Texas Children's Hospital·Bellaire, Texas
The clinician will develop and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services for adolescents in an intensive outpatient setting. They will also facilitate group, individual, and family therapy while coordinating care with a multidisciplinary team.
We’re searching for a Behavioral Health Clinician, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will develop, plan and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families. Engages in social work services to assist patients and families in identifying and utilizing health care and community resources optimally.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
We are an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) supported by a collaborative, multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. We serve adolescents ages 12–17 of all genders. This role includes facilitating group therapy, providing individual and family therapy, and working closely with team members to support treatment planning and progress.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Provides evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screenings/assessment, and focused patient/family counseling/therapy in accordance with the patients/families right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality.
Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients’ social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial and health situations, within authorization periods, as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning.
Provides evidence based psychotherapy for individual, family, parent and groups to help patients/families reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments,
Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients.
Tracks patient progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessment, using reliable and valid measures where available, and adjusts treatment plan in accordance with findings
Creates and manages individualized and/or family treatment plans to address mental health needs of patient.
Completes therapy notes for each individual/family therapy session(s) and/or summaries regarding services when needed.
Assists in maintaining privacy and confidentiality of therapy records
Complies with all expectations set by licensing board and by TCH compliance/risk management regarding informed consent, confidentiality, and documentation of services provided.
Coordinates care with other mental health providers to insure selected treatments match the patient’s current diagnosis, symptoms, developmental level, and functioning across environments.
Actively participates in provider's conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating Plans of Care.
Assesses and follows-up with provider's recommendations of changes in the patient/family status and/or needs, as appropriate.
Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive pediatric or adult women's social work care plans.
Facilitates patient/family use of community resources.
Pursues Professional Development.
Skills & Requirements
Master's Degree Social Work or related field required
LCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) Or LPC - Licensed Prof Counselor by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) Or LMFT - Lic Marriage & Family Therapist by the Texas Behavioral Health Ex Council (TBHEC) required
2 years licensed social work, professional counseling or marriage/family therapist experience required
Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling or a field work practicum in health care preferred
Experience with groups and family sessions preferred .
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org [https://www.texaschildrenspeople.org/career/?job_id=414012] for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work or a related field and possess a valid LCSW, LPC, or LMFT license in Texas. A minimum of two years of professional experience in social work, counseling, or marriage and family therapy is required.
Market context
Behavioral-health openings in Texas often favor licensed clinicians because employers need candidates who can step into patient-facing care with minimal onboarding. Competition is shaped by the required master’s degree, Texas license, and preferred psychiatric experience, plus CPR and CPI certifications. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this page to save research time, then confirm your license type and highlight any psychiatric or crisis-care experience in your application.
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