Clinician, Licensed

Job Summary and Purpose

At Tennyson Center for Children, our core values guide everything we do. We are Joyful, finding optimism and strength even in challenges; Curious, always learning and innovating to provide the best care; Dependable, building trust through reliability; Authentic, celebrating uniqueness and creating safe, inclusive spaces; and Compassionate, deeply caring for our teammates, our clients, and the community we serve. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to have you join our team and help us make a lasting impact on the lives of children across Colorado!

The Clinician, Unlicensed, provides clinical case management, care coordination, and individual and family therapy for an evolving caseload of clients. They work collaboratively from intake to discharge with internal and external multi-disciplinary team (MDT) members to ensure continuity and consistency of care for clients and families. They provide clinical case direction and recommendations to both family support specialists as well as the MDT. The Clinician, Unlicensed actively participates in individual clinical supervision and other required meetings. They maintain up-to-date documentation and overall quality assurance for assigned clients. This role requires a high level of independence due to the satellite location.

Essential Job Functions
 

• Completes the intake family assessment within the required time frame including recommendations for services, level of care, and diagnosis.
• Establishes criteria for client discharge from the time of intake.
• Develops quality Service Plans based on the client’s diagnosis or reason for referral, which are community-based, family-focused, child-centered, and reflect measurable outcomes with a clear permanency plan.
• Completes documentation of individual and family sessions, case management contacts, monthly progress reports, and other required forms of paperwork within required timeframes of Medicaid standards and other contracted referral sources.
• Ensures the contracted services are being provided at the indicated frequency, length of stay is kept within indicated parameters, and the efforts of all treatment team members are congruent with the identified disposition plan for a given child.
• Facilitates monthly staffings with the MDT to ensure treatment plan development and implementation.  Attends other treatment-related meetings as applicable and facilitates monthly Child Team Meetings.
• Participates in supervision in person, by telephone, or by other multi-media avenues as needed.
• Prepares and delivers case presentations to peers and other internal team members as required. 
  

Other Job Functions
 

• Attends scheduled internal trainings as required and participates in continuing education to obtain or maintain licensure.
• Provides crisis consultation and support to clients on caseload during regularly scheduled workdays.
• Assists with planning for ongoing services for all client’s post-discharge.
• Facilitates coordination of care when other service providers are involved.
• Maintains the highest standard of cultural competency in all dealings with clients and staff.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to implement agency policies, procedures, SPB’s, collateral policies, and COA’s guidelines.
• Completes other related duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements
 

• TCC requires staff in direct care of children to be able to perform physical restraints or

containments, as necessary. Clients are age range 5-18.

• Assume a restraint for periods of time varying from 5-30 minutes.
  

Minimum Qualifications
 

• Master’s Degree in social work, professional counseling, or marriage and family counseling required
• Must be registered on DORA
• Must have a valid Colorado driver’s license
  
  

Benefits 

For employees working 30 or more hours per week:
 

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance options
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Mental Health days to regroup & recharge
• Retirement Plan with a match up to 4% of your annual salary
• Pet, Legal & Identity Theft insurance options
• HSA & FSA options
• Accident, Critical Illness, Disability & Hospital Indemnity insurance options
• Company paid Life Insurance & AD&D with options to purchase additional coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Professional Development Assistance
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs

EEOCMust demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States in compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Tennyson Center for Children currently does not sponsor work visas.


Tennyson Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer; we are committed to creating a culture of belonging for all employees. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, military status, conditions relating to pregnancy or childbearing, and/or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you have any questions, please email our team at HRServices@Tennysoncenter.org. We appreciate your interest in Tennyson Center for Children.