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Associate Mental Health Therapist

1 month ago


Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Kaiser Full time

Kaiser Permanente is currently hiring for multiple Master Level Therapists to help grow our patient care services. We are hiring for multiple locations throughout our Washington Market, including Factoria, Olympia, Tacoma, Northgate, Everett, Capitol Hill and Spokane.

Please join our growing Mental Health team at Kaiser Permanente Washington At KPWA, we provide evidence based mental health services in a Feedback Informed Care model. Therapists work with patients to set and achieve treatment goals and then graduate patients out of care. Our therapists work as a part of a multidisciplinary team and benefit from providing care in our integrated system. We are hiring for therapists who have the following clinical focus areas/passions: *** (see below).

Here are the characteristics/clinical focus areas that the different clinics are interested in. I will have to get info from PRT MHW once the manager is back.

FAC: Child/Adol, LGBTQ+/Gender, & co-occuring SUD

OLY: lgbtq+/gender health, geriatric, eating disorder and/or substance use

TMA dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), LGBTQ+/Gender, Child/Adol

NGT and EVM: DBT skills and EMDR and trauma, lgbtq*/gender health and geriatric and substance use

RFM: BIPOC, eating disorder, LGBTQ+/gender

CNB: child/adolescent, BIPOC, gender health, eating disorder
PRT: TBD


Job Summary:
Under supervision of a Licensed Clinical Independent Social Worker, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist or a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, provides a wide range of clinical psychosocial services for adult and/or child members in a primary or specialty care, mental health or home health setting which may include: evaluation of psychosocial assets and deficits, short term counseling, education, advocacy, advanced care planning, and resource brokering with caregiving and/or other resources to enable and/or maintain the greatest level of independence; mental health and addiction assessment, triage, diagnosis, treatment and/or crisis intervention services; support and consultation to care team in managing patients with a broad range of psychosocial related needs. Under supervision, may collaborate with treating primary or specialty care providers and with psychiatric, addiction medicine, and allied health professional team members to plan and direct each individual patients treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Confers and consults with supervisor regarding members progress and treatment and may consult with psychiatrist or other care team providers as well, if involved in members care.
  • May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members or surrogate decision makers request.
  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate.
  • Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
  • Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
  • Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates plan of care and/or clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental or addiction illness. Participates in staff conferences for care coordination such as selection, planning, and evaluation of plan of care and/or treatment programs.
  • Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with plan of care. When within the scope of practice, this may include prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens.
  • May administer specialized therapeutic interventions, as appropriate.
  • Completes all documentation of the members treatment and progress in accord with Kaiser Permanente, state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards within scope of role and setting. This may include preparing intake summaries, treatment plans, case summaries, and assessments and maintains ongoing confidential records.
  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment.
  • May develop, implement, and evaluate behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care.
  • Provides consultation to care teams, primary or specialty care providers and/or health educators on matters relating to mental health, addiction, health psychology, behavioral medicine, and/or long term care and advanced care planning.
Basic Qualifications: Experience
  • N/A
Education
  • Masters degree in Social Work (or Social Welfare from a clinical track), Clinical or Counseling Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field required from an accredited college or university.
License, Certification, Registration
  • Marriage and Family Therapist Associate License (Washington) OR Mental Health Counselor Associate License (Washington) OR Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington)
Additional Requirements:
  • Prior completion of a practicum or internship in a clinical setting.
  • Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half the required supervisory hours annually.
  • Must be familiar with DSM-V TR as a means of diagnosis.
  • Has experience in assessing a broad range of psychosocial needs, diagnosing and treating, psychiatric and/or addiction conditions.
  • Full licensure expected within 3-4 years of hire.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.
  • Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice, person-in-environment theory and/or psychotherapy research methods.
  • Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.
  • Accuracy in assessing and/or diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.
  • Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.
  • Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.
  • Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention.
  • Experience working in medical setting with multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Experience working with electronic health record.
PrimaryLocation : Washington,Washington,Unknown
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : J03|SEIU|SEIU Therapist
Job Level : Entry Level
Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services & Spiritual Care
Department : Central Campus South - Mental Health/Psych-NonMD Prov - 1130
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

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