Child and Adolescent Therapist - LCSW, LPC, LMFT - New Jersey - Contract - Remote
2 months ago
Newark
Job Description About Blackbird We envision a world where every young person is fully understood and receives the unique support they need to spread their wings and fly. Blackbird Health provides evaluations and treatment for children, teens, and young adults struggling with developmental differences, mental health concerns, or behavioral challenges. Blackbird serves families in-person and virtually across Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, with plans to expand to new states in 2026. Our approach looks at the whole child - how their brain, body, and behavior interact - to fully understand their challenges and treat the cause, not just the symptoms. Position Summary As an Independently Licensed Mental Health Therapist at Blackbird Health, you'll play an essential role in delivering high-quality virtual therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults. You'll build meaningful connections with patients to support their engagement in treatment, spending the necessary time with patients and families to understand their needs, educate them about therapeutic approaches, and provide ongoing support. You'll ensure patients are making progress against their care goals while delivering effective psychotherapy practice across developmental and neurodiverse populations. Working alongside an interdisciplinary team, you'll be empowered to make a tangible difference in the lives of young patients and their families. This remote role supports our patients' needs for afterschool, evening and weekend direct care through virtual telehealth therapy sessions. What makes you, you: • Mission-Driven: You are passionate about transforming behavioral health for youth and committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate therapeutic care., • Clinically Excellent: You are an experienced clinician using evidence-based 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, taking the time to understand their needs, provide education, and create a trusting therapeutic relationship that supports engagement in treatment., • Developmentally & Neurodiverse-Informed: You are skilled in delivering effective psychotherapy 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 deliver integrated, comprehensive 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 telehealth care., • Deliver High-Quality Therapy: Lead individual telehealth therapy sessions for youth ages 2-26, using evidence-based practices tailored to each patient's developmental stage and unique needs., • Build Meaningful Therapeutic Relationships: Spend the necessary time with patients and families to truly understand their experiences, educate them about therapeutic approaches, and provide ongoing support. Build connection and trust that keeps patients engaged in their care journey., • Drive Patient Progress: Monitor patient progress against care goals, adjusting treatment approaches as needed to ensure positive outcomes. Ensure patients are making meaningful progress in their therapeutic journey., • Collaborate for Integrated Care: Engage with other healthcare professionals and families to create coordinated treatment plans that address the whole child. Participate in weekly clinical consultations to enhance your clinical skills and receive feedback and support., • Independently licensed as a LPC, LMFT, LCSW, or PsyD/PhD in New Jersey, • 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, • Immediate referrals available; guaranteed caseload and patient facing hours, • 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, • Fully Remote - options for hybrid should the provider choose they would like to be onsite, • Professional Liability Insurance 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 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.