Clinical Therapist - Per Diem

Are you passionate about delivering compassionate, trauma-informed care and making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families? ✨

OLV Human Services is looking for Per Diem Clinical Therapists to provide services in Buffalo Public Schools #6, #48, #79, and #19.

Looking for more than a job? 🌟 This is where your clinical expertise meets real impact. Join a mission-driven team delivering compassionate, evidence-based mental health care that transforms lives. 

As an Mental Health Outpatient Treatment and Rehabilitative Services (MHOTRS) Clinician, you won’t just provide therapy—you’ll be part of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach that empowers individuals, strengthens families, and supports whole-person recovery in the communities that need it most.

Pay Range: $30.50-$36.00/hour

Job Summary:
The MHOTRS Clinician provides individual, group, and family therapy across the lifespan and treats a full range of behavioral health conditions using evidence based, trauma informed, and person centered clinical approaches. Clinicians deliver integrated outpatient mental health services within a multidisciplinary team and coordinate care with community agencies to support recovery and whole person wellness

Essential Job Duties:

• Direct Clinical Services
• Provide culturally sensitive clinical services, including: 
• Comprehensive assessments
• Treatment planning
• Individual, family, and group psychotherapy
• Crisis intervention
• Consultation and education to families about services
• Maintain a standard caseload consistent with program expectations (typically 8-9 client sessions per day, 45 minutes each).
• Deliver trauma-responsive, per-centered, and co-occurring competent care using evidence-based practices.

Documentation and Compliance

• Document services and client progress thoroughly and on time, ensuring compliance with: 
• Agency policies
• NYS OMH Part 599 MHOTRS (Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Rehabilitative Services) regulations
• Standards of Care
• Medicaid and insurance documentation standards
• Follow clinic policies and established procedures for service delivery, treatment planning, and record maintenance

Care Coordination and Program Participation

• Identify and address social determinants of health and coordinate referrals to community resources as needed. 
• Collaborate with community providers, including schools, hospitals, and care coordination agencies, to ensure continuity of care.
• Participate in program development, team meetings, and clinical training initiatives.
• Contribute to a collaborative, trauma-informed clinic culture aligned with MHOTRS service guidelines.

Skills:

• Ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Flexibility, creativity, initiative, and problem solving in clinical practice. 
• Computer Skills
• Client/Patient/Customer Skills

Knowledge of: 

• Community mental health interventions
• Family, marriage, and child counseling
• Crisis intervention practices

Education Requirements:  
Master’s Degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling

Experience Requirements:   
At least 1 year of experience working with children and families in a Social Work or Mental Health setting.  This may include an internship.

License/Registration/Required Qualifications:

• NYS LCSW
• NYS LMSW
• NYS LMHC, NYS LMHC-P
• NYS Licensed Psychologist (PhD/PsyD)
• Other OMH approved licenses: Students and Limited Permits
  
  

Demonstrated competence in:

• Trauma-Informed care
• Person-centered approaches
• Evidence-based practice
• Co-occurring (MH/SUD) competence
• Strong documentation, engagement, and clinical assessment skills

Training Requirements:
New Hire Orientation

Performance Competency: Professional

Physical Requirements:

• The overall nature of the position is sedentary, requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions.
• The constant physical demand of the position is sitting.
• The frequent physical demands of the position are standing, walking, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination. 
• The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling.

Salary : $31 - $36