification or other appropriate permanency for children as quickly as possible.
- Design and maintain a service delivery system which is child-centered, family-focused, community-based and outcome-oriented.
- Develop and manage a collaborative multi-disciplinary array of services which are immediately accessible, seamlessly integrated, fiscally accountable and dynamically linked with other services.
Vision
It is our vision that all children, youth, and families are independent, self-sufficient and contributing members of society.
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