Position: Licensed Psychotherapist 

PA Licensure Required: LMFT

Status: Full-time/Part-time

Type: Clinical/therapist position

Clinical Requirements: Provides minimum 8 billable clinical hours per week (10 scheduled per week, depending on show rate)

Administrative Requirements: Completes all clinical documentation and attends mandatory individual, group, and monthly staff meetings/supervision

Rates*: $60 to $75+ per hour; Psychologists: rates negotiable. 

*Hourly Rate Differentials for in-person, evening, weekend, children, family, couples therapy.

Status: Clinical/Direct Care; W2 Position or 1099, if preferred; Hourly/Fee-for-Service; Not paid for no-shows/cancellations unless client cancellation fee is paid.

Benefits: Eligible for minimum 25 billable clinical hours (paid hours) worked on a weekly basis

Location: Hybrid – telehealth/in-office

About Perez Therapy, LLC:

Perez Therapy's mission-work is providing high-quality, accessible mental health care while fostering a supportive and enriching workplace for our providers. Grounded in social work principles of service, social justice, competence, and diversity, we strive to meet the needs of our communities through affirming and culturally competent therapy.

All are welcome at Perez Therapy. Our providers are highly skilled professionals and can work with a variety of people and issues.  But our mission-work focuses on communities of color, queer and trans individuals and families, ensuring language access for Spanish speakers, and supporting our providers with strong clinical supervision and guidance to help them thrive.

Position Requirements:

• Master’s degree in social work, clinical concentration
• Must maintain PA license (LMFT) active and in good standing
• Completes continuing education as required to maintain active PA licensure
• Able to work on-site at Perez Therapy locations and telehealth
• Able to provide clinical emergency on-call, as required
• 1 year of paid or internship experience providing clinical social work as a psychotherapist
• Experience providing individual psychotherapy and has a subspecialty; such as, family therapy, couples counseling or child/adolescent therapy 
• Not prohibited from participating in the Medicaid system as a provider
• Able to provide couples therapy and family therapy
• Strongly preferred: bilingual (Spanish/English), clinical experience with LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC populations

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establishes positive, trusting rapport with clients, employees and the community
• Provides clinically-sound rooted in evidenced-based psychotherapy practices
• Conducts an initial and ongoing assessments of patient progress and documents in the electronic health record
• Diagnoses and treats mental health conditions as specified in the DSM-5
• Creates individualized treatment plans according to patient needs and circumstances
• Completes all tasks and required documentation as outlined in the Employee Handbook, Policy Manual and Procedures Manuals
• Meets with patients weekly, bi-weekly or monthly to provide counseling, treatment and adjust treatment plans as necessary
• Involves and advises family members when appropriate and with patient written consent
• Refers patients to outside specialists or agencies when necessary
• Maintains thorough records of employee and patient meetings and progress
• Maintains accurate client records of clinical diagnosis, treatment, and progress reports, insurance forms, billing and invoicing forms, and other forms or documents which may be needed or required from time to time by Company or third parties in conjunction with the treatment of the patient
• Follows all safety protocols and maintains client confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) for all clients
• Completes clinical sound progress notes that reflect the content of the session and clinical interventions
• Completes required session notes and all required documentation within 7 calendar days
• Contributes to practice by accomplishing related tasks as needed
• Engages patient referrals via phone and email to engage in treatment, explain practice policies, fees, intake process, scheduling and cancellation procedures
• Ensures patients remit timely payment for services rendered and keep a credit card on file for autopay, exceptions can be approved by the director
• Meets expectations as outlined in Offer Letter for weekly billable client psychotherapy sessions a week
• Collaborates with external agencies to ensure collaborative clinical care
• Immediately reports any suspected child abuse to Pennsylvania Child Line within one hour of receiving the report, and sends Phila Department of Human Services CY-47 via email as outlined in the Perez Therapy Policy Manual.
• Immediately reports incidents to the CEO immediately upon being informed of any emergencies. Ensures documentation is filed in the client’s chart, or documented as directed by management (incident report, client email).

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@pereztherapyllc.com