Behavioral Health Therapist (The Bayard School) - 10 Months

Nemours is seeking a Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist (10 months) to join the Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE working at The Bayard School in the Christina School District as part of our School-Based Health Centers.

The Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist will follow the Christina School District teacher calendar, with the expectation of working an additional 1-2 weeks before and/or after the school year.

Our ideal candidate would be skilled at working with interprofessional medical and educational teams to deliver integrated, evidence-based care.

This position will focus on providing group and individual evidence-based therapy, consultation and coordination with teams, screening and referral, and professional development.

Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as well as a desire to collaborate with other professionals in a mission-driven environment to make a strong positive impact on the community.

Essential Functions

1.

Day to day activities will be within the SBHC team, and the therapist will also be linked to the Division of Behavioral Health at Nemours.

2.

Teaching, training, and mentoring are core values in our division and these efforts are supported and encouraged.

3.

We are committed to expanding the pathway to a diverse workforce and as such, are intentional in our hiring and retention practices.

4.

We practice continuous learning through awareness-enhancing and bias reduction educational opportunities that guide our overarching lens of health equity.

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Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee's supervisor.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited social work, counseling, or marriage and family therapy program.

Delaware Independent licensure (LCSW, LPCMH, LMFT) prior to starting in the role is required (i.e.

can have license in another state but must obtain DE license before starting).

Three to five years of experience

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system.

With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida.

Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals.

We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health.

Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive.

It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of resear...