Child and Adolescent Therapist Intake & Therapy - Frederick, Maryland

How You'll Make an Impact • Deliver High-Quality Intake Evaluations

• Lead individual telehealth intake sessions for youth ages 2–26, using evidence-based assessment practices tailored to each patient's developmental stage and unique needs.
• Provide
• Ongoing
• Therapy: Build strong, consistent therapeutic relationships with patients over time — delivering individual evidence-based therapy and adjusting treatment plans based on ongoing assessment of patient progress.
• Build
• Meaningful
• 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 that carries through their entire journey.
• Drive
• Strong
• Clinical
• Matches &
• Progress: Conduct thorough assessments and develop individualized care plans that ensure each patient is connected to the right treatment approach — then see it through by monitoring progress and adjusting as needed.
• 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 and ongoing documentation and patient records. Strive for the highest clinical and technical quality in all aspects of your work.
• Partner with
• Families: Involve and advise family members and outside specialists when appropriate throughout the care journey.

• The Basics You'll Need
• Independently licensed as a LCPC, LCMFT, LCSW-C, or PsyD/PhD Maryland
• 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

• Why Blackbird is Unique
• Immediate referrals available — guaranteed intake and ongoing 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

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401K with company match
• Employer-paid life insurance coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Opportunities for career growth
• Diverse and experienced leadership team with a supportive work culture

Salary Range: $85,000—$90,000 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.

Our patient support team is busy helping children and families, please do not call or email them about your application — this helps us process your application more efficiently.