About this Pre-Licensed Child & Adolescent Therapist (Remote, MA) role at InStride Health
About Us
InStride Health’s mission is to deliver specialty anxiety and OCD care that works for every kid, teen, young adult, and family who needs it. Through this mission, we are expanding access to insurance-based care, increasing engagement in treatment, and improving treatment outcomes. We are doing this by combining research-backed clinical care and innovative technology to eliminate the major problems with care today: difficulty finding providers, months of waiting to be seen, arduous onboarding processes, and inconsistent use of evidence-based therapies and outcomes tracking. Our vision is to become the nation’s most trusted provider of pediatric anxiety and OCD care.
Team InStride Health: Our Core Values
- Give Heart: We lead with heart, treating patients and their families the way we want our loved ones to be treated.
- Work Smart: We find smarter ways to solve hard problems and fix the broken mental health system by leveraging technology, diversity of thought, and innovation.
- Have Humility: We leave our egos at the door, empowering our team to collaborate, celebrate diversity, and adopt a growth mindset.
- Embrace Community: We all belong. We are in this together, and we never worry alone. We believe in each other and recognize that every voice matters.
About the Role
We are looking for a virtual Pre-Licensed Therapist to join our team to deliver family-centric and evidence-based care to Children, Adolescents, & Young Adults. This is a fully remote position.
Responsibilities:
- Provide evidence-based individual and group clinical care to patients and families
- Use measurement-based care to inform treatment planning
- Lead and collaborate with other care team members (e.g., coach and psychiatrist)
- Provide feedback on program curricula and training protocols
- Provide feedback regarding the various applications of technology in treatment
- Maintain awareness of risk management issues
- Complete documentation in a timely and thorough manner
- Participate in initial and ongoing trainings on the application of evidence-based and tech-enhanced care delivery
- Facilitate skills or skills practice groups, as assigned. These CBT-based groups are for parents/caregivers and focus on skills development and implementation based on the InStride Health curriculum, integrating aspects of ACT and PMT.
What You Need to Succeed in the Role
- Provisional / Associate licensure with one of two designations:
- Provisional / Associate Social Work License & Masters Degree from an accredited school of Social Work
- Provisional / Associate Counseling License & Masters Degree from an accredited graduate program
- OR Pre-Licensed Psychologist with a Ph.D. or PsyD. in psychology from an accredited school of psychology
- Graduate-level clinical internship with therapy training required
- Background in working with children and adolescents, with anxiety and related disorders, or preferably both
- Experience and training in delivering evidence-based treatments (e.g., CBT, ACT, DBT) preferred
- Basic computer skills, facility with and openness to new technologies
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to be flexible and nimble, embrace change, and work well both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, mission driven environment
- Culturally responsive with regard to diversity and inclusion
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information in a manner that inspires confidence and trust
The starting salary for this role starts at $70,000. Compensation increases will take place upon acquiring full independent licensure.
Why Join Our Team
- Generous benefits package (401k with match, Flexible PTO, paid holidays, paid service days, 4 week paid sabbatical, 12 week paid parental leave, health benefits starting on your first day, and more)
- Opportunity to join a mission-driven company that is changing the landscape of pediatric mental health treatment
- Chance to make a far-reaching impact by helping children and families access desperately-needed, evidence-based care
- Opportunity to work with talented and experienced team members who have devoted their lives to solving this problem
- Fully virtual: work from the comfort of your home with periodic in-person retreats
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB)
We want to make our clinical services available for everyone, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or how you identify. To achieve this, we recognize we must continually make progress in building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive team. Through these efforts, we support two primary objectives at InStride Health:
- Providing high quality patient care to families. We are in a privileged position to support families during a vulnerable time in their lives. We approach all families and each other with compassion and are most effective as a diverse team where all individuals feel valued, respected, and accepted.
- Building a mission-driven business that lasts. Specifically, we believe our commitment to a supportive culture improves innovation, decision-making, and efficiency.
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