Mobile Therapist

Connecting the Pieces is seeking a Mobile Therapist to provide one-to-one behavioral interventions and modeling to children and adolescents during traditional school hours as well as after school, evenings, and weekends. The Mobile Therapist (MT) provides therapy services to a child and family in their home to work on identified treatment goals. Services provided by a Mobile Therapist vary according to the individualized needs of a child and family. The MT can work with support surrounding the child, including the family, to incorporate family dynamic and structure into the therapeutic sessions. Mobile therapy can be used to help your child process emotional and behavioral health challenges or trauma.

Locations: Delaware County, Chester County, Allegheny County

About Connecting the Pieces:

Connecting the Pieces serves as one of Pennsylvania’s most respected, behavior-based service providers. CTP works with top professionals and has built an impressive record of quality and support.
Connecting the Pieces delivers interventions that improve the lives of clients with special education needs and their families while working collaboratively with the team. We offer comprehensive services to clients who present with challenging behaviors. CTP provides individual attention to each client we serve while bringing all those working with the client together to ensure a collaborative effort in helping the client reach their fullest potential.

Position type: Contractor

Benefits of working as Contractor for CTP:
• Flexibility in schedule creation – select cases that fit your schedule availability.
• Ability to negotiate your rate with our Human Resources Department
• Freedom to decide how much time you want to work each week – work as many cases (hours) or as few as you like (based on case availability).

Responsibilities:
• Provides child-centered, family-focused individual and family services
• Available for crisis intervention, implementing strategies and support discovered in crisis planning
• Maintains contact with other members of the treatment team and assist in the implementation of the treatment plan
• Helps to develop daily routines which will enhance the treatment approach indicated in the treatment plan
• Follows treatment plans based upon the clinical evaluation, family and child strengths,
and clinical needs
• Develops and monitor therapeutic techniques for effectiveness
• Completes all required documentation in accordance with regulations and clinical best
practices
• Maintains clinical sessions with the child/adolescent/young adult and family as prescribed and provide therapeutic interventions to support treatment goals

Qualifications:
Individuals who provide individual services through mobile therapy services shall meet ONE of the following:
• Licensed in the Commonwealth as a psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist or clinical social worker.
• Be licensed in this Commonwealth as a social worker or a behavior specialist and have graduate degree
• Have a minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in providing mental health direct services to children, youth or young adults and a graduate degree
• Completed a clinical or mental health direct service practicum and have a graduate degree

Additional Qualifications:
• Ability to utilize collaborative, team-oriented approach
• Understanding of child and family development
• Crisis intervention and management
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Strong computer skills in all Microsoft office applications

Salary: From $35.00 per hour

Connecting the Pieces is an equal employment opportunity provider. We are committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in relation to the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity, against victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, or stalking, or upon any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law