Primary Therapist Behavioral Health

• Job Summary
  • Provide individualized behavioral therapy to patients on the Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit and education and support services to families to assist them in understanding, accepting and adhering to recommendations of the behavioral health care team. Implement the treatment plan and assist in the milieu of the unit to create a therapeutic environment. This position moves between various services of Behavioral Health including Inpatient, partial hospitalization, and psychiatric emergency dept.
• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work  or related field required.
  • Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or related social sciences field required.
• Experience
  • A minimum of two years of experience in child and adolescent mental health field required.
  • Knowledge of counseling techniques, family systems and cognitive behavioral therapy required.
  • Knowledge and experience with trauma informed care is preferred.
• Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries
  • Professional license in area of specialty (i.e. Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) required. License in the state of Alabama required. If licensed in another state, must be in the process of obtaining Alabama licensure.

Additional Information

Children’s of Alabama has two Behavioral Health outpatient clinics; one location is the Ireland Center (on the campus of Children's of Alabama Hospital) and the other location is an offsite location at Patriot Park, 200 Wildwood Parkway Birmingham, AL 35209.
Our treatment team is comprised of Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Psychologists, and Licensed Therapists to provide multidisciplinary care for our patients and families.
Our outpatient clinics offer individual and family counseling for children, adolescents and their families.  Our providers work with patients and families to address and mitigate behavioral and mental health issues including, but not limited to ADHD, mood disorders, and medication management for related disorders.  We provide crisis clinic appointments for those patients assessed in the ED to be in need of urgent outpatient services, but do not meet inpatient or PHP admission criteria.  In addition, we offer bridge clinic appointments to existing patients who have missed the most recent appointment with their prescriber or who have an urgent need to see a prescriber before the next scheduled appointment.  We provide social service counseling that provides brief solution focused support to families as well.