Child and Adolescent Intake Therapist - LPC, LMFT, LCSW, PsyD/PhD - Contract/1099

About Blackbird Health

Blackbird Health is clinician-founded, owned, and operated by dedicated professionals. We believe that providing the best care for children starts with building the best possible team. We deliver virtual and in-person mental health services across Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey—and we’re growing into new markets in 2026.

At Blackbird, we take a whole-child approach, looking at how the brain, body, and behavior interact to address the root causes of challenges, not just the symptoms. Every role matters here, and you’ll join a collaborative, supportive, and innovative team that’s shaping the future of pediatric mental health care. If you’re passionate about helping children and families while growing your career, Blackbird is the place to make an impact.

Join us and help change mental health care for children for the better!

Position Summary

As an Intake Therapist at Blackbird Health, you'll play an essential role in delivering high-quality virtual and in-person intake evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults. You'll build meaningful connections with patients and families from the very start of their care journey, spending the necessary time to understand their needs, educate them about therapeutic approaches, and ensure a seamless transition into ongoing treatment. You'll conduct thorough clinical assessments and collaborate with our interdisciplinary team to develop individualized care plans. This hybrid role supports our patients' needs for afterschool, evening and weekend intake sessions.

What makes you, you

• Mission-Driven: You are passionate about transforming behavioral health for youth and committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care.
• Clinically
• Excellent: You are an experienced clinician using evidence-based assessment practices with a passion for working with children, adolescents, young adults and their families. You strive for the highest clinical and technical quality in everything you do.
• Relationship-Focused: You excel at building meaningful connections with patients and families from day one, taking the time to understand their needs, provide education, and create a trusting relationship that supports engagement in treatment. Developmentally &
• Neurodiverse-Informed: You are skilled in conducting clinical assessments across developmental stages and neurodiverse populations, tailoring your approach to meet each patient where they are.
• Collaborative: You thrive in team-based environments and love engaging with other healthcare professionals and families to ensure patients are matched to the right ongoing care.
• Growth-Oriented: You are open to feedback and eager to learn and grow in a supportive clinical community where best practices and professional development are prioritized.
• Tech-Savvy: You are comfortable using technology, including Google Suite, Electronic Medical Records systems and other virtual platforms to deliver seamless care.
• Flexible &
• Patient-Centered: You are willing to go the extra mile when working with families, with the flexibility and willingness to reschedule patients when needed.

How you'll make an impact

• Deliver
• High-Quality
• Intake
• Evaluations: Lead individual in-person and telehealth intake sessions for youth ages 2–26, using evidence-based assessment practices tailored to each patient's developmental stage and unique needs.
• Build
• Meaningful
• First
• Connections: Spend the necessary time with patients and families to truly understand their experiences, educate them about therapeutic approaches available at Blackbird, and provide a warm, supportive entry point into care.
• Drive
• Strong
• Clinical
• Matches: Conduct thorough assessments and develop individualized care plans that ensure each patient is connected to the right ongoing treatment and provider.
• Collaborate for
• Integrated
• Care: Engage with clinicians, medical providers, and families to create coordinated treatment plans that address the whole child. Participate in optional weekly clinical consultations to enhance your clinical skills.
• Maintain
• Clinical
• Excellence: Maintain thorough intake documentation and patient records. Strive for the highest clinical and technical quality in all aspects of your work.

The basics you'll need

• Independently licensed as a LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or PsyD/PhD in Pennsylvania
• A minimum of 1 year of experience working with children and adolescent patients
• A minimum of 1 year of experience working in a telehealth or virtual setting
• Own your own phone, computer, and high speed internet
• Commit to a minimum of 8 hours per week

Why blackbird is unique

• Immediate referrals available; guaranteed intake caseload
• Flexible schedule — set your own hours
• Full credentialing services provided — we will take care of everything
• Clinical development and trainings
• Excellent administrative support — focus on the clinical work and we will take care of the rest
• Weekly clinical consultations: this is paid time for all providers
• Supportive work culture
• Professional Liability Insurance
• No show & late cancellation reimbursement

Salary Range: $85—$95 USD

Join us!

To raise the standard of pediatric mental health care through accurate understanding and precise treatment that reflect how each child’s brain, body, and behavior work together.

“It's so rare to find comprehensive care like this---from testing to therapy to med management (and more)--all in one place. In addition, the school advocacy support we receive is unprecedented. We no longer feel like we are managing things alone.”

Fostering an inclusive environment

• Blackbird is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and belonging.
• We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees.
• In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Blackbird provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at recruiting@blackbirdhealth.com so we can support you.

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