Yale University

Mental Health Provider, Yale Health

Yale University • $82K — $131K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work required.
  • Three years of clinical care experience post-licensure.
  • State of Connecticut Clinical Social Worker License or eligibility required.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential.
  • Demonstrated clinical skills validated by colleagues and supervisors.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and coordinate individual, group, and couples therapy.
  • Conduct patient evaluations and develop initial treatment plans.
  • Establish positive relationships with patients for effective treatment.
  • Manage complex cases with significant mental health concerns.
  • Provide mental health outreach to the Yale community.
  • Develop educational materials for staff seminars.
  • Participate in 24-hour mental health emergency coverage.

Benefits

  • Flexible weekday schedule with potential for early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
  • Opportunity to work in a diverse and dynamic environment.
  • Access to professional development and training programs.
  • Engagement with a unique patient population including students and faculty.
  • Supportive team approach to healthcare delivery.
Full Job Description

Overview

Since 1971, Yale Health Center has been the principal provider of acute, specialty, and primary care for Yale University students, faculty, staff, retirees, and their families. Over 50 years later, Yale Health has more than 50,000 members who come from every state in the country and nearly every country in the world. OurPartnership for Patient-Centered Caremeans we respect, hear, and involve our patients as an equal partner in their health goals. Physicians, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and others - are board certified and committed to a team approach to healthcare. As a not-for-profit care provider, managed and led by physicians, our patients come first, and we are continually looking at ways to update and improve our services.


Reporting to the Associate Chief of Clinical Affairs within the Mental Health Service line the Mental Health Provider works within a collaborative care setting to provide patient centered care to a diverse patient population including Yale students, faculty, staff and their families. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and supportive environment dedicated to the mental health and well-being of the Yale community.


Successful candidates will be dedicated professionals who are stimulated by the idea of working with a unique and diverse patient population, including Yale students, faculty and staff as well as their families. Yale Health is an open and accepting medical home providing culturally sensitive, patient-centered care to all members. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their education and experience, to the diversity and excellence of the Yale community. Yale Health is accredited by the Joint Commission as a Primary Care Medical Home.


The Mental Health Provider provides individual therapy, group therapy, and couples therapy in Yale Mental Health and Counseling. They assess and diagnose mental illness. They provide culturally competent treatment to patients of varied racial/ethnic identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexual/ gender identities. They administer and interpret psychological tests and develop and present written test results and analysis. Serve as liaison to patients, families, and clinical staff on issues and programs pertaining to psychological services. They serve as a liaison to Yale community and develop and deliver outreach programs to the Yale community. They adhere to psychology code of ethical conduct and abide by laws affecting the practice of psychology.

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Plan and coordinate individual and group therapy.
  • Evaluate, assess and modify psychological treatment plans.
  • Participate in the development of short and long-term patient treatment.
  • Maintain patient charts and reports.
  • Provide psychological services to patients of differing cultural backgrounds, identity configurations, and genders.
  • Provide mental health emergency coverage.
  • Assess and evaluate the purpose and value of psychological testing and treatment.
  • Establish positive relations with student patients in order to administer appropriate treatment.
  • Assist in the development of materials for educational programs and seminars for professional staff.
  • Interact with internal contacts such as patients, clinicians, social workers and other medical staff, administrators with regard to clinical programs and program development.
  • Interact with external contacts such as outpatient therapists, residential treatment centers, and other mental health institutions.


Schedule: Full-Time; 37.5 HRS; Weekdays 8:30a-5:00p Flexible Schedule. Early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays/recess periods may also be required. Participates in on-call rotation.


Required Skills and Abilities

1. Ability to thrive in an energetic and diverse work environment and work effectively with college age populations and international students.

2. Demonstrated clinical skills as attested by colleagues and supervisors.

3. Proven ability to design and implement workshops and outreach services, and work as a constructive member of a clinical team.

4. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.


Preferred Skills and Abilities

Proven knowledge of Yale College residential college system.


Principal Responsibilities

1.Plans, coordinates and implements individual, group, and couples92 therapy for students in University outpatient clinic. 2.Conducts patient evaluations and assesses patients92 acceptability for psychotherapy programs and develops initial disposition planning. 3.Establishes positive relationships with patients in order to administer the appropriate treatment. 4.Manages and provides therapy for complex cases involving patients with significant mental health concerns. 5.Provides mental health outreach to Yale community. 6.Develops materials for educational programs and seminars for professional staff. 7.Provides family meetings as appropriate. 8.Maintains patients92 charts and reports. 9.Participates in mental health 24-hour emergency coverage. 10.Provides educational and consultation services to undergraduate residential colleges and professional schools. 11.Interacts with internal contacts such as patients, patients92 families, clinicians, medical staff, and administrators regarding treatment of individual patients and implementation of clinical programs. 12.Interacts with external contacts such as clinicians in private practice, mental health institutions, university deans, hospital psychiatrists and clinicians andhospital administrators. 13.Provides clinical supervision to trainees as well as staff members. 14.Performs administrative duties as directed by the Chief of Mental health and Counseling. 15.May perform other duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Master92s Degree in Social Work and three years providing clinical care post licensure. Required License(s) or Certification(s) State of Connecticut Clinical Social Worker License or Connecticut Clinical Social Worker license eligible.

Job Posting Date

09/29/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Clinical & Research

Compensation Grade Profile

Social Worker 2, Yale Health (25)

Salary Range

$82,000.00 - $131,500.00

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

Hybrid

About Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale has a diverse student body and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a range of academic fields. The university is known for its strong liberal arts program, as well as its professional schools of law, business, and medicine. Yale has produced numerous notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents and 20 Nobel laureates.
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