Remote Crisis Care Therapist (LCSW, LMHC)

The role

You will provide telehealth crisis psychotherapy to patients, including clinical assessments, diagnosis, treatment plans and risk assessment. You will manage a caseload you follow for 8 to 12 weeks and work with a multidisciplinary clinical team. This is a fully virtual role.

What you will do

• Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop differential diagnosis
• Build therapeutic alliance with patients
• Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with the multidisciplinary team
• Conduct short-term crisis psychotherapy sessions
• Manage a caseload of patients followed for 8 to 12 weeks
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning
• Use validated clinical tools to aid differential diagnosis
• Participate actively in multidisciplinary team meetings
• Maintain documentation of all patient-related care
• Work with patients, their families and community providers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent non-U.S. degree) in psychology, clinical social work or related fields
• Master's degree in social work or mental health counseling
• Active license in clinical social work or mental health counseling in New York
• Maintain state and continuing education requirements
• Experience with clinical assessments, differential diagnosis and treatment plans
• At least 3 years of clinical experience post-licensure
• Experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment and safety planning
• Experience and comfort using validated clinical tools
• Experience with technology and an EMR
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Nice to have

• Post-degree experience in emergency mental health or urgent behavioral healthcare
• Comprehensive knowledge of substance abuse, mental health and recovery
• Experience using clinical outcomes to enhance care
• Experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model
• Experience with problem solving therapy, motivational interviewing or supportive psychotherapy
• Experience in a start-up or innovative healthcare program
• Experience with groups

Benefits

• PTO including sick leave, certain federal holidays and vacation
• Continuing education time and stipend
• 401K
• Health insurance
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Clinical supervision
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Before you apply

• Requires an active New York license in clinical social work or mental health counseling
• Background check is part of the hiring process
• Reference check is part of the hiring process
• Interview process includes a clinical skill assessment with the hiring manager

About the company

Willow Health is working to expand affordable access to high-quality, evidence-based, intensive behavioral health care. It launched a virtual crisis care program in 2023.