Telehealth Therapist

Job Summary

The Telehealth Therapist participates in the clinical team by providing mental health assessment, and ongoing individual counseling using telehealth. The telehealth therapist manages a diverse caseload and collaborates with persons served and other providers to assure that the mental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of clients are addressed. Counseling services for this position will be provided over zoom from a home-based office.
 

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related field


• Licensure: Requires an independent social work or counselor license recognized by the state of Ohio – i.e. LISW, LPCC or IMFT.


• The Benefits Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff. We support our staff’s financial well-being by providing employer paid long-term disability, a very competitive defined contribution towards retirement and access to a financial advisor when you need it. We have nutrition and fitness coaches available for consultation. We also have a generous time off program as well as other benefits we can share with you based on your individual interests.


• Free CEU Trainings


• Supervision provided for license advancement


• Flexible Schedules


• 5% employer contribution to 401k


• Access to HRSA loan forgiveness program for up to 50K in student loan forgiveness (to learn more visit https://bhw.hrsa.gov/funding/apply-loan-repayment#nhsclrJ

• Intake screening and orientation for new clients and guardians when applicable


• Providing mental health counseling using evidence based and trauma informed approaches of care to our adult clients.


• Provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning.


• Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team


• Provided group counseling as needed


• Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards


• Other duties as assigned

 Core Competencies

• Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.


• Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.


• Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.


• Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement


• Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.


• Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products

Physical Demands/Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment and the community. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. It requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

About The Centers  

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We provide high-quality healthcare to everyone who comes through our doors, regardless of their ability to pay. Our health care services include mental and physical health care, primary care, dental, behavioral health urgent care, pharmacy services, addiction and substance use treatment, HIV/AIDS prevention and support services, along with trauma recovery service. 

We strive to be an equitable, anti-racist, and service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive. 
 
Wellbeing and Benefits  

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices to meet the different needs of our staff.  

• Choice of medical and dental plans


• Health Savings Account


• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care


• Vision


• Support for Continuing education and credential renewal


• Life Insurance


• Retirement Savings (401K) with a company contribution


• 457 (b) Savings


• Mental Health Support


• Employee Assistance Program


• Calm Subscription


• Short and Longterm Disability