Why You Will Love Working With Us!
At Clearview Outpatient, we are a dynamic, dedicated, and growing team of professionals deeply passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized clinical care for behavioral health conditions. Clearview Outpatient is a leading provider of mental health treatment services across the region. With 20 Outpatient locations across eight states, we are on a mission to improve mental wellness in the communities we serve. We are a part of Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare Network which offers a continuum of care within our Psychiatric Network, Eating Disorder Network, including inpatient, intensive residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services nationwide.
Our team’s foundation is client centered care and clinical excellence through our 5-star service commitment – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Flexibility, and Collaboration. We are committed to our team and our team is committed to our clients!
Serving the San Fernando Valley, the greater Los Angeles area, and conveniently located on Ventura Blvd, 15 minutes west of the 405 freeway with neighboring areas including Calabasas, Simi Valley, and Malibu, Clearview Outpatient – Woodland Hills utilizes a combination of DBT, CBT, and experiential therapy to meet the individual needs of each client we serve.
Providing outpatient care Monday through Friday, we offer exceptional benefits, development opportunities, professional training, and much more detailed below.
Join our team! Be part of our amazing vision of changing lives empowering each client’s inherent strengths making a difference in countless lives, while being part of a larger nationwide network that is growing each day.
What We Offer:
- Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
- Multiple Career Development Pathways
- Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
- PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
- Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
- 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
- 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
- 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
- 401K with Company Match
- Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
- Generous Team Member Referral Program
- Parental Leave
Compensation Range:
$90,000 -$110,000 per year (depending on level, licensure and location)
Position Summary
The Lead Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy sessions for clients in Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) levels of care. The Lead Therapist role consists of direct clinical care, providing clinical supervision to clinical team members and interns, developing/improving group curriculum, and supporting overall care coordination. This position is responsible for assessing the therapeutic needs of individuals and families, and for developing appropriate treatment plans. The Lead Therapist acts as the primary point of contact for clients and families throughout the treatment process and serves as a client advocate with the treatment team. Position acts as a liaison with referral sources, clinical partners, and internal resources to coordinate care throughout the treatment process.
Essential Responsibilities
- Exemplifies our 5 Star Service to clients, team members, referents, and families.
- Assesses the therapeutic needs of clients, determining appropriate interventions, and conducting individual and group therapy sessions in accordance with these needs.
- Assists with the creation and coordination of clinical program schedules in partnership with the Executive Director and clinical team members.
- Oversee weekly group assignments and topics to ensure balanced therapist workloads and programming tailored to current cohort needs.
- Completes psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, session notes, discharge plans and other reports required for each client in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines and payor source guidelines.
- Supports clinical team in meeting documentation and utilization review deadlines and requirements.
- Provides clinical coverage in the absence of the Executive Director to include precertification of new admissions, urgent/emergent clinical decision making and facilitation of treatment team meetings.
- Provides mentorship and supervision to associate level clinicians and interns.
- Conducts weekly individual and family therapy sessions for assigned caseload.
- Monitors behavioral interventions for clients and provides coaching skills, as needed.
- Conducts specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises or co-leads groups with staff or interns when appropriate.
- Maintains therapeutic relationships with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes, setting limits, and maintaining therapeutic boundaries in a kind and firm manner.
- Utilizes effective verbal crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques, involving other staff as needed.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate client care from admission through discharge.
- Co-facilitates weekly clinical, consultation and business meetings; present cases to be discussed as pre-assigned.
- Completes documentation in a timely and accurate manner reflecting ongoing assessment of client’s clinical presentation and behaviors in accordance with policy and procedures.
- Communicates client progress with the referral source, family, parent, or guardian informed of treatment goals and plans, as appropriate.
- Leverages the referral process to build relationships with new referents and engages in collaboration with referents.
- Welcomes clients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in a professional and respectful manner.
