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Charlie Health is a pioneer in its approach to mental health treatment. In addition to providing superior Clinical care from the nation's most talented and passionate clinicians, Charlie Health offers unparalleled and effective holistic treatment via our groundbreaking Experiential Therapy Department, Contemplative Practices Department, and Creative Arts Department. We firmly believe that thriving, sustainable health is the result of treating the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and our vIOP deeply embodies this philosophy. As such, we advocate for and provide inclusive, accessible, diverse, cosmopolitan healing approaches that transcend the conventional Western psychological model. Charlie Health's synergistic Clinical + Experiential + Contemplative + Creative treatment model affords cutting edge mental health care that proudly serves our amazing clients.  Experiential Facilitators at Charlie Health support our clients through the use of various expressive tools, hands-on activities, and immersive experiences and believe that healing occurs in the experience itself.  Through experience and action, we are able to connect with hard to reach feelings, learn healthy coping skills, and re-enact emotional experiences in order to have new and more adequate responses to situations.

Charlie Health is excited to grow its Experiential Groups Department. Some of the modalities we want to incorporate into our psycho-education groups are:

• Experiential Practice
• Adventure, Wilderness, Eco, and Nature-Based Practice
• Recreation Based Practice
• Psychodrama
• Sociometry
• Expressive Communications
• Play Practice
• Gestalt Theory Oriented Practices
• Poetry and Narrative Practice
• Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (Requires AEDP Certification)
• Somatic Experiencing
• Experiential Education & Learning

Charlie Health is hiring a few exceptional Experiential Facilitator to provide remote, Telehealth services to our clients. We're eager to work with forward-thinking mental health and substance use professionals to enhance our programming and provide the best possible care to our clients. 

This is a contract / 1099 position that allows you the flexibility to schedule sessions and work wherever you are most comfortable. We request that our facilitators are able to dedicate at minimum 9 hours per week to facilitate group sessions and build valuable connections with our clients. 

People know Charlie Health for our warm and empathetic team. While each individual facilitator has their own interests, expertise, and style, we require all team members to be well versed in a variety of therapeutic modalities. Our clients are struggling to cope with underlying mental health issues and benefit from facilitators that are sophisticated and relational. Successful candidates are committed to bettering the mental health of their clients, and are adept at self-care, ensuring they are prepared to give their best every day to address the rural mental health crisis.

This position reports to the Director of Experiential Programming. 

• Creative, innovative, interdisciplinary, and integrative in your approach to mental health care
• Able to demonstrate expertise in your experiential modality and feel confident integrating them into your treatment approach
• Comfortable working with a wide range of ages, including children, teens, young adults, and adults.
• Passionate about the benefits of group practices and skilled in conducting group sessions virtually
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Creative and engaging, especially over video!
• Must have availability weekday evenings in order to meet the schedules of our clients

• Facilitate weekly group psycho-education via Telehealth
• Develop creative ways to conduct experiential group treatment virtually
• Assist with the creation of experiential therapy curriculum by submitting weekly group session plans
• Contribute to treatment team, group supervision, and curriculum planning meetings 
• Ensure your clinical services are delivered in accordance with recognized best practices
• Continuously further your knowledge of a psychosocial functioning of groups 
• Use thoughtful risk management
• Communicate clearly and professionally with clients, staff, families, agencies, and referents
• Complete documentation in a timely manner and be accurate and well-written.
• Maintain and model professional ethics, including appropriate boundaries and confidentiality

• Licensed mental health professional preferred
• Experience working with a wide range of ages, including children, teens, young adults, and adults clients
• Master's degree in mental health or related field 
• Experience and training in your experiential modality (all disciplines are welcome to apply) including, but not limited to:  adventure, experiential, expressive therapy, creative therapy, recreation therapy, narrative therapy, play therapy, sociometry, or psychodrama
• Technical ability to run effective Telehealth sessions
• Reliable WiFi connection when meeting with clients
• Familiarity with and willingness to use cloud-based communication software-Gmail, Slack, Zoom, Dropbox-in addition to EMR and outcomes survey software on a daily basis
• Work authorized in the United States and native or bilingual English proficiency
• 1099 position
• At least 9 hours total availability needed a week, including availability at least 2 nights a week from 3-9pm MST Monday - Thursday

• Charlie Health is pleased to offer comprehensive benefits to all full-time, exempt employees. Read more about our benefits here.
  

• The Charlie Health Admissions team handles all of the scheduling to align with your availability, so you don't have to waste time trying to find times with a client
• All communication outside of sessions with clients and their parents is handled by the Admissions Support Team
• The Admissions team handles all billing and insurance questions
• We have full time outreach and marketing team members, to ensure that your schedule is as full as you'd like it to be

Note to Colorado applicants: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. 
Please note that this role is not available to candidates in Illinois.

Based on the nature of this role, you will need to complete several state background checks for clearance to see clients. Florida requires a fingerprint based background check, with more information found here. Please note that the cost for this background check will be paid for in full by Charlie Health. 

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