Licensed Therapist - LPC, LCSW, LMFT

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Reporting to the Clinical Director, the therapist provides group and individual counseling, crisis intervention and family counseling. The therapist actively collaborates with the treatment team and program staff, conducts assessments, and develops safety and behavior plans for residential clients. Populations served include foster youth, young adults in foster care, parents involved with Child Protective Services and single parent families.

Key Expectations / Responsibilities :

• Provide ongoing counseling and skills training to assigned individuals and families in the office, via telehealth, and in client’s residence based on client and program need.
• Communicate, coordinate, and advocate of needs for each client.
• Operate under an evidence-based trauma informed framework while following our trauma informed principles :
• 1. Create physically and emotionally safe environment
• 2. Build trust and transparency
• 3. Validate unique lived experiences
• 4. Empower open and collaborative communication
• 5. Promote autonomy and choice
• 6. Embrace differences and individuality
• Flexibility with work schedule to meet client needs as some sessions may occur outside of business hours (i.e. after school sessions).
• Provide strengths based clinical care.
• Complete CANS assessments as needed.
• Participate in the creation of collaborative therapeutic treatment plan goals and participate in service planning with assigned clients.
• Document and assess progress of each assigned client and maintain up-to-date client records that accurately reflect that progress, including timely documentation of client incidents, behavior issues and concerns in accordance with agency and licensing standards. Documentation is completed within two business days.
• Implement group programming to address the social and emotional needs of clients relating to the achievement of individual goals.
• Participate in the search and selection of residents for programs as assigned.
• Provide crisis intervention and stabilization to clients who are in psychological distress.
• Provide emergency crisis intervention as needed using the appropriate community resources and supports.
• Develop safety plans as necessary.
• Assist in the ongoing evaluation of evidence-based trauma informed treatment model and interventions.
• Meet treatment planning documentation, review, and timeliness expectations.

Requirements : Qualifications :

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements :

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties.