Youth OP Therapist

Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Last revised : 3 / 20 / 2025

Last reviewed : 3 / 20 / 2025

Reports to : Outpatient Manager

The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist provides trauma-informed mental health therapy and case management to clients, including individuals, families, and groups, as well as providing crisis support and intake assessments. The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist collaborates with co-workers on clinical details of family / community systems, and completes required documentation.

Duties and Responsibilities :

Provide Mental Health Therapy to Clients

• Build therapeutic relationships and provide individual therapy to clients with emotional problems and / or psychiatric disabilities to help them identify personal strengths, resources needed to acquire skills and supports, and assisting with developing and implementing culturally appropriate individualized plans.
• Provide family support as necessary and appropriate, including providing support for parents of youth clients.
• Work with clients to provide therapy and support in the environment that provides the best opportunity for success, including conducting therapeutic sessions in the office, in the community or schools, over the phone, and / or conducting home visits as necessary and appropriate.
• Provide support to individuals with navigating systems, and identifying and acquiring basic needs (food, clothing, housing, medical care, etc.)
• Provide therapeutic intervention to clients of SLMH's walk-in crisis service.
• Conduct mental health assessments intakes and updates, develop individualized support plans, and document services as appropriate.
• Coordinate and conduct group therapy programs as necessary.
• Understand that many individuals have been traumatized and strive to constantly provide services from a respectful, trauma-informed perspective.

Collaborate on treatment and complete administrative duties

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