Crisis Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW, LMHC)

Willow Health is hiring a Crisis Care Therapist to provide virtual behavioral health care for people in crisis. You will work on a multidisciplinary clinical team that includes psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, licensed mental health clinicians, certified peer specialists, case managers, and clinical operations staff. This is a fully virtual role, and the clinic runs Monday through Friday from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM Eastern Time.

What you will do

• Perform clinical assessments and develop differential diagnoses
• Build therapeutic alliances with patients
• Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with the multidisciplinary team
• Conduct short-term crisis psychotherapy sessions using supportive psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and/or problem solving therapy
• Manage a caseload of patients you follow for 8 to 12 weeks
• Conduct risk assessments and safety planning
• Use validated clinical tools to aid in differential diagnosis
• Work across the multidisciplinary clinical team to facilitate behavioral health crisis care
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
• Maintain documentation of all patient-related care
• Attend weekly clinical supervision
• Work with patients, their families, and their providers in the community

What they are looking for

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent non-U.S. degree) in psychology, clinical social work, or related fields
• Successful completion of a master's of social work or master's of mental health counseling degree
• Active license in clinical social work or mental health counseling in New York
• Ability to maintain all state requirements and continuing education requirements to provide behavioral health care
• Experience with clinical assessments, developing differential diagnoses, and creating and implementing clinical treatment plans
• At least 3 years of clinical experience post-licensure
• Experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment, and safety planning
• Experience using validated clinical tools to enhance clinical care
• Comfort using technology and an EMR
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team

Nice to have

• Post-degree experience providing emergency mental health services and/or urgent behavioral healthcare
• Knowledge of substance abuse, mental health, and recovery issues and principles
• Experience using clinical outcomes to enhance clinical care
• Experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model
• Experience with problem solving therapy, motivational interviewing, supportive psychotherapy
• Experience in a start-up healthcare setting and/or an innovative healthcare program
• Experience with groups

Pay and benefits

The salary range is USD 67,500 to 126,500 per year. Benefits for clinicians include PTO for sick leave, certain federal holidays, and vacation; continuing education time and stipend; 401K; health insurance; malpractice liability insurance; clinical supervision; and multidisciplinary team collaboration.

About Willow Health

In the United States, one in five adults experience a mental health illness and over 12 million people have thoughts of suicide. Over 17 million people seeking behavioral health care experience a delay in accessing care. Willow Health launched its virtual crisis care program in 2023 to provide personalized, recovery-oriented care for people experiencing behavioral health crises. Patients get immediate access to evidence-based virtual crisis psychotherapy, medication management, certified peer coaching, care management, groups, and around-the-clock crisis coverage, while the team works to connect patients to the most appropriate next level of care.

Interview process

1. Complete the application
2. Phone screen
3. First interview with team member
4. Clinical skill assessment with the hiring manager
5. Reference check
6. Offer
7. Background check

Willow is an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.