Little Otter
Pediatric Mental Health Therapist, California - Fully Remote
Job Summary
The role involves providing evidence-based teletherapy for children aged 0-14 and their families using the Little Otter platform. Therapists should be licensed in California and have at least one year of independent clinical experience with children and families. The position emphasizes delivering high-quality mental health services through evidence-based interventions such as CBT, exposure therapy, and parent training. The role offers a fully remote schedule, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development within a growing startup focused on children's mental health.
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Welcome to Little Otter!
About the Role
We are looking for full-time pediatric clinical therapists who want to build a new way of delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health care to children 0-14. We hire mental health providers who are excited to work at an early-stage startup and impact the accessibility of exceptional behavioral health for children and families.
Responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality, evidence-based teletherapy via the Little Otter platform to children ages 0-14 years old, parents, and families
- Conduct evidence-based interventions for children and families including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Exposure Therapy for Anxiety, Parent Management Training (PMT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Child and Family Psychotherapy (CPP), etc.
- Complete clinical documentation using the Little Otter platform for each patient including intake notes, progress notes, treatment plans
- Participate in a weekly case review and manager meeting
About You:
- Masters level therapists independently licensed in California, ie. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
- 1+ years of independent direct clinical experience providing psychotherapy to children and families. Demonstrated expertise in treating common mental health disorders in children through evidence-based practices
- Comfortable with technology and interested in incorporating technology solutions into clinical care.
- Must not be opted out of Medicare
- Passionate about providing mental health care services to children and families and excited to work at an early-stage startup to impact the way we provide these exceptional virtual services!
Schedule:
- 40 hours a week
- 80% of your clinical sessions should be within 3pm-8pm PST (M-F) or on Saturdays 8am-4pm PST (in any combination) in order to accommodate children's schedules
Compensation:
- Full-Time W2: $103,000/yr - $120,000/yr based on preferred schedule
- $2000 Sign-On Bonus & Retention Bonus paid within 1st year
Total Rewards:
- 100% remote work in the US
- Premium healthcare insurance with coverage
- A Flexible Time Off Policy (take what you need)
- 12 Company Holidays and a company close-down for the last week of December
- Continuing Education and License Reimbursement
- Computer and technology you need to WFH
- Malpractice insurance coverage
- Life insurance, Long term, short term disability insurance
- New Parent leave
- A supportive and inclusive environment that values our clinicians!
Research suggests that women and people of color often believe that they need to meet 100% of job qualifications in order to apply. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t! Little Otter is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
Please be alert for potential recruitment fraud. All correspondence will come from email addresses with [email protected] and not from public email addresses such as Gmail. If you are unsure about legitimacy, please confirm open roles through viewing them in www.littleotterhealth.com/open-roles. Little Otter will never ask you to pay money, provide banking information or download anything.
Little Otter
Little Otter provides virtual mental health care services for every family and every family member. Care tailored to your needs, no matter what your family looks like.
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