Lead Behavioral Health Clinician

1 day ago
United StatesFull TimeMental Health Therapy
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Join Children & Families of Iowa as a Lead Behavioral Health Clinician in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • office and virtual services as needed. Deliver crisis
  • responsive and ongoing therapeutic services to address mental health needs and stabilize clients. Meet a

Requirements

  • based practices into service delivery and supervision to support consistent, high
  • based practices utilized by the clinical team. Ability to supervise other licensed therapists. Experience & Skills Professional
  • solving abilities. Comfortable with basic quantitative data and documentation requirements. Physical, Technical & Environmental Requirements Ability to perform standard clinical and office

Work Schedule

  • Full-time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Children & Families of Iowa as a Lead Behavioral Health Clinician.

Key Skills

Mental health therapyClinical supervisionCrisis interventionTreatment planningEvidence-based practiceClinical documentationLeadershipStaff managementPsychosocial assessmentExpert testimonyRegulatory complianceData analysisCommunication skillsProblem-solvingClinical software proficiency
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Lead Behavioral Health Clinician at Children & Families of Iowa a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Mental Health Therapy psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at Children & Families of Iowa is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Mental health therapy, Clinical supervision, Crisis intervention, Treatment planning, Evidence-based practice, Clinical documentation, Leadership, Staff management. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The Lead Behavioral Health Clinician provides professional mental health therapy and crisis services while coordinating clinical operations at the main location. They are responsible for supervising therapists, ensuring compliance with licensing standards, and collaborating with leadership to implem...

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About Children & Families of Iowa

Individual and Family Services
Des Moines, Iowa
5-10

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full Time

Posted

yesterday

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