Creative Arts Group Facilitator - Remote Job at Charlie Health in New York

About the Role

Charlie Health is a pioneer in its approach to mental health treatment. In addition to providing superior Clinical care from the nation’s most talented and passionate clinicians, Charlie Health offers unparallelled and effective holistic treatment via our groundbreaking clinical model. Every client at Charlie Health receives 9 hours of psychoeducation groups. 3 of these 9 hours are considered integrative hours, which pull from contemplative, creative arts and experiential modalities. Integrative Group Facilitators at Charlie Health support our clients through the use of various expressive tools, creative arts, and contemplative practices and believe that healing occurs in the experience itself. Through immersive experiences, we are able to connect with hard to reach feelings and learn healthy coping skills in order to have new and more adequate responses to challenging situations.

Charlie Health is excited to grow its integrative team. Some of the therapeutic modalities we want to include are:

• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Yoga + Yoga Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)
• Mindful Self Compassion (MSC)
• Chaplaincy + Spiritual Coaching
• Music Therapy (MT-BC)
• Dance and Movement Therapy (R-DMT/BC-DMT)
• Art Therapy (ATR-ATR-BC)
• Drama Therapy (RDT)
• Experiential therapy
• Adventure and Nature-Based Therapy
• Recreation Therapy
• Expressive Therapy
• Play Therapy
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Psychodrama
• Poetry and Narrative Therapy
• Somatic Experiencing

Charlie Health is hiring a few exceptional Integrative Group Facilitators to provide remote, telehealth services to our adolescent and young adult clients. We’re eager to work with forward-thinking mental health and substance use professionals to enhance our programming and provide the best possible care to our clients.

This is a contract / 1099 position that allows you the flexibility to schedule sessions and work wherever you are most comfortable. We request that our facilitators are able to dedicate at minimum 9 permanent group hours per week across 3 days to facilitate group sessions and build valuable connections with our clients.

People know Charlie Health for our warm and empathetic team. While each individual facilitator has their own interests, expertise, and style, we require all team members to be well versed in a variety of therapeutic modalities. Our clients are struggling to cope with underlying mental health issues and benefit from facilitators that are sophisticated and relational. Successful candidates are committed to bettering the mental health of their clients, and are adept at self-care, ensuring they are prepared to give their best every day to address the rural mental health crisis.

This position reports to the Directors of Contemplative, Creative, or Experiential Group Quality.

About You

• Creative, innovative, interdisciplinary, and integrative in your approach to mental health care
• Able to demonstrate expertise in your Integrative modality and feel confident integrating them into your treatment approach
• Confident and experienced in working with teens and young adults
• Passionate about the benefits of group practices and skilled in conducting group sessions virtually
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Charamstic and engaging, especially over video!

Responsibilities

• Facilitate weekly group treatment via telehealth
• Develop creative ways to conduct Integrative group treatment virtually
• Ensure your clinical services are delivered in accordance with recognized best practices
• Use thoughtful risk management
• Communicate clearly and professionally with clients, staff, families, agencies, and referents
• Complete documentation in a timely manner and be accurate and well-written.
• Maintain and model professional ethics, including appropriate boundaries and confidentiality

Requirements

• Clinical experience and/or experience in mental health or behavioral health required
• Experience with adolescents and young adults required
• Experience with high acuity populations is required
• Master’s degree in mental health or related field required
• Experience, training, and certification in one or more integrative modalities (listed above) required
• Licensed mental health professional preferred
• Technical ability to run effective telehealth sessions
• Reliable WiFi connection when meeting with clients
• Familiarity with and willingness to use cloud-based communication software—Gmail, Slack, Zoom, –in addition to EMR and outcomes survey software on a daily basis
• Work authorized in the United States and native or bilingual English proficiency
• 1099 position
• Must be available for a minimum of 9 direct clinical hour total across at least 3 nights a week from 3:00 - 8:00 PM MST Monday - Thursday

Perks

• Flexibility: Our virtual program allows clinicians the ability to work wherever they are most comfortable
• Support: All of our clinicians receive support from a full time Admissions and Assessment team so that our talented clinicians can focus on what matters most–providing exceptional care to our clients
• Consistency: We are busy and we will make sure to keep your calendar as full as you want it to be. Groups are scheduled at the same time each week, so you know what your schedule will be ahead of time
• Ability to Develop Strong Relationships with Incredible Clients: We may be biased, but we think our clients are incredible. With a maximum of 8 clients in a group, we allow you the opportunity to build strong relationships with clients and do in depth work to create sustainable healing
• Collaboration: All Charlie Health clinicians participate in case discussions, which allow you to leverage the expertise of others to develop new skills and think outside the box
• Free CEUs: Charlie Health provides all clinical staff with access to free, online CEUs to meet licensing requirements and explore topics of interest

So—what do you think?

If you’ve made it this far, well, we’re excited to meet you too. Just one more thing that we want you to remember: we pride ourselves on our meritocratic, performance-driven culture. There are lives on the line, and we have teens to save. There’s no room for complacency. Your scope of responsibility and opportunity to make a difference will be uncapped at Charlie Health, but we need your commitment that you will work tirelessly for our patients, parents, and partners. At the end of day, our team is committed to helping you succeed at Charlie Health because when you succeed, our patients succeed, and we get one step closer to solving the mental health crisis. We’re hopeful that this role will give you the experience to go and do whatever you want in life but the fulfillment to make you never want to leave our team. We look forward to solving the mental health crisis, together.

Please do not call our public clinical admissions line in regards to this or any other job posting.

At Charlie Health, we value being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to cultivate an environment where individuals can be their authentic selves. Being an Equal Opportunity Employer means every member of our team feels as though they are supported and belong. We value diverse perspectives to help us provide essential mental health and substance use disorder treatments to all teens and young adults.

Charlie Health applicants are assessed solely on their qualifications for the role, without regard to disability or need for accommodation.

Note to Colorado applicants: applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.