Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Purpose: To provide assessment, counseling, education, and consultation for clients in an outpatient/school based setting.

Ensure assessments for all clients served. Provide clinical assessment, counseling, education, and consultation as indicated by referral information.

Assist in developing a comprehensive person-centered plan (PCP).

Provide individual, group, and family therapy to internal clients and community referrals. Provide treatment planning, discharge planning, and timely assessments and referrals to basic or enhanced services as deemed necessary.

Provide therapy in a school setting.

Attend child and family team meetings as needed for clinical issues needing to be addressed.

Ensure continuity of care through the development of strong collaborative relationships with other agencies, providers, and policy makers.

Provide and conduct educational workshops for internal clients and community referrals.

Learn, utilize, and teach cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma informed therapies.

Assist clients in progressing through their treatment by providing individual and family therapies.

Collaborate with clinical director, medical director, quality improvement director, and key clinical staff to ensure that clinical experience is available at all levels of organization.

Write clinical justifications for continued service authorization.

Maintain a caseload of 50 or more clients and provide between 24 and 34 billable events on a weekly basis.

Provide consultative assistance to assigned LEA (school district) including providing training and/or therapy.

Communication with legal guardians. DSS, parents, DJJ, etc.

Actively assist in the planning and implementation of daily psycho-educational activities within the staff.

Assist in maintaining quality of care standards for the clinical programming.

Participate in the rotation of clinical consultation for emergency on-call situations.

Assist with the design and support the implementation of treatment protocols employed in service delivery.

Ensure fidelity to service models and service quality. Identify and implement, as appropriate, Evidence Based Practice/Best Practice protocols.

Provide and ensure appropriate and timely documentation of all services, including completion of service notes within 24 hours of event.

Provide training as assigned by the clinical director. Assist in the development of plans and protocols for new clinical and program staff training and supervision.

Provide and attend monthly clinical supervision of assigned staff and document as outlined in their clinical supervision contracts.

Attend weekly/monthly/quarterly clinical supervision with the clinical director.

Attend Local Leadership Teams when requested.

Attend assigned clinical learning forums.

Participate in quality improvement program including health and safety.

Display good communication and feedback within a team dynamic.

Professionalism in all areas of work, including client and co-worker relationships.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum 2 years experience in full-time, direct service experience to include face-to-face treatment and interventions as demonstrated by having provided service for a caseload of individuals with a primary mental health or substance abuse disorder diagnosis.

Provisionals considered with supervision included.

Continuing education credits provided by and/or paid by employer.

All employment contingent upon satisfactory results of background check and drug screening.