Therapist - Weekday Evenings/Weekend Shift (Part-Time)

Therapist

(Part-Time) Weekday Evenings/Weekend Shift

St. Louis, MO, US

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As leaders in children’s mental health and wellness, St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems Youth Mental Health Care have partnered to create one of the nation’s most innovative and transformative youth mental health and wellness campuses. The partnership includes a 77-bed acute care hospital and outpatient programs. Located on the KVC Missouri Children’s Mental Wellness Campus conveniently located in Webster Groves, Missouri, the peaceful environment and broad continuum of care allow children and families to access the appropriate level of treatment throughout their healing experience. The new campus is slated to open in late 2026. Learn more at stlouischildrenskvc.org. Join us and be a part of this journey of healing and hope for thousands of children and teens.

Benefits & More

Employee benefits and culture fall under the KVC Health Systems umbrella. KVC is a family of private, nonprofit organizations that strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. Through our broad continuum of care, we are proud to be a national leader in mental health, child welfare, and health and human services transformation.

At KVC, we offer a positive, supportive workplace where each person can do work they love. In fact, we’re so proud of our culture that we see it as our top competitive advantage in the health and human services field. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC has an incredible 86 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. KVC was also named #15 on Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies 2025 list, a recognition achieved entirely based on anonymous employee reviews. In addition to being mission-driven, we offer employees an unparalleled level of flexibility, wellbeing, learning, inclusion, recognition, and rewards.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for providing therapy to patients a nd crisis intervention services. Completes assessments, documentation for services rendered, and case managed duties as needed. Will provide individual and group therapy sessions.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Master’s degree in social work or counseling

Licensure/Certification: Valid driver’s license and auto insurance required. Licensed MSW or Licensed Clinical Social worker Licensed Professional Counselor. Candidates must not be provisionally licensed.

Experience: Working in a residential setting, working in a trauma informed environment, knowledge of trauma and the impact on healthy development.

Preferred Experience/Skills

• Knowledge of clinical theory, therapy, and systems.
• Strong customer service focus
• Excellent time management
• Oral and written communicate skills
• Requires analytical ability necessary to manage moderately complex administrative details such as preparing nonrecurring reports.
• Independent judgement is required to plan, prioritize, and organize a diversified workload with attention to details
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and email applications
• Must be able to work productively and respectful with individuals and families from diverse cultural background
• Class E driver’s license

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical counseling services to patients with a focus on those affected by trauma.
• Will provide group therapy and individual therapy
• Will conduct caregiver education groups
• Provide crisis intervention as needed
• Complete various assessments and reports as appropriate such as pre-admission, admission, trauma, suicide, and substance abuse
• Formulate and administer treatment plans
• Participate in meetings, staffing, and other appointments with patients as needed
• Communicate and collaborate with internal and external individuals and groups to provide excellent care, customer service and cooperation
• Assure proper authorizations are in place prior to provision of services
• Prepare insurance reviews for insurance companies
• Assist in SCM restraints as needed
• Other duties as assigned according to qualification of staff and development of programs

Additional duties may be assigned based on organizational needs and staff qualifications.

Physical & Work Environment

The conditions described are representative of those required to perform this role, with reasonable accommodations available. This position involves regular standing, walking, and communication, with frequent use of hands and occasional bending, kneeling, or climbing. The role may require lifting up to 10 pounds regularly, 25 pounds frequently, and 75 pounds occasionally. Standard visual abilities are required. Work is performed in a moderate noise environment with occasional exposure to outdoor conditions.