Therapist, Suicide Prevention Program

As a Therapist, Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) , you will work in collaborative settings to provide biopsychosocial assessments, individual and group therapy, and work with your team to coordinate care across a range of treatment settings. You will have the ability to manage a caseload and make decisions with appropriate autonomy.

Location: This is a 100% remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Deliver Family-Centered Psychotherapy: Provide evidence-based individual, joint family, and parent/guardian teletherapy for youth (ages 12–26) at high or critical risk of suicide, utilizing family-systems frameworks, C-CBT, DBT skills, and Motivational Interviewing.

- Conduct Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning: Administer validated risk assessment tools (e.g., C-SSRS) and lead real-time Safety Planning, lethal means counseling, and crisis stabilization tailored to both the youth and their family unit.

- Manage Monthly Acuity & Risk Stratification: Complete validated clinical assessments at monthly review periods to measure acuity, track suicide risk trajectory, and dynamically adjust care frequency and treatment goals based on member readiness and family capacity.

- Lead Clinical Care Team Collaboration: Direct the clinical safety strategy in close partnership with assigned Care Team Members (CTM) and the Crisis Center, ensuring aligned roles without duplicating billable services.

- Provide Crisis Escalation Response: Serve as the licensed clinician for high-acuity escalations, executing immediate risk mitigation, triage, and rapid safety plan updates during critical member events.

- Maintain Fee-for-Service & Medicaid Compliance: Complete high-integrity, timely clinical documentation (DAP) that explicitly substantiates medical necessity, suicide risk levels, family interventions, and whole-person care for Medicaid Fee-for-Service (FFS) billing.

- Drive Multimodal Youth & Family Engagement: Utilize multi-platform engagement technology (video, secure messaging, interactive safety apps) to maintain persistent outreach and re-engage ambivalent youth or overwhelmed caregivers.

- Integrate Care Infrastructure & Panel Tracking: Actively participate in interdisciplinary huddles, maintain registry accuracy, and monitor personal KPIs (billable hours, documentation turnaround, and show rates) to optimize clinical outcomes across the program panel.

- Collaborate with the member, family, and healthcare providers to develop an individualized plan of care.

- Develop and coordinate community resources with emphasis on medical, behavioral, suicide prevention, and social services.

- Identify and initiate referrals for social service programs – including financial, psycho-social, community, and state supportive services.

- Document all member assessments, care plans, and referrals provided. Prepare and maintain all required records, reports, paperwork, and member’s diagnostic records, maintaining confidentiality of members at all times.

Education & Work Experience:

- Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or other applicable behavioral health discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

- Licensure: Current Nevada Department of Health (NV DOH) independent behavioral health license. Eligible licenses include:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

- Clinical Professional Counselor (CPC)

- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

- Licensed Psychologist

- Two or more years of direct experience working with adolescents and adults in the behavioral health field required. Experience in suicide prevention strongly preferred.

- Crisis intervention training and experience required.

- Knowledge of local resources, social determinants of health, mental health, substance use disorders, interpersonal violence, and social issues.

- Familiarity with Medicare or Medicaid practices preferred

Skills Required:

- Relentless about prioritizing and following through on assigned tasks i