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Art Therapist Position at Ellie Mental Health

Ellie Mental Health is hiring an Art Therapist for its Old Town Alexandria, Virginia location! Come be a part of a growing team that is working to break down barriers to mental health care in our community. Clinic Description

As an Outpatient Therapist at Ellie Mental Health, you'll share our vision for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and thrive in an environment driven by our core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination.

Ellie Mental Health was founded in 2015 by Erin Pash, LMFT and Kyle Keller, LICSW when they opened the first Ellie clinic in Minneapolis. Since then, the Ellie Fam has continued to grow with multiple clinics in Minnesota and a growing number of locally owned and operated franchises across the country.

Ellie was proudly founded on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and we've made it our goal to fill the gap and find innovative ways to break down these barriers for the communities we serve. Do you seek any of the following?

• To make a difference in the lives of diverse populations and fill the gap in Alexandria, VA
• To feel heard and have fun at your job
• To grow and have your creativity encouraged
• A place where you can contribute to the vision and culture of a brand-new clinic full of autonomy, flexibility, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
• To have referrals matched to your specialty profile and scheduled for you
• A flexible schedule that meets your needs
• To have the ability to work from home!
• A caseload that helps ensure work/life balance
• Reduced administrative obligations such as credentialing, marketing, and insurance billing
• Access to educational material suited for continuing education credits
• To be a part of a community, a family, a place where fun is expected and laughter is your language

Responsibilities include:

• Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy
• Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
• Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
• For Full-Time status clinicians must maintain a caseload of a minimum of 25 client visits per week
• Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
• Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;)

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Candidates are required to have a master's degree in one of the behavioral sciences, counseling, Art Therapy, from an accredited college or university and on track to obtain licensure in their designated field
• Credentials Required: Master's In Art Therapy, Registered Art Therapist (ATR, ATR-P, ATR-BC) and Resident in Counseling for LPC, LCSW, LMFT in the state of Virginia.
• Credentials Preferred: LPC, LCSW, LMFT, and Registered Art Therapist (ATR, ATR-BC).
• Candidates must have their Resident in Counseling credentials (LPC, LCSW, LMFT) if they are not already licensed.
• Required experienced in completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
• Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
• Proficient in the use of Office 365 and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
• Fully Licensed Clinicians will ideally be credentialed with insurance panels.

What we have to offer:

• Ellie Mental Health offers competitive salary, benefits package- Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, and PTO
• Flexible scheduling
• Hourly pay structure PLUS commission on claims
• Paid Continuing Education time

What else you should know:

This position is located in Alexandria, VA Hybrid Position- In-person and Telehealth

This position will be under the general direction of the Clinic Director.

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.

Don't meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! If you're excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It's that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community's needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel "blah."

Feeling blah doesn't help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we're just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?

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