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Job Description: Ohana Virtual Therapist – Parent & Child Mental Health
Position Overview
- We are seeking a compassionate, skilled, and culturally responsive Virtual Therapist to provide accessible behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and their parents/caregivers through a virtual care model.
- The therapist will provide parent guidance, facilitate parent support groups, and deliver brief, evidence-based individual therapy, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- This role is ideal for a clinician who enjoys working collaboratively with families and is comfortable delivering high-quality mental health services through telehealth.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide virtual mental health services to children, adolescents, and/or parents/caregivers.
- Conduct brief, focused therapy using evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- Provide parent guidance and psychoeducation to help caregivers understand and respond to behavioral, emotional, and developmental concerns.
- Facilitate virtual parent support/education groups, including group discussions, skills training, and psychoeducation.
- Help parents develop practical strategies related to emotional regulation, behavior management, communication, coping skills, and family functioning.
- Assess presenting concerns and develop individualized treatment goals and brief intervention plans.
- Deliver culturally responsive, trauma-informed, family-centered care.
- Collaborate with parents, caregivers, primary care providers, schools, and other members of the care team as appropriate.
- Monitor client progress and adjust interventions based on clinical needs and response to treatment.
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in accordance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries, confidentiality, and telehealth standards.
- Identify and appropriately respond to safety concerns, including assessing risk and following established escalation and crisis protocols.
- Participate in clinical consultation, supervision, team meetings, and quality-improvement activities.
Core Services
- The Virtual Therapist will primarily provide:
- Parent Guidance: Individualized coaching and psychoeducation for parents and caregivers.
- Parent Groups: Virtual groups focused on parenting skills, behavioral health education, coping strategies, and peer support.
- Brief Therapy: Short-term, goal-oriented behavioral health interventions.
- CBT: Evidence-based CBT interventions tailored to the developmental level and needs of the client and family.
- Virtual Access: Convenient, high-quality behavioral health services delivered through a secure telehealth platform.
Qualifications
- Master's degree or doctoral degree in Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy
- California State License as a LMFT or LCSW
- Current, unrestricted clinical license appropriate to practice independently in the applicable jurisdiction.
- Experience providing psychotherapy and/or behavioral health services to children, adolescents, parents, or families preferred.
- Training and demonstrated experience in CBT or other evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
- Experience providing services through telehealth/virtual platforms preferred.
- Experience facilitating groups or parent education groups preferred.
- Strong communication, clinical assessment, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively with families from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, and developmental backgrounds.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with an interdisciplinary team.
Preferred Skills
- Strong family-centered and strengths-based clinical approach.
- Ability to translate clinical concepts into practical strategies that parents can use at home.
- Comfortable engaging clients and families virtually.
- Experience with brief interventions and time-limited treatment models.
- Knowledge of child and adolescent behavioral health.
- Experience with parent coaching, behavioral management strategies, or family therapy.
- Strong group facilitation skills.
What We Offer
- Flexible virtual/telehealth work environment.
- Opportunity to expand access to behavioral health services for children and families.
- Collaborative clinical team and ongoing professional development.
- Opportunity to provide both individual and group-based interventions.
- Meaningful work supporting parents and families with practical, evidence-based tools.
Position Summary
- The Virtual Therapist will play an important role in expanding access to behavioral health care by providing parent guidance, virtual parent groups, brief therapy, and CBT-based interventions.
- The successful candidate will be an empathetic and clinically skilled therapist who can build strong therapeutic relationships virtually and help families develop practical skills that support emotional and behavioral well-being.
- Live Scan fingerprint clearance required by the Department of Healthcare Services is a job requirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Assigned Work Hours
- Five 8 hour shifts during open business hours: Monday through Friday 8am-7pm, Friday and Saturday 8am-5pm.
- We expect clinicians to work at least two evening shifts per week (10:30-7pm) for access to care.
Position Type
- Regular
Pay Range (based on years of applicable experience)
- $55.36 to $74.04
- The hours employees work determine when a shift differential is paid.
- Hourly Evening Shift Differential: $4.03
- Hourly Night Shift Differential: $6.05