Day Treatment Child and Family Therapist
Day Treatment Child and Family Therapist
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Job Description
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.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM
Washburn Center is one of only a few preschool and early elementary day treatment programs in Minnesota. This intensive program provides early intervention and helps children in preschool through second grade in the Minneapolis school district:
Gain and improve selfregulation skills
Learn prosocial behaviors
Learn adaptive ways to rely on adult relationships for support
At Washburn Center for Children we join a childs perspective of their world viewing this as both important and critical; centering mental health care to help them develop increased social emotional and behavioral skills and functioning. We work with a collaborative model that focuses on repair through relationships.
In addition to the child attending therapeutic group sessions clinicians help children and families through pre and aftercare services group and family therapy and connect with psychiatric services as needed.
Children continue to attend their community school or preschool for a half day. Our Day Treatment staff collaborate closely with a childs teachers and caregivers to ensure the ongoing success of the child and to help the child transfer lessons learned in Washburn Centers therapeutic group to their traditional school setting.
WHAT CAN WASHBURN CENTER OFFER YOU
Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees professional development. During your time at Washburn Center you will receive continuous clinical training increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. Case Management is a unique field which will provide you with an expansive understanding of family mental health. As such this role is well suited for Social Work experienced individuals or Mental Health qualified Professionals. Additionally this role is a highly collaborative function and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center and work in collaboration with the various experienced professionals at Washburn to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.
Role Responsibilities
Clinical Treatment Clinicians will provide a combination of the following mental health services including:
Group Therapy Clinicians will be required to provide group therapy including the following:
Conduct Diagnostic Assessments as needed
Develop and implement an individualized treatment plan based on the diagnosis
Work with cotherapists to provide and lead scheduled group services
Plan and implement therapeutic activities based on the childs individual treatment plan goals and objectives developmental needs and therapeutic group themes
Lead a group environment that demonstrates consistency respectful communication safety predictability clear limits and encouragement
Intervene respectfully safely and directly to maintain the childrens physical and emotional safety and use therapeutic approaches to help prevent aggressive destructive and harmful behavior
Ability to use and apply therapeutic methods learned through the Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) which includes verbal deescalation and therapeutic holds
Care coordination including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child
Work with cotherapists program supervisors and program support to maintain enrollment of 6 children and a daily attendance of 5 children in the group setting
Create a discharge plan
Provide fill in support to cover group settings for cotherapists when needed
Individual Therapy Clinicians will be expected to provide individual therapy to clients including:
Conduct Diagnostic Assessments as needed upon enrollment and with referrals
Develop and implement an individualized treatment plan based on the diagnosis
Care coordination including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child
Provide individual skills services in the clients home school and other community programs based on the objectives and needs identified in the clients treatment plan
Create a discharge plan
Family Therapy Clinicians will be expected to provide family therapy with the clients family including:
Conduct Diagnostic Assessments as needed
Develop and implement an individualized treatment plan based on the diagnosis
Care coordination including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child
Provide or conduct family therapy and/or skills to the family members in the clients home based on the objectives and needs identified in the clients treatment plan
Create a discharge plan
Documentation Clinicians will be expected to maintain required documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual including:
Diagnostics assessments
Treatment plans for each client
Daily progress notes
Document frequency and types of interventions used in group therapy
Complete CASIIs/ECSIIs and work with parents to complete the parent SDQ or other identified instruments at intake
Discharge summaries
Satisfaction surveys
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.**
Role Requirements:
Must have a Masters degree in Social Work Psychology or other human service field
Must maintain or be working towards independent licensure (licensure as LICSW LP LPCC or LMFT strongly preferred)
If candidate has a Masters in Social Work valid licensure as an LGSW is required upon starting position
12 years of experience working with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families and providing therapeutic groups for children is required with 35 years preferred
DC: 05 training desired
Flexibility resourcefulness and demonstrated cultural responsiveness when working with diverse populations specifically those impacted by systemic inequality
Applicants must have knowledge and application of traumainformed practice and experience working with children that have experienced trauma
Must have vehicle in operating condition a valid drivers license and car insurance
$60000 $75000 a year
Salary bracket: $60000 $75000 (Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to Independent licensure status work experience and education)
Why work at Washburn 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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