The Therapeutic Classroom Milieu Therapist in the Day Treatment Program are responsible for creating and guiding the therapeutic plans and case management of the assigned clients.

Position Location: Portland Metro, OR

Position Time/Hours: 40/hours week (2 Openings) - Schedule: TBD

Salary Starts at $60,000/year-unlicensed -$64,800/year-licensed.

• Provide risk and safety assessment for immediate access to crisis resources.
• Build an alliance between Trillium and school system in order to support students seamlessly.
• Provide individualized school-based services as indicated, based on client need.
• Identify systems issues obstructing needs of students, fostering creative problem-solving strategies.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary treatment/behavior strategy meetings, including giving a mental health lens to IEP meetings and other school meetings.
• Develop a case conceptualize of students, ensuring that a biopsychosocial approach is taken to ensure that interventions are appropriate.
• Develop and implement behavior/treatment plans with emphasis on helping students move successfully from the therapeutic classroom to mainstream classrooms.
• Provide supervision, consultation, and guidance to skills trainers.
• Maintain records as determined by Trillium Family Services
• Working with school staff, identify and facilitate needed classroom groups.
• Work in partnership with supervisor to develop ways to measure success of the program and progress of the students, including maintaining records of data.
• Provide conflict resolution and crisis intervention as needed in situations involving students who are aggressive or destructive, following OP guidelines to not engage in physical holds.
• Provide de-escalation and debrief strategies to school staff that are involved in physical interventions.
• Provide case management as needed to help students and their families get needed resources.
• Provide facilitation and psychoeducation to school staff to support trauma-informed practices, including training all teachers in school system.

About You:

Education: Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or other field which qualifies the candidate to be a licensed professional counselor/clinical social worker/ psychologist or marriage & family therapist in the State of Oregon. Masters-level, Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP); must be familiar with family systems; licensure preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Eligible for certification in the State of Oregon as a licensed professional counselor/ clinical social worker/ psychologist or marriage & family therapist. Once hired, the Therapeutic Classroom Milieu Clinician must agree to begin the certification process to become certified as a licensed social worker/counselor within 3 months from the date of hire to be completed within 24 months.

Experience: Two years experience in an outpatient mental health treatment facility, or hospital, residential or day treatment settings providing counseling services to children, adolescents, and families.

Benefits:

We offer an excellent benefits package, including the following:

• 100% Employer Paid Medical, Vision, and Dental for Full Time Employees
• 401k retirement plan matches – up to %6 match
• Growth | Career track, continuing education, and professional development
• Paid Training
• Generous Vacation and Sick Leave
• Free meals while on duty!
• And more!

Physical Demands: For physical demands of position, including vision, hearing, repetitive motion and environment, contact the HR department. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising client care

Application Details: Consideration of candidates will be on-going and position may close after this date without notice.

If you need accommodation to review the information and/or complete the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department.

Trillium Family Services is a drug free workplace. All final applicants will be subject to a criminal record identification check pursuant to ORS 181.536.727.537 and agency policy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and Service Provider and support a culturally linguistically diverse governance, leadership and workforce.