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, associate mental health therapist (AMFT or ACSW) 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 associate number for marriage and family therapy (AMFT), or clinical social work (ACSW) 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