Pine Rest

Non-profit behavioral health provider delivering psychiatry

Outpatient Child & Adolescent Clinical Therapist - Eating Disorders

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeGrand Rapids, MI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Current state licensure in an accredited Master's-level program in Social Work, limited-license Psychology, or Professional Counseling.
Two or more years of postgraduate clinical experience.
Experience working with pediatric populations and a strong clinical background in treating eating disorders.
Experience in evidence-based therapy modalities for treating eating disorders, including CBT-E, FBT, RO-DBT, or ACT.
Knowledge and experience collaborating with a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, pediatricians, dieticians, and other behavioral health specialists.
Ability to navigate patients and families through various levels of care or treatment as needed when treating eating disorders.
Maintain Michigan licensure requirements.
Maintain annual training and demonstrate competency in required programmatic training.
Successful completion of a criminal background check, education verification, and drug screen prior to employment.

Responsibilities

Interview persons served and assess them through mental status evaluations and review of records obtained from other patient care staff.
Select and complete appropriate therapeutic interventions based on clinical knowledge and educational background, including individual, group, family, experiential, and evidence-based models.
Collaborate with other treatment team members regarding patient progress through interdisciplinary team meetings, record review, and informal discussions.
Ensure medical record documentation protocols are followed, and enter persons served progress notes into medical records promptly and according to organizational and departmental procedures.
Coordinate services and community resources as needed and assist persons served in obtaining them.
Participate regularly in departmental and staff meetings, and serve on programs or organizational committees as required and as time and workload allow.
Build knowledge of current treatment and counseling trends and developments through professional literature, medical workshops, and publications, and fulfill continuing education requirements under departmental policies.
Participate in education and training programs for persons served, families, or community groups.
Write behavior management plans for patients as part of consultation when needed.
Provide consultation to professionals, hospitals, organizations, or agencies outside Pine Rest.
Create a customer-friendly environment.
Visit persons served at home when needed.
Work weekends or evenings when required.
Provide supervision and training to interns when assigned.
Conduct research when needed.
Support and promote a recovery-focused environment and person-centered approach within the program.
Initiate and implement clinical safety precautions or provisions, and assist in developing and initiating safety plans during crisis situations.
Uphold the healing ministry of Christ through relationships that honor integrity, stewardship, empowerment, diversity, and professional excellence.
Perform other duties or functions as assigned.
Provide direct clinical care and clinical feedback when assisting in the Lotus program.
Direct tasks of team or program members while actively participating in each task.
Communicate clinical changes to the program clinical team and on-call clinician.
Use evidence-based interventions to assist with clinical care of all residents.
Assist and participate in crisis situations during times of escalation.
Provide consistent leadership during crisis situations.

Desired Qualifications

Membership and involvement in local, state, and national professional organizations is encouraged.
Willingness to travel to a person served's home when needed.

Cost Center

280 OP Treetops Clinic

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Work Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Shift & Status

Who Are We?

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day.

Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers.

We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work.

What Will You Do?

As a Clinical Therapist at Pine Rest, you’ll be part of tight-knit team that believes in the healing power of your expertise and compassion. Within the framework of the organization is responsible to be a professional caregiver who provides assessment, counseling, treatment and gives referrals and advocacy services for patients. Is also responsible for upholding the highest quality care, keeping with all standards and bylaws set by government agencies as well as Pine Rest.

Our Clinical Therapists are driven to make an impact in the lives of those we serve and are motivated by the healing they witness first-hand each day. They are dedicated to excellent customer service, enthusiastic about the care we offer, and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Participates in the interviewing of persons served and assessing them through mental status as well as reviewing records obtained from other patient care staff.
Selects and completes appropriate therapeutic interventions based upon clinical knowledge base and educational background (to include individual, group, family, experiential, and evidence based models).
Collaborates with other treatment team members regarding patients’ progress through interdisciplinary team meetings, record review, and informal discussions.
Ensures that medical record documentation protocols are complied with. Ensures that persons’ served progress notes are entered into the medical records on a timely basis and in accordance with established organizational and departmental procedures.
May coordinate services and community resources as needed and assist person’s served in obtaining them.
Participates regularly in departmental and staff meetings. Serves on programs or organizational committees as required and as time and workload allow.
Maintains all Michigan licensure requirements.
Builds knowledge of current trends and developments in treatment and counseling through the use of appropriate professional literature, medical workshops and publications. Fulfills continuing education requirements as per PRCMHS departmental policies.
Participates in education and training programs for persons served, families, or community groups.
May write behavior management plans for patients as part of consultation.
Provides consultation to professionals, hospitals, organizations, or agencies outside of Pine Rest.
Membership and involvement in local, state, and national professional organizations is encouraged.
Creates a customer-friendly environment.
May need to visit a person served at their home.
May be required to work weekends and or evenings.
May provide supervison and training to interns as assigned.
May conduct research.
May be required to support and promote a recovery focused environment and person-centered approach within the program.
May initiate and implement clinical safety precautions and/or safety provisions.
May assist in the development and initiation of safety plans during crisis situations.
Responsible to uphold the healing ministry of Christ through relationships that honor integrity, stewardship, empowerment, the promotion of diversity and professional excellence.
Must maintain annual training and demonstrate competency in the required programmatic training.
Performs other duties or functions as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities for the Lotus Department:

Provides direct clinical care and clinical feedback when assisting in the program.
Direct tasks of team/program members, actively participating in each task.
Communicates clinical changes to program clinical team and on-call clinician.
Utilize evidence-based interventions to assist with clinical care of all residents.
Assistance and participation in crisis situations during times of escalation.
Support and promote a recovery focused environment and person-centered approach within the program.
Provide consistent leadership during crisis situations.

What Does This Role Require?

Education/Experience:

Current state licensure in an accredited Master’s level program in Social Work, limited license Psychologist or Professional Counseling.
Two or more years of postgraduate clinical experience.
Experience working with pediatric populations and a strong clinical background in treating eating disorders.
Experience in evidence-based therapy modalities for treating eating disorders (i.e. CBT-E, FBT, RO-DBT, ACT).
Knowledge and experience in collaborating with a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, pediatricians, dieticians, and other behavioral health specialists.
Effectively able to navigate patient and family through various levels of care/treatment, as may be needed in treating eating disorders.

Benefits:

Medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans
403(b) retirement match contribution by Pine Rest
Generous PTO for full and part time employees
Tuition assistance & loan forgiveness
Employee Assistance Program offering many free and discounted services for therapy, legal, accounting, gym membership, etc.
Partnership with Davenport University provides generous discount on tuition for employees and family members.

Notice:

Pine Rest provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

All new employees are subject to a criminal background check and education verification which may include sending a copy of your high school diploma, GED, or college transcripts.

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is also part of our background process.

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About the Company

Pine Rest

Non-profit behavioral health provider delivering psychiatry

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a non-profit behavioral health system in Michigan with a main campus in Grand Rapids and 20+ outpatient locations. It provides inpatient, partial hospitalization, residential care, and outpatient therapy for all ages, including specialized programs for addiction, perinatal mood disorders, dementia, and geriatric behavioral health, using counseling, medication management, ECT, and TMS. The organization runs a psychiatric residency with Michigan State University and plans a Pediatric Center for Behavioral Health opening in 2026. Its goal is to expand access to comprehensive mental health care, train professionals, and grow pediatric behavioral health while serving as a large, faith-guided, free-standing provider.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Byron Township, Michigan
Founded: 1910

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