Mental Health Therapist - FT/PT (Hybrid - LPC, LCPC, LCSW)

We have an amazing opportunity for a therapist who is passionate about child and adolescent mental health to join our team as a mental health therapist.

Our ideal candidate is excited to work in a primary care pediatric setting and believes that children have a right to high-quality, accessible mental healthcare, and this care needs to happen in partnership with a child’s primary care provider. You will work with pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and psychologists who recognize the mental health needs of their patients.

Excellent interpersonal, communication and analytical skills are a must and will help you coordinate and collaborate care with other providers.

Our ideal candidate has 1-3 years of supervised professional experience working with children and adolescents as well as their families and is licensed in Maryland as a professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or social worker.

If this sounds like a great opportunity, please apply today!

Benefits

• Paid time off
• A steady stream of referrals
• Competitive compensation and benefits including health insurance and 401k matching!
• Full administrative support (answering phones, scheduling, benefits checks, claim submission, collecting payments) - you just see your clients and write your notes!
• Paid time off for professional development
• Supervision to help grow clinical skills
• A very supportive team
• Flexible schedule

MAPP has two offices - at THH Pediatrics in Germantown and Metropolitan Pediatrics in North Bethesda. MAPP is dedicated to providing integrated behavioral health services in a primary pediatric care setting.

• Diagnose mental health challenges in children and adolescents
• Develop treatment plans based on each patient's needs
• Provide therapy to children and adolescents (individual or groups) or families, in-person or virtually
• Consult with family members on how to support behavioral health challenges at home
• Consult with primary care pediatricians on treatment plans and interventions
• Refer patients to outside specialists as needed
• Document session notes in an electronic health records system

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for meeting quality expectations of accuracy, and completeness, and is responsive to feedback
• Meets timeliness expectations of completing work as scheduled, demonstrating self-paced performance, and adjusting priorities as needed
• Professionally relates to patients, families, and peers at all times
• Participates in regular staff meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Mental health degree from a nationally accredited program (social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counselor)
• Current Maryland license or license eligible in Maryland as a mental health professional for independent practice
• Availability for at least 8 patient hours/week during typical daytime hours and one evening a week or weekends
• Demonstrated specialty/experience in child and adolescent therapy or family therapy
• Willingness to collaborate with others
• Strong work ethic, dependable
• Commitment to the field of behavioral health
• Strong empathy and communication skills
• Experience with group therapy is a plus!

We are an established pediatric practice in North Bethesda, MD.