School-Based Outpatient Therapist

Malvern Community Health Services (formerly Progressions Behavioral Health Services, Inc.)

Pottstown, PA

Job Details

Qualifications: Master’s Degree with Clinical Internship – Required
Licensure (LPC or LCSW) – Preferred

Salary: $23.00- 37.00

Job Type: Full time with attractive PTO policy; benefits available.

Location / Schedule: MCHS has licensed offices in over 30 schools in Montgomery County. This position provides the flexibility of working with a school schedule, Monday – Friday. Main office available if needed for appointments after school or when the buildings are closed.

Positions Available: Two

Full Job Description

Malvern Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS) seeks to support children and adults and their families, role models, caregivers, friends and members of their spiritual community, to have access to individualized, strength-based, trauma-informed quality behavioral health supports and services that foster choices so that they may enjoy meaningful relationships and a life worth living in our communities.

MCHS offers expert and caring behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.

We are currently hiring School-Based Outpatient Therapists to join our Pottstown Outpatient Services Department. At our Pottstown office we service Montgomery County community by offering:

• Outpatient Therapy
• School-Based Outpatient Therapy
• IBHS
• Psychiatric Services

Position Summary: The School-Based Outpatient Therapist (SBOP) provides individual, family and/or group therapy to children, adolescents and adults. He/She assists the individual to promote independence in managing mental health needs and/or behavior problems. Clinicians have the unique opportunity to work with students in the school setting, in their own office licensed by the state. Clinicians work closely with school staff in receiving referrals and coordinating care. This position has the potential to be a full time or part time position depending on the applicants availabilty.

Summary of Essential Position Functions:

• Provide therapy (individual, family or group) to clients on a regularly scheduled basis – minimum of 30 hours per week expected
• Complete all paperwork within policy time frames
• Attend all staff meetings
• Make referrals to appropriate community resources
• Transfer skills to client to promote independence
• Comply with all state mandated regulations and all training requirements
• Participates in supervision within policy time frames
• Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

This position is a full time/ part time position. Full time employees are benefit eligibe. . Benefits offered include, but not limited to:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401K plan with company match

Qualifications

• This position requires individuals that are client focused; team oriented; great interpersonal and communication skills; dependable; problem solving skills; organizational skills; focused on compliance and performance quality. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  Supervisory Responsibility: N/A

Education and/or Experience:

• A mental health clinician, including psychiatrist, psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, OR social worker with a graduate degree that required a clinical OR mental health service practicum. Licensure is preferred but not required for this position.
• Individual and family therapy experience
• Knowledge of mental health systems and community resources
• Must be able to intervene and control agitated clients through non-physical interventions. Hazards include risk of exposure to disease and risk of physical injury associated with psychiatric patients who have the potential to act out or lose control

Credentials and Special/Technical Skills:

• Clearances for Child Abuse, FBI and State Criminal, CPR and First Aid

• Malvern Community Health Services 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.*