Location: Sitka, Alaska

Start Date: 05-21-2026

Contract Type: Perm

Shift Type: Full-time, Days, Monday-Friday, specific start and end times to be discussed

Hours per Week: 40

Bill Rate: $120,000/year

Benefits

• Generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Implement culturally relevant screening, assessment, diagnosing, treatment planning, and evidence-based individual, group, and family therapy
• Utilize Trauma Informed Care in all aspects of patient, employee, and community interactions
• Develop individualized treatment plans and treatment reviews based upon the individual's needs
• Provide care coordination, advocacy, motivational interviewing, bio-psychosocial education and skill development
• Communicate and collaborate with clinical and paraprofessional team members across the health system to achieve individualized treatment goals

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related discipline from an accredited educational institution
• Licensed as Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Professional Counselor (LPC) or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) preferred
• Valid State of Alaska Driver's License or can be obtained within 6 months of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 3 months

Education

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related discipline

Knowledge & Skills

• Behavioral health assessment and diagnostic evaluation criteria
• Treatment plan development and patient/family centered goals and objectives
• Evidence-based modern methods, techniques and procedures used in individual, group, and family therapy for emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues
• Federal and state mandatory reporting requirements
• Ethical and legal management practices, patient rights, state mandatory reporting requirements, documentation regulations specific to HIPAA, CARF, The Joint Commission, HRSA, State Medicaid and Federal regulations

Benefits

• Comprehensive retirement plan
• Paid Time Off to recharge
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• Life Insurance
• Long and short-term disability insurance
• A supportive team that values YOU

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