Blackbird Health - Child and Adolescent Therapist – SPACE Certified - Contract/1099

• Do the work you trained for — we handle applicable credentialing, billing, insurance, and EMR so you can focus entirely on your patients• Start seeing patients immediately — a guaranteed caseload means no waiting, no hustle, just care• Grow as a clinician — paid weekly clinical consultation and peer support are built into your schedule, not bolted on• Be part of something bigger — every session is a chance to help a child find their footing, a family breathe easier, and a young person discover what they're capable of• Join a team that has your back — collaborative, mission-driven clinicians who are shaping the future of pediatric mental health care together • Who Are You: • Active Pennsylvania or Virginia license: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, LSW, SISW and LMSW• Completed SPACE training (required) and earned official SPACE certification• Experience treating childhood and adolescent anxiety, OCD, or related conditions• Comfortable working primarily with parents and caregivers in a parent-based treatment model• Minimum 8 hours per week• Build your own weekly recurring schedule• Set your own pace and caseload• 1+ year of experience with children and adolescent patients or related experience in child development• 1+ year of telehealth or virtual setting experience• Available after 3pm ET weekdays and/or weekends• Passion for family-centered, high-touch care — you understand that helping a parent helps the child • Active Pennsylvania or Virginia license: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, LSW, SISW and LMSW • Completed SPACE training (required) and earned official SPACE certification • Minimum 8 hours per week • Available after 3pm ET weekdays and/or weekends • SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems — developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz and validated in randomized controlled clinical trials. Conditions treated include: separation anxiety, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, fears and phobias, panic disorder and agoraphobia, selective mutism, OCD, and ARFID. • In SPACE treatment, parents learn two core skills: responding more supportively to their anxious child, and reducing the accommodations they've been making to their child's symptoms. The child does not need to attend sessions, but they are always the patient. • To raise the standard of pediatric mental health care through accurate understanding and precise treatment that reflect how each child’s brain, body, and behavior work together. • “It's so rare to find comprehensive care like this---from testing to therapy to med management (and more)--all in one place. In addition, the school advocacy support we receive is unprecedented. We no longer feel like we are managing things alone.” • Fostering an inclusive environment: • Blackbird is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and belonging. We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. Blackbird provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] so we can support you. • Our patient support team is busy helping children and families, please do not call or email them about your application — this helps us process your application more efficiently.