Serves as the primary clinician for clients receiving individual, family and group psychotherapy in the Partial Hospital Program and Intensive Outpatient Programs of Pasadena Villa Outpatient – Long Beach.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Initiates and maintains frequent and close working relationships with staff, clients, families, facility and peers throughout the organization.

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clinical providers, referral partners and vendors, as needed.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for the clinical management of his/her assigned clients.
• Assists in identification of treatment/contract goals, completing the initial psychosocial assessment.
• Responsible for maintaining contact with the assigned client’s referring/outpatient therapist during the course of the client’s stay and the family when/if appropriate.
• Completes and updates treatment plan for assigned clients.
• Assist in providing clinical updates to the insurance company’s Case Manager.
• Meets with clients two to three times weekly, to help explore identified issues and behaviors in relationship to current symptoms.
• Leads and participates in group meetings and other activities in the milieu.
• Provides comprehensive understanding of current behaviors and relational dynamics while using a variety of therapeutic modalities.
• Attends the weekly team meetings and share observations, comments and important information about clients with the treatment team and provides input into the development of the weekly schedules for all of his/her assigned clients.
• Responsible for proper charting and ensuring that all documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Assists in meal/snack supervision as assigned and attends special occasion activities for the clients.
• Assists with discharge planning, including a written discharge summary and obtaining referral sources and necessary support systems once the client is discharged.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications related to eating disorder population.
• Preforms other activities and appropriate responsibilities as requested by the Director.

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Education and Experience

• Must be a fully licensed professional in California such as Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Ph.D. psychologist, and/or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). Will accept provisionally licensed candidates.
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with an emotionally disturbed population which preferable would include adults in mental health. Experience in individual, group and family treatment.

What we offer:

• 3 medical plans to choose from
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Paid EAP Emotional Well Being Support & Daily Life Assistance
• 100% Company Paid LTD, Life, & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Six Annual Paid Holidays Plus One Floating Holiday
• PTO with Incremental Increases
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• Multiple Development Pathways
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against companies of similar size within the behavioral healthcare industry. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” The aforementioned job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.