Child Crisis Social Worker/Therapist - Child and Family Acute Unit
Louisville, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Child Crisis Social Worker/Therapist provides clinical services for children and families, including intakes, therapy, crisis intervention, and psychoeducation. The role includes assessing client progress, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, documenting services, and coordinating with families, schools, and health agencies. A master's degree and a Kentucky CSW credential are required; two years of experience is preferred.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
2 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Masters
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Job Description:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Performs clinical services, including intakes and a variety of therapy programs and techniques such as group, individual, and family therapy, expressive therapy, crisis intervention, play therapy, and psychoeducation.
Maintains and completes service documentation such as psychosocial assessments, case notes, case reviews, court reports, letters, etc.
Conducts case reviews and determines current and future treatment and treatment planning based upon resulting quantitative results and professional opinion of client progress.
Collaborates with external agents including school officials, family members, and other health agencies regarding organizational programs and client needs and conditions.
Attends and participates in staff meetings, treatment planning meetings, case conferences, and clinical seminars providing information relating to program administration and development.
Writes correspondence on behalf of clients and their families such as court reports, letters of treatment recommendation, etc.
Formulates clinical diagnosis for both mental health and substance abuse.
Formulates a clinical treatment plan to be followed for interventions.
EDUCATION
Master degree in Social Work , or a Master's in Clinical Mental Health is required.
EXPERIENCE
Completion of appropriate related internship or practicum experience,
Two years of experience preferred.
REQUIREMENTS
Certified Social Worker (CSW) credential issued by Kentucky Board of Social Work. Under board approved LCSW supervision, the social worker will follow the Kentucky Board of Social Work mandates as it pertains to face-to-face clinical supervision.
Licensure as a LPCC, LPCA, MFTA, LMFT, PATA, LPAT from the appropriate KY Licensing Board will also be considered.
Time Type:
Full time
Seven Counties Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, disability, s exual orientation, marital status, or protected veteran status.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
JR-012088
How this job compares
Set against the 3,285 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr51 hourly ranges
- US median$31–45/hr939 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Social Worker hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 68 open Social Worker jobs in Kentucky and 3,285 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Seven Counties (this employer)30 open
- BrightSpring Health Services7 open
- UnitedHealth Group5 open
- Experience
- Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,597 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,796 of the 3,285 open Social Worker jobs (55%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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