Mental Health Therapist/Clinician (Pre-Licens

Job Title: Mental Health Therapist/Clinician (Pre-Licensed)

Department: Clinical Services

Location: Centre Lake, Ontario

Remote Status: Mostly Remote with one In-Office Day

Reports To: Clinical Supervisor

FLSA Status: Part-Time (Non-Exempt)

Pay: $55/per Session

Position Summary

The Mental Health Therapist provides culturally responsive, trauma-informed therapeutic services to individuals, couples, families, and/or groups within a community mental health setting. The therapist recognizes that many presenting concerns are adaptations to lived experiences, including trauma, systemic inequities, violence, loss, and chronic stress, and approaches care through principles of safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and choice.

This role emphasizes healing-centered engagement rather than pathology-focused treatment. The therapist works collaboratively with clients, honoring resilience, autonomy, identity, and community context while supporting emotional regulation, relational repair, and sustainable wellbeing.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Clinical Services

• Provide evidence-based and trauma-informed psychotherapy (individual, family, couples, and/or group) to agency-approved and contracted clientele.
• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to client’s treatment.
• Conduct biopsychosocial and trauma-informed assessments that assess client’s needs and level of care, provide referrals and resources, and collateral involvement with families, other professionals and with the treatment team.
• Develop collaborative treatment plans centered on client goals, strengths, and lived experiences.
• Support clients in developing coping, grounding, emotional regulation, and relational skills.
• Integrate modalities such as CBT, attachment-based therapy, somatic approaches, narrative therapy, and/or culturally responsive practices.
• Exhibits a flexible and proactive approach to changes in the workplace.
• Demonstrates reliability and professionalism.

Documentation & Compliance

• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation in accordance with agency, county, and payer requirements.
• Maintain ethical and legal standards of confidentiality and mandated reporting.

Collaboration & Care Coordination

• Coordinate care with psychiatrists, case managers, social workers, schools, courts, and community partners.
• Provide psychoeducation to families and support networks when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the organization’s values and mission statement.

Professional Development

• Participate in clinical supervision and monthly clinical meetings and agency committees when requested.
• Engage in ongoing formal and informal learning opportunities to increase clinical competence.
• Monitor and address vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout through self-care and consultation.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education/Experience

• Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Social Work, or related field.
• Registered Associate and in good standing (AMFT/APCC/ASW) with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) or California Board of Psychology (BOP).
• Experience working with diverse and underserved populations preferred
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care and crisis intervention
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required

Mathematical Ability

• Add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply/divide with 10’s and 100’s. Perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Reasoning Ability: Apply logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Deal with nonverbal symbolism (e. g., formulas and equations) in difficult phases. Deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

• Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation (e. g., progress notes, treatment plans, assessments, outcomes tracking)
• Telehealth platforms and HIPAA-compliant video services
• Secure email communication and encrypted messaging systems
• Scheduling and calendar management software
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel/Sheets, Outlook/Gmail, PowerPoint/Slides, Teams)
• Electronic signatures and digital consent management
• Virtual group facilitation tools (screen sharing, breakout rooms, digital worksheets)

Work Environment

This position serves clients in office and community settings. The therapist must be comfortable working with high-need populations while maintaining regulation, boundaries, and professionalism. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Organizational Commitment

We believe symptoms make sense in context. Our organization is committed to providing healing-centered care that recognizes resilience, community, and dignity. Staff are supported through supervision, consultation, and a culture that prioritizes clinician wellbeing alongside client care.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to stand and move around for work. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.