Family Support Program Outpatient Acute Therapist

Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Main Campus, Columbus, OH Until 9/19/2026 First posted July 21, 2026 Last posted July 21, 2026
Job description

Overview:


 

Full-time child maltreatment team. Position will be located at 655 East Livingston Ave. at the Center for Family Safety and Healing.


 

Job Description Summary:


 

Provides clinical assessment, behavioral health treatment, case management, care coordination, and crisis intervention for children, adolescents and their families across all professional and clinical settings.


 

Job Description:


 

Essential Functions:

  • Accurately assesses and documents client presenting problems, history, symptomology, mental status, and diagnosis. Prescribes initial interventions in a timely manner.
  • Assists in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives.
  • Employs strategies of intervention that are consistent with empirically supported treatments and consistent with program expectations.
  • Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care.
  • Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care.
  • Remains current in general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborates consistently with team psychiatrist.


Education Requirement:

Master's Degree from an accredited university or professional school of Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy, required.


Licensure Requirement:

  • Appropriate Ohio licensure, required. Must remain current in required licensure and clinical or other training as required.
  • Independent license, preferred.
  • Intern-to-Hire Provision: Internal or organizational interns who have completed their academic program may be hired while awaiting full licensure, provided they hold a valid Ohio Board Trainee Registration. Candidates must be operating within the initial 60-day post-graduation window or an approved trainee extension (up to 6 months maximum).


Skills:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, peers, and community representatives.


Experience:

Experience providing and managing culturally appropriate and trauma-informed behavioral healthcare to children, adolescent and families, required.


Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Loud Noises, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Flexing/extending of neck, Sitting, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near


 


 

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"

About this role

Summary

Provides clinical assessment, treatment, and case management for children and families.

Job title

Family Support Program Outpatient Acute Therapist

Experience level

required

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Main Campus in Columbus, OH, on-site role, no remote.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsbehavioral healthcaretrauma-informed carecounseling license

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

child maltreatmentbehavioral healthtrauma-informedpsychopharmacology
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Columbus, OH, USA

On-site City