Parenting Assessment Therapist provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities, to promote the well-being of children and families and work to strengthen and stabilize families . The Parenting Assessment Therapist provides in-home evaluation which includes standardized test instrument(s) to identify strengths and needs of the family. The service is provided when the needs of the family are so complex that a traditional assessment is not able to determine the services necessary to improve the family’s functioning.

Education/Experience:

Direct Worker:

1. Master’s or Doctorate degree with a current license issued by the Indiana

Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board as one of the

following:

a) Social Worker;

b) Clinical Social Worker;

c) Marriage and Family Therapist;

d) Mental Health Counselor;

e) Marriage and Family Therapist Associate;

f) Mental Health Counselor Associate

2. Master’s degree with a temporary permit issues by the Indiana Behavioral

Health and Human Services Licensing Board as one of the following:

a) Social Worker

b) Clinical Social Worker

c) Marriage and Family Therapist

d) Mental Health Counselor

3. Master’s degree in a related human service field and employed by an

organization that is nationally accredited by the Joint Commission,

Council on Accreditation, or the Commission on Accreditation of

Rehabilitation Facilities.

That individual must also:

a) Complete a minimum of 24 post-secondary semester hours

and 36 quarter hours in the following coursework:

(1) Human Growth and Development

(2) Social and Cultural Foundations

(3) Group Dynamics, Processes, Counseling, and

Consultation

(4) Lifestyle and Career Development

(5) Sexuality

(6) Gender and Sexual Orientation

(7) Issues of Ethnicity, Race, Status, and Culture

(8) Therapy Techniques

(9) Family Development and Family Therapy

(10) Clinical/Psychiatric Social Work

(11) Group Therapy

(12) Psychotherapy

(13) Counseling Theory and Practice

b) Individual must complete the Human Service Related