Therapist for Out-of-Home Placements
Advanced Behavioral Health
- Baltimore, MD
- $63,500-72,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Sign-On and Retention Bonuses: $5,000 or $6,000 if Bi-lingual, English/Spanish
Job Types: W2: Full-Time, 40 Hours per week Mon - Fri, with an occasional on call evening.
Location: Baltimore, MDDuties and Responsibilities:
- Provide therapy to children placed in out-of-home care, their foster parents, and biological parents.
- Provide clients support and assistance to promote successful foster care transitions with the focus on reaching permanency plan goals.
- Meet with assigned clients in either group, individual, joint or family sessions in accordance with established practice standards and expectations including meeting weekly/monthly appointments if requested by patient or providers.
- Schedules appointments with clients according to program standards.
- Completes clinical notes and other paper work as required.
- Maintains appropriate contact with referral sources and work cooperatively with other members of the client’s treatment team.
- Respects the confidentiality of clients and follows all HIPAA guidelines.
- Answer incoming phone calls from clients within 24 hours.
- Check e-mail throughout the day and respond as appropriate.
- Keep up to date with information dispersed via memos, notices, e-mails from all levels of management.
- Comply with CARF/COMAR/HIPAA/ State compliance regulations and documentation standards.
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related discipline;
- Licensed in the state of Maryland as a LMSW, or LCSW-C, LGPC, or LCPC;
- Previous experience doing psychotherapy desired.
- Ability to manage, delegate and manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to travel.
- Must be sensitive to the cultural and socioeconomic differences present among the practices service population.
- Empathy and Compassion.
- Excellent customer service, listening, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Responsible, reliable and punctual.
- Must demonstrate understanding of managed care concepts and willingness to provide treatment and work within that system.
- $5,000 Sign-On and Retention Bonus Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Insurance Policies: Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Hospital Confinement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- PTO and Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Paid Birthday
- Company Paid CEU's
- Company Sponsored Certifications
- Paid Supervision by Board Approved Supervisors
- Company Issued Laptop/Phone