Benefits/Perks
Careers Advancement Opportunities
Professional Development
Competitive Compensation
Supervision for associates offered at an additional cost
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 Roots Through Recovery is seeking a full-time, licensed mental health therapist (LMFT, LCSW or PsyD) with experience in substance use, mental health and trauma for our outpatient program in Long Beach, CA.
In this role, you will diagnose and treat mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders, 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, DBT and CBT.
Responsibilities
Establish open lines of communication for individuals with co-occurring mental health and/or substance use disorders
Provide individual therapy and family therapy for individuals and/or their family members
Provide trauma-focused therapy for individuals with co-occurring disorders
Use evidence-based treatment methods to facilitate group and individual treatments
Facilitate clinically-oriented group therapy for individuals with co-occurring disorders
Develop, implement and review treatment plans
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 or higher in counseling, social work, or similar field
Current and unrestricted marriage and family therapy (LMFT), clinical social work license (LCSW) or clinical psychology (PsyD) 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