Licensed Clinical Therapist - Youth & Young Adults

Description

If you want to be a part of a growing organization and make a difference in the community, come work for Shalom Austin!

Compensation

We’ll pay you an annual salary of $63,000 to $65,000.

About the Job

The JFS Youth and Young Adult Therapist will provide therapy services to JFS clients including individual, family, and group interventions in a collaborative community setting. Focusing on the unique mental health needs that arise in childhood and early adulthood, the Youth and Young Adult Therapist will offer resources and referrals as needed to build clients’ capacity to thrive.  Please note: only candidates with an active TX license will be considered. 

You’ll wow us by masterfully performing the following key duties and responsibilities:

Essential functions:

• Counseling – Perform on-site and/or remote telehealth clinical counseling services to Jewish Family Service clients, in accordance with agency policies. Service demographics include children, teens, young adults, and families. Interventions may include individual and group therapy, case management, and crisis intervention.   
• General Direct Service – Provides additional social services to clients as needed, such as advocacy, service linkage and referral, and collaboration with other providers. Maintains knowledge of current resources in the Greater Austin area.    
• Collaboration – Partners closely with fellow clinical staff and all Shalom Austin staff to serve the needs of clients and community. Attends mandatory staff meetings, trainings, biweekly clinical supervision, and offers coverage when needed. 
• Documentation and Record Keeping – Maintains professional and timely documentation of services in electronic medical record including, but not limited to intake notes, progress notes, treatment plans, termination notes, contract notes, and other forms or documents which may be needed or required from time-to-time. Tracks and uses program-related data to enhance service effectiveness.   
• Community Outreach and Education – Collaborate with other institutions and professionals in the Jewish community, and in the Austin mental health and social services network. Engages in ongoing outreach and community engagement through implementation of psychoeducation, community events, collaboration, and networking. 
• Identify needs among Austin area youth and young adults related to mental health and meet those needs accordingly through direct services and community partnerships
  

Work environment: Must have the ability to perform in-office and/or remote telehealth social services, in accordance with agency policies. For those working remotely, a private space is necessary to maintain client confidentiality.
 

Travel: Must be able to travel between JFS locations as well as to and from shared workspaces in the community to provide therapy services.  

Physical demands: Must be able to meet routine office physical demands including climbing stairs, carrying up to 20-pound objects and possessing the dexterity and vision to operate office computers and equipment. 

Availability: Full-time, flexible hours with some evening and weekend availability required. No overtime offered.
 

Our great benefits

• We’ll provide a FREE membership to the fitness and aquatics center, and offer you discounts on programs, including personal training.
• Bimonthly group consultation with a team of licensed therapists.
• Enhanced access to social services which provide wrap-around care for your clients.
• We are a learning organization! Our staff have regular opportunities for training and continuing education. Funds for continuing education available.
• We offer outstanding medical insurance coverage through Cigna, and we’ll pay over 80% of the premium cost of our base plan on your behalf.
• You will have the option to contribute to our 403(b) with and the opportunity for a company match.
• We provide life and long-term disability insurance, and we pay 100% of the cost for you.
• We will give you lots of paid time off. First-year employees receive: 18 days of paid time off, and more than 15 Jewish and Federal holidays.
• We’ll offer you up to a 50% discount for your kiddos in our amazing early childhood program, as enrollment allows.
• You will have access to our amazing Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We understand that you need a work/life balance and that you have commitments outside of the workplace, so we’ll do our very best to offer you some flexibility in your work schedule.
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