Mental Health Therapist/Associate - Psychiatric Urgent Care

Provides mental health services to children, adolescents, and families with serious developmental, emotional, and behavioral problems.

We are looking for full-time & part-time Mental Health Therapists or Associates to work in our brand new Psychiatry Urgent Care Clinic!

Our Psychiatric Urgent Care Clinic will be the first Psychiatric Urgent Care Clinic supporting children and adolescents in WA State! You would have the opportunity to be a part of our innovative care model to respond to patients in crisis. Come join our multidisciplinary team of dedicated professionals to make difference in our community!

The schedule for this role will require working one weekend day and the hours are 11:30am-08:00pm. A full-time employee works 1.0 FTE (80 hours per bi-weekly pay periods) & part-time employees work either 0.8 FTE (64 hours per bi-weekly pay periods) or 0.6 FTE (48 hours per bi-weekly pay periods). 

  

Mental Health Therapist:

Required Education and Experience
Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field.
Minimum two years experience in providing direct treatment services to children and families.
May work evening & weekends as required.

Required Credentials
Licensed as a Mental Health Professional in Washington State in appropriate field according to degree (e.g., LICSW, LMFT).
For staff that work in schools, prior to the start of employment, individuals are required to submit a copy of a receipt directly to Human Resources (electronically) confirming they have completed the fingerprinting process as outlined by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
Within 90 days of employment, must obtain, and maintain in good standing, medical or allied health professional staff privileges that are not limited, revoked, suspended, conditioned, or probationary, except for normal probationary periods due to initial appointment.
All medical and allied health professional staff members are provisional for the first year.
Any and all medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children's will terminate automatically upon the termination of the individual's employment at Children's.
Termination of employment does not prohibit the individual from seeking medical or allied health professional staff privileges at Children’s as a non-employee in any category for which the individual qualifies.
Questions regarding medical or allied health professional staff privileges may be directed to Medical Staff Services.

Preferred
Minority Mental Health Specialist designation.
Experience with multi-system involved children with severe behavioral problems and/or developmental disabilities.
Experience providing comprehensive intake evaluations with multi-axial diagnoses.
Experience with evidence based practice.
Experience with the King County MHP and WA State Mental Health WACs.

Mental Health Therapist Associate:

Required Education and Experience

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field.

Minimum of practicum experiences during training focused on the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and families with serious developmental, emotional and behavioral problems.

Actively working to obtain 3000 hours of supervised experience toward independent licensure in the State of Washington.

May work evening & weekends as required.

Required Credentials

This job requires 1 of 5 licenses:

Licensed in Washington State as a Mental Health Counselor Associate.

Licensed in Washington State as a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate.

Licensed in Washington State as an Independent Clinical Social Work Associate.

Social Worker Associate Advanced License (SA).

Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration within 60 days of employment start date; Will obtain Associate level licensure listed above within 120 days of employment.

For staff that work in schools, prior to the start of employment, individuals are required to submit a copy of a receipt directly to Human Resources (electronically) confirming they have completed the fingerprinting process as outlined by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

Preferred

Experience with multi-system involved children with severe behavioral problems and/or developmental disabilities.

Experience with the mental health system of care and Washington State Mental Health WACs.

Experience with evidence based practice.

Compensation Range

$37.85 - $68.70 per hour

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by m