Position Summary: The Outpatient/School Based Therapist will work with children and/or adults within our school-based settings and/or outpatient clinic. Glade Run Lutheran Services offers Outpatient and School Based Counseling for anyone experiencing life problems or mental health issues. Services are available to individuals ages 5 and older and are provided by Master's level clinicians. These positions pay $48.00 per billable hour (licensed staff), $42.00 per billable hour (non-licensed staff), and $15.00 per administrative/training hour. Current openings within Riverview School District (Verona/Oakmont), Pittsburgh Public Schools, North HIlls School District, Propel (Pitcairn/Braddock Hills), Urban Charter and Wilkinsburg School Districts in Allegheny County.

Outpatient Counseling may include:
Individual, family, and group therapy for a variety of mental health issues such as marital or family issues, parent-child relationship problems, separation and loss, sexual abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

School Based Counseling may include:
Completing client intakes (inclusive of psycho-social assessment, initial treatment plan and required legal consents); developing measurable treatment goals in collaboration with clients and families; completing treatment reviews in accordance with outpatient regulations; and providing individual, group, and family therapy as is clinically indicated.

REQUIREMENTS:

Academic – meets one (1) of the criteria below:
1. Has a graduate degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in a generally recognized clinical discipline in which the degree program includes a clinical practicum; OR
2. Has an equivalent degree from a foreign college or university that has been evaluated by the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) or the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The Department will accept a general equivalency report from the listed evaluator agencies to verify a foreign degree or its equivalency; OR
3. Is licensed in a generally recognized clinical discipline that includes mental health clinical experience. Professional license (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) and credentialing preferred. Professional license does not include Licensed Social Worker – LSW.)

Physical Requirements:
1. Must have audio/visual/verbal activity to provide supervision for the clients and to perform essential job function.

Emotional Requirements:
1. Must have emotional stability to perform essential job functions.

Other Requirements:
1. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with agency personnel and community agencies.
2. Ability to accept supervision.
3. Ability to adjust hours to job requirements.
4. Ability to work independently.
5. Must possess good written and verbal communication skills.
6. Ability to protect the confidentiality of the clients.
7. Ability to identify with the agency’s mission statement and support the agency’s core values.
8. Eligible for PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse History clearance and FBI clearance.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Outpatient:

• Provide individual, family, group and couples counseling to clients as defined in an individualized treatment plan generated within 15 days or 2 sessions of date of admission and updated at a minimum of 120 days. Treatment plan goals are to be measurable with progress documented in a progress note for each session.
• Complete clinical file documentation in a timely manner (initial paperwork within 72 hours, psychosocial within 2 weeks, payroll according to agency schedule) and in accordance with agency policies and procedures. Maintain case documentation according to DHS requirements.
• Consult with psychiatrist, other involved program areas or providers on a regular basis to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.
• Attend regularly scheduled supervisory sessions with clinical supervisor and psychiatrist. Present/Review case files as required by supervisor.
• Complete the agency's orientation and keep up to date with personnel and training requirements
• Must meet identified productivity expectations.

School Based:

• Complete intakes (inclusive of psycho-social assessment, initial treatment plan and required legal consents) for assigned school-based clients in accordance with outpatient regulations.
• Develop measurable treatment plan goals in collaboration with the assigned school-based client (and legal guardian when indicated).
• Complete treatment reviews in accordance with outpatient regulations.
• Provide individual, group and family therapy as indicated in the treatment plan.
• Complete clinical progress notes in a timely manner and include references to the treatment plan.
• Consult with designated psychiatrist and school-based supervisor regularly to ensure effective collaboration and quality of service.
• Participate in individual and group clinical supervision activities as scheduled.
• Communicate and collaborate with designated school district personnel when indicated.
• Attend in-service and professional development activities as scheduled.
• Must meet agency productivity requirements.
• Enter clinical documentation in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in a timely manner as per program guidelines.

KNOWLEDGE AREAS:

• Individual, Family and Group Therapy
• Positive Discipline
• Child Protective Services Law
• Trauma Informed Care
• Behavioral Modification
• Behavioral Management
• DSM V Diagnoses
• Couples Counseling
• Theological Sensitivity
• Therapeutic Interventions and Approaches
• Trauma Treatment

• Current openings within Riverview School District (Verona/Oakmont), Pittsburgh Public Schools, North HIlls School District, Propel (Pitcairn/Braddock Hills), Urban Charter and Wilkinsburg School Districts in Allegheny County.