Child and Adolescent Therapist VA License - LCSW, LPC, LMFT - Contract/1099
About the role
Position Summary
As an Independently Licensed Mental Health Therapist at Blackbird Health, you'll play an essential role in delivering high-quality virtual therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults. You'll build meaningful connections with patients to support their engagement in treatment, spending the necessary time with patients and families to understand their needs, educate them about therapeutic approaches, and provide ongoing support. You'll ensure patients are making progress against their care goals while delivering effective psychotherapy practice across developmental and neurodiverse populations. Working alongside an interdisciplinary team, you'll be empowered to make a tangible difference in the lives of young patients and their families. This remote role supports our patients' needs for afterschool, evening and weekend direct care through virtual telehealth therapy sessions.
What makes you, you:
- Mission-Driven: You are passionate about transforming behavioral health for youth and committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate therapeutic care.
- Clinically Excellent: You are an experienced clinician using evidence-based practices with a passion for working with children, adolescents, young adults and their families. You strive for the highest clinical and technical quality in everything you do.
- Relationship-Focused: You excel at building meaningful connections with patients and families, taking the time to understand their needs, provide education, and create a trusting therapeutic relationship that supports engagement in treatment.
- Developmentally & Neurodiverse-Informed: You are skilled in delivering effective psychotherapy across developmental stages and neurodiverse populations, tailoring your approach to meet each patient where they are.
- Collaborative: You thrive in team-based environments and love engaging with other healthcare professionals and families to deliver integrated, comprehensive care.
- Growth-Oriented: You are open to feedback and eager to learn and grow in a supportive clinical community where best practices and professional development are prioritized.
- Tech-Savvy: You are comfortable using technology, including Google Suite, Electronic Medical Records systems and other virtual platforms to deliver seamless telehealth care.
- Flexible & Patient-Centered: You are willing to go the extra mile when working with families, with the flexibility and willingness to reschedule with patients when needed.
How you'll make an impact:
- Deliver High-Quality Therapy: Lead individual telehealth therapy sessions for youth ages 2-26, using evidence-based practices tailored to each patient's developmental stage and unique needs.
- Build Meaningful Connections: Spend the necessary time with patients and families to understand their needs, educate them about therapeutic approaches, and provide ongoing support.