Child and Adolescent Therapist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Child and Adolescent Therapist Department:
Clinical Services Supervises:
None

Reports To:

Supervisor of Program Effective Date: 06/11/2025

Job Purpose Provides comprehensive assessments to determine appropriate treatment, delivers evidence-based therapy, and ensures high-quality patient care in an outpatient setting in accordance with clinical best practices and agency standards primarily to children and adolescents.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties Conducts comprehensive assessments to determine medically necessary and appropriate services in accordance with agency guidelines.

Provides therapeutic interventions utilizing evidence-based modalities to ensure effective, efficient, and client-centered treatment.

Delivers individual, group, and family therapy using research-supported techniques and curricula.

Coordinates care with healthcare professionals, including physicians and social workers, to ensure integrated, comprehensive client treatment.

Ensures high-quality customer service and maintains accurate documentation of all interactions.

Adheres to program and center guidelines for billable activities.

Maintains expertise in organizational policies, licensure regulations, CARF Standards, Medicaid, and other regulatory requirements governing service delivery.

Meets agency-defined productivity benchmarks while maintaining the integrity and quality of services provided.

Primary Attributes Professional & Technical Knowledge:

Possesses the equivalent of extensive formal training in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling, including an understanding of the application of the theory and practices of the profession to the operations of the organization, usually in the form of a major in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling as part of a Master’s Degree (or other applicable extended training program). Previous experience working with children and adolescents is also beneficial to the role.

Continuing

Education:

Maintains current knowledge of standards of care and practices, typically acquired through continuing education.

Licenses &

Certifications:

A valid state-issued driver’s license is required in specific programs as well.

Possession of a discipline-specific professional license or eligibility for licensure with West Virginia licensing boards is preferred but not mandatory.

Technical

Skills:

Prepares basic correspondence and simple reports in Microsoft Word. Uses Microsoft Excel to create tables and simple displays of information. Creates basic presentations in Microsoft Power Point . Demonstrates necessary proficiency with all electronic clinical systems, including EHR and scheduling systems, in use at the Company.

General Development:

Displays basic organizational skills in order to self-prioritize and organize own work. Determines effective responses to situations encountered within established precedent. Able to effectively communicate opinions drawn from conclusions using inference and logic. Exercises tact and diplomacy in the resolution of mild conflicts or disagreements.

Work Environment:

Work is performed in a public, customer-facing, high traffic environment. At times, work may involve working with disruptive or distressed individuals.