Crisis Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW, LMHC)

About this role

In the United States, one in five adults experience a mental health illness and over 12 million people have thoughts of suicide. Mental health crises can be some of the most difficult times in a person’s life, and over 17 million people seeking behavioral health care experience a delay in accessing care. Willow Health is on a mission to significantly improve this experience by expanding affordable access to high-quality, evidence-based, intensive behavioral health care.

In 2023, we launched our virtual crisis care program that provides personalized, recovery-oriented care for people experiencing behavioral health crises. Willow Health offers patients immediate access to evidence-based virtual crisis psychotherapy, medication management, certified peer coaching, care management, groups, and around-the-clock crisis coverage, while working to connect patients to the most appropriate next level of care.

Your Role
As a Crisis Care Therapist, you will provide telehealth evidence-based behavioral health care including comprehensive clinical assessments, differential diagnosis, creating and implementing co-created clinical treatment plans, and providing crisis psychotherapy. You will work alongside our diverse and passionate multidisciplinary clinical team taking care of Willow Health’s patients and making an impact in our clinical program. Our clinical team includes psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, licensed mental health clinicians, certified peer specialists, case managers, and clinical operations. We are looking for a thoughtful, empathic, and skilled clinician to join our highly motivated team to help improve behavioral health crisis care. This is a fully virtual role.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop differential diagnosis

Build therapeutic alliance with patients

Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with our multidisciplinary team

Conduct short-term crisis psychotherapy sessions utilizing supportive psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and/or problem solving therapy

Manage a caseload of patients who you will follow for 8 to 12 weeks providing crisis psychotherapy

Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning

Utilize validated clinical tools to aid in differential diagnosis

Work across our multidisciplinary clinical team to facilitate comprehensive behavioral health crisis care

Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings

Maintain appropriate documentation of all patient-related care

Weekly clinical supervision

Work with our patients, their families, and their providers in the community to ensure comprehensive behavioral health care

Working hours for the clinic are Monday - Friday from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM Eastern Time.

Role Requirements

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent non-U.S. degree) in psychology, clinical social work, or related fields

Successful completion of master’s of social work or master’s of mental health counseling degree

Hold an active license of clinical social work or mental health counseling in New York

Maintain all state requirements and continuing education requirements to provide behavioral health care

Has experience with clinical assessments, developing differential diagnosis, creating and implementing clinical treatment plans

Has at least 3 years of clinical experience post-licensure

Has experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment, and safety planning

Has experience and is comfortable with using validated clinical tools to help enhance clinical care

Has experience with and is comfortable with using technology and an EMR

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team

Nice to Have

Post degree experience in providing emergency mental health services and/or urgent behavioral healthcare

Comprehensive knowledge of substance abuse, mental health, and recovery issues and principles

Has experience with using clinical outcomes to help enhance clinical care

Has experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model (preferred, not required)

Has experience with problem solving therapy, motivational interviewing, supportive psychotherapy

Experience in a start-up healthcare setting and/or an innovative healthcare program

Experience with groups

Benefits for Our Clinicians

PTO includes sick leave, certain federal holidays, and vacation

Continuing education time and stipend

401K

Health insurance

Malpractice liability insurance

Clinical supervision

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Willow is an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
Our Interview Process:

Complete the application

Phone screen

First interview with team member

Clinical skill assessment with the hiring manager

Reference check

Offer

Background check

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