Backpack Healthcare
Backpack Healthcare
51 – 200 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareInsurance
Backpack Healthcare provides accessible, inclusive mental health care for children, teens, individuals, and families. Its services include therapy, psychiatry, and medication management, with care designed around each patient’s needs. The company focuses on reducing barriers to pediatric and family mental health support, including through in-network coverage with Medicaid and major insurance plans, and on responding promptly to the youth mental health crisis.

Remote Social Work Fellow or Counselor Resident

Provide telehealth therapy to children and families at Backpack Healthcare while completing supervised hours toward independent licensure.

Description

  • Deliver individual, family, and group telehealth therapy to children, adolescents, and families.
  • Conduct intake and risk assessments and develop treatment and safety plans with guidance from a Clinical Supervisor.
  • Complete accurate clinical notes within 24 hours after each session.
  • Take part in individual and group supervision, consult on cases, and record clinical and supervision hours.
  • Complete the Backpack Residency curriculum, including training sessions, case consultations, and licensure exam preparation.
  • Work with clinical leadership, care coordination, and administrative teams.
  • Comply with HIPAA, state licensing rules, ethical standards, and clinical policies and procedures.
  • Use feedback, complete required training, and advance toward independent licensure.
  • Complete at least 15 weekly client contact hours part-time or 25 hours full-time.
  • Meet quarterly standards for clinical development, documentation quality, and professional conduct.

Requirements

  • Hold a master’s degree in social work, counseling, or a related mental health field, or be in the program’s final term.
  • Have an active provisional, associate-level, or equivalent license for the applicable residency track.
  • Social Work Fellow applicants need an LMSW or state-equivalent provisional or associate social work license.
  • Counselor Resident applicants need an LGPC or state-equivalent provisional or associate counseling license.
  • Live and hold licensure in a state where Backpack Healthcare operates.
  • Commit to completing the supervised clinical hours and licensure milestones for independent practice.
  • Have a strong interest in working with children, adolescents, and families.
  • Communicate effectively in writing and conversation.
  • Be open to feedback and supervision and committed to ongoing clinical development.
  • Bring sound clinical judgment, professionalism, cultural humility, and a commitment to ethical, identity-affirming care.
  • Have access to a private, HIPAA-compliant workspace.
  • Have reliable high-speed internet.
  • Be able to conduct scheduled video sessions in a professional setting.

Benefits

  • Structured clinical supervision and clinical guidance.
  • Professional development.
  • Backpack Residency curriculum with training sessions, case consultations, and licensure exam preparation.
  • Practical clinical experience.
  • Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
  • Fully remote work environment.

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