Remote Crisis Care Therapist (LCSW, LMHC)

The role

You will provide virtual crisis psychotherapy to patients in behavioral health crisis. You will assess patients, build treatment plans, and work with a multidisciplinary clinical team.

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, following patients for 8 to 12 weeks
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning
• Use validated clinical tools to aid differential diagnosis
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
• Maintain documentation of all patient-related care
• Work with patients, 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 master's in mental health counseling
• Active license in clinical social work or mental health counseling in North Carolina
• 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 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
• Knowledge of substance abuse, mental health, and recovery issues
• Experience using clinical outcomes to enhance care
• Experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model (preferred, not required)
• Experience with problem solving therapy, motivational interviewing, or supportive psychotherapy
• Experience in a start-up healthcare setting 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
• Weekly clinical supervision
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Before you apply

• Requires an active North Carolina license in clinical social work or mental health counseling
• Background check is part of the hiring process
• Clinical skill assessment with the hiring manager is part of the process
• Reference check is part of the process

About the company

Willow Health expands access to affordable, evidence-based, intensive behavioral health care. It launched a virtual crisis care program in 2023.