Mental Health Therapist Job Opening

Partnering with Families today to help foster growth and success for tomorrow.

Mental Health Therapist

This position will serve Black Hawk County and surrounding areas.

Families First is one of the leading providers of family based, in-home and in-office services in the State of Iowa. We are accredited by the State of Iowa; employ approximately 200 employees; serve approximately 3,000 individuals through our various programs; have offices in Bettendorf, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dubuque, Decorah, Fort Dodge, Keokuk, Marshalltown, Mason City, Muscatine, Oelwein, and Waterloo; and provide services to the counties surrounding each of these offices. Our employees assist entire families with the daily stressors enabling them to balance a family, work and school.

Families First Mission: Families First Counseling Services of Iowa is dedicated to the process of partnering with families today to help foster growth and success tomorrow.

Our qualified and experienced staff perform a variety of support and services, information collection and dissemination, documentation and reporting for the Family, Safety, Risk & Permanency Services; Counseling, Support & Education Services; and Behavioral Health Intervention Services for the agency.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate professionalism as an agency representative when partnering with members of the client’s team
• Demonstrates a sensitivity to service populations’ cultural and SES characteristics and communicate respectively and effectively with these different situations
• Practice from a trauma informed, holistic perspective and assess for client strengths and resiliency
• Assess risk and safety and work with the client and/or their team to minimize these risks
• Identify environmental factors that impact families and link them to community resources
• Empower, engage, and build relationships with clients and/or families
• Be able to intervene effectively in stressful and crisis situations
• Provides individual, group and/or family therapy
• Develops an annual comprehensive psychosocial assessment
• Provides crisis intervention consultation when applicable
• Participates in monthly individual, group and clinical supervisions
• Attend Regional Meetings as required
• Participates in the peer-review process with Clinical Director or other therapists
• Documents in the medical record according to requirements of regulatory agencies
• Submits documentation timely
• Adheres to all expectations outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education/Training/Work Experience

A Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling from an accredited college/university; and

Required licenses, registrations and certifications: A valid Iowa License for LMSW, LMFT, LMHC, LISW or a temporary license and under Board approved supervision for LMFT-T or LMHC-T. Must complete Continuing Education Requirements dictated by IAC including 3 hours of CEUs in Ethics every two years.

Possession of a valid Driver’s license within the State of Residence.

Benefits

Families First offers Top Pay and Great Benefits! Our employees have the potential to earn $50,000+ annually. Benefits include health, dental, vision; a flexible spending program; 401K; paid vacation, CEUs; supervision towards advanced licensure; and additional voluntary payroll deductions through AFLAC and Legal Shield.

Job Type: Full-time

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License:

• LMSW, LISW, LMFT-t, LMHC-T, LMFT, LMHC (Preferred)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)