Licensed Therapist - Clinical Placement Specialist - Embark Behavioral Health

Expected Pay: $80k-$85k per year

Full-time, onsite position (potential for hybrid)

Embark Behavioral Health is looking for a Clinical Placement Specialist to join us in a newly established role. Do you align with our mission of reducing adolescent and young adult anxiety, depression and suicide?

Are you empathetic and passionate about creating joy and healing generations?  If you answered yes, this may be the perfect position for you!

As a Clinical Placement Specialist, you will be supported by an experienced Clinician and VP of Admissions that are focused on the mission to facilitate lasting positive change for young people and their families.  

• Review Admissions screening tool to assess for placement throughout Embarks continuum of care. 
• Work with Admissions Counselors to ensure full clinical presentation is represented and provide a preliminary diagnosis based on ICD-10.
• Consult with referring professionals, as needed.
• Collaborate with UR department to obtain authorization for admission.
• Timely follow-up with families and referring partners to ensure optimal customer experience.
• Collaborate with program-based clinicians to ensure exceptional admission and treatment planning.
• Travel to programs and events, if requested.
• Problem solves complaints and concerns from families and referral sources to ensure resolution.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) 
• Minimum master's Degree in Behavioral Sciences - Social Work (MSW,) Clinical Social Work (CSW,) Clinical Mental Counseling (CMHC), Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a related discipline.
• A desire to facilitate growth through a team approach, working with other care providers.
• Four years of working experience as a licensed therapist leading individual, family, and group therapy sessions preferably in an IOP or PHP setting.
• Preferred - One year of experience in a residential or outpatient setting using relational, experiential, and systemic modalities.
• Ability to plan, implement, and adjust a course of treatment as required.
• Ability to pass a state background check

• Manageable caseloads that allow for establishing good rapport with the Admissions Counselors.
• Access to professional growth using our leading-edge strategies and trainings with our exceptional leaders
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Program that includes medical insurance with a generous company contribution towards a high deductible plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, long-term disability, 401K with company matching, and paid maternal leave.
• Company Paid Holidays plus a PTO accrual schedule.
• Opportunity to foster relationships with adolescents, young adults and their families, create joy in their lives, and heal generations.
• Join a team of nationally recognized industry leaders who provide you with a framework of training, support, and long-term advancement opportunities.
• Embark and team members embrace the core values of empathy, trusting relationships, service, growth, and results.

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Embark is committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience it offers through the diversity of its employees and community. Embark seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who will contribute to the organization's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.