About Job

About Company:
The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group, Corp was established in 2023. However, our CEO, Hilary Mountford-Paty has been in private practice in Santa Barbara for 12 years and has been supervising associates for the last 4 years. The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group, Corp's areas of expertise are couples, relationships, transitions, single parenting, mood disorders, BPD, anxiety, and trauma. We utilize an integrated approach to treatment/training and pull from a variety of modalities including CBT, cognitive restructuring, trauma-informed, mindfulness, mentalization-based, and person-centered approaches.

Position Summary:
Highly trained and empathetic mental health professional who helps individuals, couples, and families by empowering them to secure long-term solutions to various relationship and behavioral issues or disorders.

Reports To: CEO; Hilary Mountford-Paty, LMFT & Clinical supervisor.
Job Location: 138 E Carrillo St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Job Type: Part-Time to Full-Time with a minimum of 15-20 clients a week.
Salary: $35/hr; 90 days re-evaluation.
Hours: Flexible.

Benefits: Internal Training, Team Support, and Sick Hours.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Exercise sound clinical and professional judgment.
Maintain a professional appearance and attitude in face-to-face interactions as well as on social media.
Help to maintain the safety, comfort, and appearance of your office, break room, and waiting room.
Schedule and hold 45-60 minute sessions with individuals, couples, and families to improve mental health. Help clients to define and work on their goals for therapy.
Promptly communicate back with and schedule client referrals, promptly communicate with staff and supervisor, and promptly communicate back with community and referral sources.
Complete intake assessments and complete progress notes for every session billed.
Effectively create and carry out treatment plans using evidence-based practices.
Attend staff meetings and supervision meetings, present cases, give feedback to other clinicians and assist in emotionally supporting other clinicians.
Complete invoices, bill payments, and progress notes within 24 hours of the time of service.
Complete timesheet daily reflecting billable hours worked.
Maintained client’s charts and kept complete and correct documentation.
Complete discharge summaries as needed for each client.
Notify The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group, Corp within 24 hours if you:
- Learn of your client’s intent to do harm to self or others; or Tarasoff
- Receive a subpoena in relation to your work as a therapist regarding a client obtained via The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group, Corp or counseling services performed at The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group, Corp’s facilities or
- Files a child or adult protective services report.
Seek assistance from supervisors, other treatment providers, colleagues, CAMFT, or lawyers when needed.

Core Values:

Treat all clients with dignity and respect. Provide high-quality care. Ask for and give Support.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ability to empathize with clients.
Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling or related field and licensed or pre-licensed in the state of California (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD, PhD, Associate MFT, Associate PCC, etc.).
Basic computer literacy ability to comply with department needs and expectations (i.e., electronic medical record documentation, obtaining background information and reports on patients, following up on appointments, etc.)
Maintain licensure requirements and complete continuing education as stated in the BBS Statutes and Regulations.
Clinical experience with children, teens, adults, and/or families with mental health issues (trauma, anxiety, depression, family issues, couples’ issues, parenting, etc.)
Knowledge of strategies for examining, applying, and evaluating various techniques from cognitive-behavioral, child/adult attachment, play therapy, family systems, etc.
Maintain current malpractice insurance coverage, at a minimum of the individual at 1 million and a total yearly of 3 million.
Provide The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group Corp with copies of the following: current and valid California professional license, certifications, diplomas, malpractice insurance, up to date resume reflecting employment at The Mountford Marriage and Family Therapy Group Corp.
We use E-Verify to verify the identity and employment eligibility to work in the United States for all new hires.

About WAVE Therapy:

Wave Therapy was established in 2014 by Mark Brewer, MFT, LPCC, in Carlsbad, CA. As an established Marriage and Family Therapist in Private Practice, Mark had a vision that by uniting some of the finest therapists and nurse practitioners together WAVE would be able to offer clients the highest level of compassion, support, and wisdom for self growth and improvement, as well as to enhance relationships in their lives. It has always been Mark’s vision to grow the practice and when the time was right, expand into new locations.