NOTE: MUST BE LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA

Benefits/Perks

Careers Advancement Opportunities

Professional Development

Competitive Compensation

Background Roots Through Recovery is a trauma-focused outpatient treatment center for adults and adolescents in Long Beach, CA. We have proudly served the Long Beach community since 2016.

We offer dedicated morning and afternoon tracks for primary mental health, primary substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders, provided by an experienced and compassionate clinical team of physicians, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, drug and alcohol counselors and integrated wellness practitioners.

Our program integrates EMDR, mindfulness, and other cognitive, process, experiential, and expressive therapies, to address the mind, body and spirit. The goal of this approach is to address unresolved trauma, expose our clients to a variety of tools, and help them to develop the skills needed to live a healthy, productive and fulfilling life in recovery. Roots also provides all of our clients with weekly case management, weekly family therapy, as well as monthly family intensive weekends.

Job Summary This is a remote position. Roots Through Recovery is seeking a contract, remote licensed mental health therapist (LMFT or LCSW) with experience in mental health, trauma and substance use for our sexual trauma virtual evening IOP program.

In this role, you will treat mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders in a telehealth group setting, address trauma, teach communication and healthy coping skills, assist patients in addressing maladaptive behaviors, and guide them through crises as you develop their resilience. If you are an experienced therapist passionate about providing high-quality care and mental health solutions, we want to hear from you! Roots Through Recovery provides professional development for our clinicians to help them grow in their role, and provide trauma-specific modalities like EMDR, CBT and DBT.

Responsibilities

Establish open lines of communication for individuals with sexual trauma and co-occurring mental health and/or substance use disorders

Provide telehealth group therapy and family therapy for individuals and/or their family members

Provide trauma-focused virtual therapy for individuals with sexual trauma and co-occurring disorders

Use evidence-based treatment methods to facilitate group and individual treatments

Facilitate clinically-oriented virtual group therapy for individuals with trauma and co-occurring disorders

Collaborate with additional treatment providers and resource agencies

Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of patient information and treatment plan

Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner

Collaborate with team members and clinical director to provide quality care for individuals

Adhere to all facility and licensing standards

Qualifications

Master's degree in counseling, social work, or similar field

Current and unrestricted marriage and family therapy or clinical social work license in CALIFORNIA

Previous experience as a mental health therapist

Experience with PTSD and complex trauma preferred

Previous experience working with active duty military and veteran populations a plus

Training in EMDR preferred -- training will be provided if not

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Highly organized

Self-starter

Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus