Join Our Dynamic VHC Behavioral Health Team!
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families struggling with mental health and addiction? VHC Health is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Therapist to join our team supporting Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatric and Addiction Services.
About the Role: As a Therapist at VHC Behavioral Health, you’ll play a vital role in our Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), leading group counseling sessions, conducting intake assessments, and creating individualized treatment plans. You will work with adult and adolescent populations managing mental health and substance use challenges, gaining a comprehensive understanding of evidence-based practices.
Our team thrives on collaboration, with therapists and social workers cross-training and providing coverage across inpatient psychiatric, detoxification, and rehabilitation units. This flexibility ensures you’ll develop a diverse skill set while working in a supportive, team-oriented environment.
Why Join VHC Health? At VHC, we prioritize your growth and development, offering:
Ready to Make a Difference? If you’re a compassionate professional eager to advance your career in behavioral health, we want to hear from you! Apply today and become part of the VHC Health legacy of excellence in care.
Hospital Information: VHC Health is a 453-bed not-for-profit Hospital and teaching facility that has been delivering high quality care to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for over 75 years. Recent accomplishments include the opening of our massive Outpatient Pavilion and VHC becoming the Washington Commanders Football provider for women's health as of 2023. VHC Health is a designated Level II Trauma Center and a recognized Magnet Facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. At VHC Health, we are always striving to provide continued excellence and growth for our employees as well as top notch care for our patients and that is made clear with our recent accomplishments!
A licensed Clinical Social Worker will provide counseling services to patients individually and/or in a group setting, utilizing clinical counseling principles, methods, or procedures to assist individuals in achieving their established goals as outlined in their individual treatment plans resulting in achieving outcomes that are consistent with becoming sober and/or healthier in personal, physical, social, and psychological wellbeing.
"Apply clinical counseling principles, methods, and procedures," means an approach to counseling that emphasizes the counselor's role in systematically assisting clients through all of the following:
Assessing and analyzing emotional conditions, exploring possible solutions, and developing and providing a treatment plan for mental and emotional adjustment or development and/or substance abuse disorder, as applicable. It may include counseling, appraisal, consulting, supervision, administration and referral.
Engaging in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders within the scope of laws and regulations of the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
Providing training supervision for students and registered counselor trainees as requested by the program or unit director, when services are within the student or trainee’s scope of practice, which does not include supervision of the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
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Pay & Benefits: Commensurate with experience. Team members are eligible to receive benefits on the first day of the month following the date of hire, with 30 days to apply for benefits of choice.
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