Feeling overworked, stressed, and constantly anxious due to high, unrealistic caseloads? We’d love to meet with you to demonstrate our approach to providing mental health services.

Stirling Behavioral Health Institute has immediate openings for a licensed psychologist, LMFT, LCSW, MFT associate, or associate social worker in the Van Nuys area.

We are in special need of those who are bilingual Spanish. Experience with transitional age youth populations is desired.

Stirling is a small, school-based agency contracted with the Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental Health (DMH) to provide outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, teens, and their adult caregivers in the central and west areas of the San Fernando Valley. Services are provided in schools, via telehealth, and in Stirling’s Van Nuys office.

Clinicians provide intake assessments, diagnosis, treatment planning, clinical interventions, collaterals, discharges, case management (when needed), crisis management, and providing individual and family therapy. (No Wrap or FSP service!)

Preferred applicants will have experience with DMH policies, procedures, and standards. Applicants certified or are in the process of becoming certified in one or more of the following Evidence Based Practices are also desired: CPP, MAP, Trauma Focused CBT, Individual CBT, and Seeking Safety.

Applicant should live within a reasonable commute time to Van Nuys, CA.

Responsibilities

• Perform intake assessments
• Provide mental health therapy for children, adolescents, teens, and families
• Create individualized treatment plans for each client
• Use evidence-based treatment methods, when appropriate, to facilitate individual treatments
• Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of patient information and treatment plan
• Adhere to all facility, government, and BBS licensing standards

Qualifications

• Master or Doctorate degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or similar field
• Current and unrestricted BBS marriage and family therapy, clinical social worker, or psychologist license required
• Bilingual Spanish speaking highly desirable
• Previous experience as a mental health therapist in a DMH-contracted agency preferred but not required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and CPR certified
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized

For associates of any kind the salary range is from $60,000 – $69,000. For licensed clinicians, the salary range is $70,000 – $80,000.