About the Role
Join Deer Oaks as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and contribute to an integrated treatment team serving older adults and physically disabled individuals in long-term care facilities. Deer Oaks is a nationally recognized leader in the LTC geriatric field, providing psychological services since 1992.
Responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based psychological services, including screening, assessment, and treatment planning.
- Manage psychotherapy intakes and treatment plans.
- Collaborate as part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in Long-Term Care facilities.
- Provide individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and offer essential behavioral management services.
- Adhere to ethical principles and professional guidelines.
- Conduct in-person assessments.
- Provide individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and offer essential behavioral management services.
- Offer essential behavioral management services to individuals referred for various issues including depression, anxiety, grief, adjustment to changes in medical status, substance abuse, and others typically seen in an outpatient setting.
Requirements
- Fully licensed as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Maintains own schedule of counseling sessions, and utilize Geriatric Notes Tool (GNT) to complete session notes in a timely manner.
- Maintains professional relationships with patients and facility partners.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
Skills
- Psychological services
- Screening
- Assessment
- Treatment planning
- Psychotherapy
- Intakes
- Collaboration
- Multidisciplinary team
- Individual therapy
- Family therapy
- Group therapy
- Behavioral management
- Ethical principles
- Professional guidelines
- In-person assessments
- Depression management
- Anxiety management
- Grief counseling
- Adjustment counseling
- Substance abuse counseling
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Schedule management
- Note completion
- Professional relationship building
- Independent work
- Teamwork
Location
- Local community
Work Type
- Part-time options available
- Full-time
- Part-time
Benefits
- Freedom to create own schedule (Monday – Friday, business hours, no rigid start/end times; no on-call or after-hours work required).
- Administrative overhead (billing, collections, insurance Specialists, etc.)
- Liability Insurance covered 100%
- Access to APA-accredited CEUs provided at no cost.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
About the Company
- Deer Oaks has a rich history of providing psychological services since 1992.
- Deer Oaks is a nationally recognized leader in the Long-Term Care (LTC) geriatric field.
- Deer Oaks contracts with thousands of LTC facilities across the country.
- Deer Oaks values compassion and reliability in its clinicians.
- Deer Oaks offers a nationally recognized work environment that provides ample opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Deer Oaks prioritizes the psychological and psychiatric well-being of individuals in LTC facilities.
