School Based Therapist - Elementary School Eagan
School Based Therapist - Elementary School Eagan
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07-04-2025
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All are welcome! People of color people with disabilities and LGBTQIA individuals are strongly encouraged to apply!
Washburn Center for Children is a leading childrens mental health center caring for a wide variety of childrens needs associated with anxiety depression behavioral difficulties and trauma.
The 141yearold nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children and their families realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves almost 4000 children ages 018 and approximately 9000 family members each year. Washburn Centers three office locations Brooklyn Park Edina and Minneapolis serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers inhome services and its schoolbased program serves 50 schools in the Eden Prairie Bloomington Minneapolis Savage Burnsville and Eagan school districts.
The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes schools and clinicbased servicesvisit us online.
This position is for an Elementary School in Eagan
What is School Based Therapy at Washburn
Our compassionate experienced therapists support children and their families through challenging times by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns including school adjustment problems depression anxiety difficulty dealing with loss or family changes abuse traumatic events attention problems parentchild conflicts and actingout behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a childs strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home in school and in the community.
As a schoolbased mental health clinician you focus will be on assessment treatment and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation and training for the school staff.
As a successful candidate you should hold independent licensure at LICSW LPCC LP or LMFT or hold an LGSW working towards independent licensure and be able to demonstrate your skill in childrens mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment.
WHAT CAN WASHBURN CENTER OFFER YOU
Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees professional development. During your timeat WashburnCenteryou will receivecontinuousclinical training increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative functionand you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Centerworkingin collaboration witha variety ofexperienced professionalsto ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.
Responsibilities
Our school based therapists working in collaboration with the school staff and Washburn Center leadership provide a combination of the schoolbased services within the school clients homes and across the community.
These services can be:
Conduct diagnostic assessments (DA) and share feedback with the client and / or their family
Collaborate with the client and / or their family on treatment plan that incorporates DA results
Provide individual and family therapy
Participate in IEP meetings
Provide care coordination including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the client
Create a discharge plan
Ancillary care:
As a school based therapist you will also provide ancillary services in alignment with the school staff and Washburn Center supervisor including:
Conduct child group therapy skills training and/or prevention groups
Provide care coordination including collaboration with parents school staff and other agencies
Participate in classroom observations
Provide teacher consultations training and support
Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff program directors and grant coordinators to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development and the coordination of the program at the school
Documentation:
Additionally some of your responsibilities as a School based therapist will be to maintain required documentation as outlined in our Clinical Policy Manual ie:
Diagnostics assessments
Treatment plans
Progress notes
Outcome measures (eg SDQ CASII ECSII)
Discharge summaries
Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services
Timely response of communications from the program director the supervisor or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program
***All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.***
As WASHBURN Center for Children serves the community it is important that our therapists are able to demonstrate cultural humility and responsiveness in their therapeutic process and in their interpersonal relationships. Our work environment requires professionals that can adapt and be flexible within multiple workplace cultures. Our clinicians work independently but will always have a team and supervisor to support them and guide them when needed.
Education Requirements:
Masters degree in psychology marriage and family therapy or social work (Required)
Doctoral Degree in psychology marriage and family therapy or social work (Desired)
A minimum of 35 years assessing diagnosing and treating children and families
Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional
Required technical skills knowledge and abilities
Demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process
Adaptable to multiple workplace cultures
Ability to work independently
Understand when to ask questions
$60000 $75000 a year
Salary bracket:
$60000 $75000
(Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to licensures status work experience and education)
Why work at Washburn https://youtu.be/i4OPCDl1CMg
BENEFITS at WASHBURN:
Washburn offers benefits to FullTime benefit eligible employees comprehensive Dental Vision Health Life and Longterm disability insurance. Additionally we offer a 403b retirement plan and a flexible benefit option (FSA).
Vacation: Paid Vacation accrues at 10 hours of vacation per month up to 15 days / 120 hours annually.
Sick Leave: Paid sick leave accrues at 6.68 hours of sick per month up to 10 days / 80 hours.
Holidays: There are 2.5 days/20 hours of floating holidays per year in addition to the eight standard holidays.
***Please note that Internships PartTime (less than 30 hours/week) and Temporary positions are NOT eligible for all of Washburn Centers benefits***
Washburn Center for Children is an EEO/AA employer: women minorities people with disabilities people that hold different gender identities and expressions and veterans are encouraged to apply. Cultural responsiveness and advancing equity are essential to achieving our mission. Our core values guide how we actively heal learn and work.
To learn more about life at Washburn and how we work togethervisit us online.
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