Pediatric Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. You will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

We are looking for a Pediatric Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist and Social Worker to join our team. This role is brand new, and we are looking for a caregiver that would be up for the challenging yet rewarding work.

A caregiver in this position works days, 8:00am—5:00pm or 12:00pm—8:00pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the area's psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments, and treatment plans to patient.

• Participate in development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.

• Consult with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies, and patient relatives to ensure compliance with patient treatment plan.

• Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessment participates in interdisciplinary rounds.

• Provide individual, group, family, and crisis counseling.

• Act as a liaison with patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.

• Provide education and resources for patients and family members.

• Supervise and/or train lower-level social workers, students, or interns.

• Process paperwork, telephone calls and complete clinical documentation.

• Participate in continuing professional education, departmental meetings, and teaching.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, or related field.

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), or Licensed Social Worker (LSW); no record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports.

• Three years of experience in a behavioral health setting with comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories, and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients.

• The ability to concisely document clinical findings and patient needs in an electronic medical record while navigating a multi-specialized behavioral health environment and the ability to communicate across different electronic platforms and across a broad geographic provide base is essential.

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