Mental Health Clinician

Job Description

Mental Health Clinician

Overview:

Family Centers is a private, non-profit organization offering education and human services to children, adults, and families living in Lower Fairfield County. Our counseling and mental health services help individuals, groups, couples and families resolve a wide range of personal and relationship issues. All services are facilitated by trained mental health professionals and provided in our licensed and accredited centers located in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien.

The Role:

We are currently seeking seeking several licensed full-time professionals to provide mental health counseling. The mental health clinician provides individual, couple, family, and group treatment for children, adolescents, and families. This position requires the applicant to work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team including psychiatric and medical professionals.

Since the start of the pandemic, this role day-to-day is currently being conducted remotely on a virtual Telehealth platform. Please note that this will not be remote long term and future plans include returning to an in-person office setting once it’s appropriate to do so in the best interest of clients and staff and per guidance from state and federal guidelines. In addition, it is important to be able to work some evening hours in order to better meet the needs of our community. Mental Health Clinicians and Supervisors currently have the option of working remotely with the exception of School Based Health Centers.

Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Social Work or relevant degree
Preferred: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Experience working with a wide range of populations
Telehealth experience
Grief counseling helpful
A willingness to work evenings
Knowledge and experience with electronic health records
Flexibility to provide counseling both in person and virtually
Preferred: Bi-lingual Spanish
Preferred: Supervisory experience
Rewards:

Salary commensurate with experience. A suite of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life and AD&D insurance. Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, tuition reimbursement, and retirement savings. The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and 4-star rating by Charity Navigator 10 times.

Eligibility to apply for Student Loan Repayment Program through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) which offers primary medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care clinicians the opportunity to have their student loans repaid, while earning a competitive salary, in exchange for providing health care in urban, rural, or tribal communities with limited access to care.

About Family Centers:

Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering education, health and human services to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. More than 250 professionals and 1,200 trained volunteers collaborate to provide our communities with a wide range of responsive and innovative services. Through our three Centers of Excellence, more than 22,000 children, adults, families and communities receive the care, encouragement and resources needed to realize their potential.

Special Note:

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our community and beyond, it is Family Centers’ commitment to the safety of employees, contractors, volunteers, patients, clients, and student interns, by requiring proof of vaccinations for COVID-19 (or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file).

For more information, please visit http://www.familycenters.org/ or on our LinkedIn page

Family Centers is an EOE and offers a competitive salary, training, and generous benefits package.