PT Virtual Mental Heath Therapist

License Mental Health Specialists:

PROGRAM: Housing & Life School Program

Hourly Rate: $ - $80 -$100 per hour: 10 - 15 hours per week

DRIVING: Required

REPORTS TO: Program Director

Overview

We believe homelessness doesn't start with the absence of a home but rather the absence of HOPE. Through physical housing, our unique hope accelerator, and psychological wrap-around services, we give young people the support they need to not only find future housing and employment opportunities, but also their own personal purpose which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

We believe that your trauma can transform your experience into divine purpose. We think of our house in Northridge LA as a little family (as this literally is our founder’s family home) and we call our youth members — similar to family “members.”

Expectations

You wake up every morning with a unique sense of empathy and excellence, and a commitment to the greater good. You treat all people with respect and when someone else is suffering, you are the rock that gets them grounded. You see yourself as someone who is truly of-service, but in practice, you’re a proactive self-starter, who knows how to juggle varying priorities, and project management is your superpower. You’re emotionally aware, but not a pushover and know the responsibility of deadlines because you always keep them.

You have parts of you that are creative and you thrive at creating systems and events from mere ideas. While other people may find such a task overwhelming, to you it’s the opposite —it’s exciting.

This job is ✅:

• Leadership plain and simple. It involves seeing a vision through from start to finish and having the management skills to build out the right team of interns to support you.
• Collaborative. We have a small and talented team that sometimes requires all hands on deck. You must know how to partner with team members, other organizations, and our members.
• About connecting the dots. You must know how all the systems of our company and mission play together in order to build out a membership experience that’s harmonious and effective.
• Constantly seeking creative, efficient ways to support a great learning environment for our members. Seed House Project has an art studio on-site so don’t be surprised if you’ll be whipping out a paint brush in your first week!
• Genuinely valued. You are the metaphoric mom and pop of Seed House Project and literally the glue that holds it all together. You make our programs possible and unlock the future of our members, who are hungry for better opportunities and employment.

This job is NOT ❌:

• .We have boundaries around our time, but not our commitment to the individuals we serve.
• Self-promotional or ego-driven. We are a team where our focus is serving others and getting young people from a place of hopelessness (and homelessness) to hopefulness.
• Paid volunteer position. Every member of our team is part of the family and we treat this role with the respect. You gotta be ready to roll up your sleeves and make a difference!

Is this you?:

• You get things done.
• You are proactive.
• You are a problem solver.
• You are a communicator and operator.
• You believe that self-work is teamwork.
• You are data-driven and can geek out on data.
• You are a coach at heart so when our members win, you win!
• You listen well, but also know how to ask the right questions.
• You love meeting new people and giving them a great experience.

About Seed House Project

Seed House Project is a 501c3 that seeks to help young people see their full potential and remove systemic barriers of housing and resources in Los Angeles County by providing a reimagined and culturally centered approach to therapy, holistic engagement, and self-discovery,

78% of our former members have maintained housing and employment independently after our program.We currently partner with Village Family Services, which serves as the TAY Coordinated Entry System lead agency for the San Fernando Valley. We also work closely with Guardian Scholars (on-campus academic support programs for former foster youth in college), CSUN, Pierce College, Valley College, Mission College, West Valley Occupational Center, Safe Place for Youth, My Friend’s Place, iFoster, and others for student and TAY referrals.

Job Type: Part-time

Schedule:

• Evenings
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Northridge, CA 91325 and beverly Glen 90007: Reliably commute

Experience:

• Mental Health Therapy: 2 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 10% (Required)

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Although this position is primarily virtual (approximately 90%), there are in-person documentation responsibilities required. This includes filing all assessments in the appropriate member files. The assessments we use include the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and ACES, which must be completed on a quarterly basis and properly documented. This role will manage a caseload of up to 35 members. Each member is required to complete a minimum of two sessions per month, or more depending on their individual treatment plan. Proper documentation and organization of all assessments and session records are essential to ensure compliance and continuity of care.
• Required team meeting Mondays at 11;30am ( Virtual)
• Once a month Purpose Therapy Meeting ( Virtual) time is flexible.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in conducting psychological evaluations of patients, which may include a clinical diagnostic interview and /or psychological.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in treatment and discharge planning.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in determining diagnoses and treatment recommendations based on knowledge and identification of signs and symptoms of psychological disorders.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in providing individual and group psychotherapy.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in providing crisis intervention services or counseling, psychological emergency interventions and assessments, including determining need for 5150 evaluations.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills in providing consultation/liaison services to multidisciplinary program staff pertaining to patients’ diagnoses, mental status, interventions and treatment planning, as well as communicating changes in patients’ mental status or psychological disposition.
• Shall be responsible for developing and demonstrating appropriate skills and knowledge of current legal standards pertaining to professional practice, reporting requirements (i.e., suspected abuse; Tarasoff), professional boundaries and related issues.
• Provides timely, comprehensive progress note charting in patient’s Medical Record in accordance with JCAHO, State, County and Agency standards, to include individual sessions, group participation, crisis intervention, etc.

Administrative/Documentation

• Shall be responsible for maintaining proper documentation
• Shall be responsible for proper documentation of clinical information obtained through provision of clinical services rendered, and for obtaining signature of supervisors on all documentation.
• Shall demonstrate ability to conceptualize cases and prioritize treatment needs as evidenced by clinical documentation.

Qualifications & Skills

• EDUCATION
• Masters degree in Social Work or Master’s degree in Behavioral Sciences and registered as License Therapist
• EXPERIENCE
• Two years experience in providing substance abuse and/or mental health services, working with youth and/or families in a mental health setting, and prior experience with DMH documentation, although not mandatory, is preferred.
• Preferred Skills Needed :Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Informed Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Therapy / Somatic Experiencing, Person-Centered Therapy, Strength-Based Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Salary : $80 - $100