POSITION – PRIMARY THERAPIST 

We are looking for an experienced licensed therapist to join our team as a Primary Therapist.

Our Primary Therapists assess and treat adolescents who struggle within the following areas -

Anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, family relational struggles, and executive function issues. Responsibilities include weekly individual, group, and family therapy; treatment planning; crisis intervention; case management; client advocacy; and transition planning/support.

WHAT WE OFFER 

An incredibly supportive team that values acceptance and support as we strive to be the best we can be for the students and families we work with in an environment that values continuing education as development.

• Competitive Salary Based on Experience and Skill Set
• Major Medical and Supplemental Insurance Benefits 
• PTO - Holidays

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintain a clinical caseload between 8-10 clients
• Provide weekly individual, family, and group therapy sessions
• Engages Clients quickly and builds strong rapport with client and family
• Conducts Clinical assessments
• Create treatment plans and ensure patient progress through treatment goals
• Completion of weekly clinical documentation 
• Facilitate effective discharge planning to ensure patient success after treatment
• Collaborate with family and referral sources
• Work effectively with families 
• Perform mental health screening and biopsychosocial assessments on residents.
• Provide individual, group and family counseling and facilitate special clinical groups as requested.
• Maintain ongoing communication with the resident structure to determine the overall environment of the community, identify problems and possible solutions, and help coordinate the smooth transition of scheduled activities.
• Hold residents accountable when necessary for inappropriate or negative behaviors and utilize effective confrontation techniques and behavior interventions to help improve behavior.
• Ensure debriefing with staff at the beginning and end of each shift with the oncoming staff and provide thorough written communication through documentation of daily activities in the staff communication log.
• Ensure immediate communication with facility leadership on incidents involving absconders, physical violence, suicidal threats, physical accidents involving staff or residents and extreme negative behavior.
• Adhere to all rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Follow all accreditation and state mandated standards of performance
• Ensure program integrity through effective compliance with contracting agency guidelines.
• Participate in staff meetings and training exercises as directed.
• Demonstrate proficiency in electronic health record system sufficient to fulfill the duties required by this position within 30 days of employment.
• Ability to be on-call when needed, after hours, in time of client crisis. 
• Any other duties as assigned

Position Requirements: LMFT, LCSW, LMHC, FIRST AID/CPR certification (or within 30 days of employment)

• A desire to work with a caring team of individuals to facilitate client growth through a relationship approach 
• Master’s degree in related field required.
• Minimum of five years previous counseling experience in mental health setting required. Previous experience in a Therapeutic Community (TC) setting preferred.
• Experience leading individual, family and group therapy sessions
• Experience working with adolescents in a treatment setting
• Comfortable working in a faith-based environment.
• Knowledge of emotional and physical needs of students.
• Ability to work with diverse populations.
• Ability to establish appropriate boundaries and professional relationships with all clients in treatment, including former clients served.
• Must possess effective clinical counseling skills and be able to write effective treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, and any other related correspondence.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Must possess excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain a good working relationship with all co-workers and the general public and to use good judgment in recognizing scope of authority.
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Ability to de-escalate situations.
• Ability to take a teamwork approach to the job by cooperating with others, offering to help others when needed, and considering larger organization or team goals rather than individual concerns. This includes the ability to help build a constructive team spirit where team members are committed to the goals and objectives of the team.

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong empathy and compassion, non-judgmental and open-minded
• Ability to handle stressful and rapidly changing environments while managing multiple priorities

• Must be computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.