Job Description

Level: Experienced
Job Location: Fawcett - Tacoma, WA 98402
Position Type: Full-TimeEducation
Level: Master's
Salary Range: $31.53 - $49.45 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Travel within the community
Job Shift: Day Shift
Job Category: Health CareSchool Connect Therapist
Based out of our downtown Tacoma location; travel within the community required.
$31.53 - $49.45
Full Time
Monday - Friday
Comprehensive Life Resources is looking for a qualified and passionate individual to join our team as a School and Clinic based Therapist.
We Offer - Medical, Dental, and Vision with 100% paid premiums for employees. 11 paid holidays, 403(b)-retirement plan, Life Insurance, Long term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (up to 6 consultations per year), Mileage reimbursement, Tuition Assistance, Paid Sick leave and Vacation, Bereavement Leave, Student Loan Repayment, and Continuing Education Assistance. All benefits contingent on working a scheduled 40hrs a week.
Scope
Provide mental health services working directly with clients in either in the clinical setting or in the school setting to include individual or group services as part of the Outpatient team. Collaborate with team members to help meet clients’ individualized mental health needs. Work with partner agencies as needed to foster whole health support. Serves as a member of the organization that welcomes, engages and serves individuals with complex needs.  Work includes driving to schools assigned in Pierce County and working with school counselor to determine students in need of behavioral health supports.
Responsibilities
- Establish rapport, assess and diagnose mental health disorders for all assigned clients within scope of credential.
- Develop and implement a whole person, collaborative treatment plan with client and other treatment team members (when relevant).
- Provide individual, group, family therapy, and/or education therapy services as indicated by a client’s treatment needs.
- Respond to clinical crises through assessment, intervention, safety planning and case consultation.
- Document clinical work in a timely fashion and according to program standards, including assessments, treatment plans, progress notes and discharge summaries.
- Attend treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and designated staff training and consultation sessions as assigned.
- Ensure that ethical and professional standards of practice are maintained by following all CLR policies and seeking regular consultation.
- Actively participate in clinical supervision and training for continued professional growth.
Competencies
- Understands and respects diverse backgrounds and a commitment to culturally competent practice
- Promotes whole health care as a key to people’s recovery and quality of life.
- Demonstrates ethical decision-making skills and appropriate boundaries.
- Ability to receive and apply consultation and feedback, is accountable, and contributes to a positive work environment.
- Develops and maintains a self-care plan, seeks supervision when needed and recognizes signs of burnout.
- Able to meet weekly client service provisions (hours of service).
- Ability to complete paperwork within required timeframes, meeting content requirements.
- Promote whole health care as a key to people’s recovery and quality of life.
Qaulifications

Qualifications
- Master’s degree in social or behavioral sciences.
- Mental health professional (MHP) credential preferred
- Strong understanding of DSM-V and proficient knowledge of therapeutic interventions
- Proficiency in using Evidenced Based Practices (EBPs) such as CBT (especially CBT-P), ACT, and MI preferred
- WA State credential/license.  Associate license/ license preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills.
- If the position requires driving, must have a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and working vehicle.
Comprehensive Life Resources is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability status, and any other applicable legally protected characteristics and or class.