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.
What is Inhome Family therapy
Inhome Family therapy is available for families whose children ages 5 to 17 are experiencing socialemotional and behavioral difficulties and need more intensive services to increase stability across settings and help prevent out of home placement.
Therapists collaborate with parents in the home setting to improve family functioning and help children developstrategies that will enable them to live successfully at home and in the community. During this 6to 9 month InHome Family therapy Washburn Centers staff also consults with school staff and other agencies involved with the family to coordinate care and identify additional resources.
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.
The Opportunity:
Washburn Center for Children has an opening for a full time InHome Family Therapist. This position provides specialized service to children and families in their homes and community such as assessment crisis intervention therapy and parent education using trauma informed practices.
Role Responsibilities:
Clinical Treatment:
Clinicians provides services to educate and support families to become empowered to better selfadvocate and navigate the various systems with more confidence and skill as well as providing specialized direct services to children and their families in their homes schools and communities to include the following services:
Conduct diagnostic assessments
Develop and implement treatment plans crisis intervention and goal setting based on the diagnosis
Provide Individual and family therapy designed to improve the functioning of the child in daily and community living. Some solutions the clinician may provide could include the following:
Communication within the family
Problem solving skills
Home and family management
Ideas for leisure time and recreation for the client and the family
Navigating community resources that are available
Provide parent education
Assist families in building essential skills required for growth and coping with traumatic experiences which may include arranging and participating as necessary with families in recreation and social activities
Care coordination of social and other services designed to help the child and family gain access to all services providers and interdisciplinary services
Provide consultation with school recreation and other community programs to encourage the childs successful participation
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
Complete CASIIs work with parents to complete the Parent SDQ and work with clients to complete the GAINSS
Documentation of all case activities
Discharge or transfer summaries
Collaborate with the billing department to maintain current timely authorizations for all therapeutic services from required insurance policies
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.**
Experience and education 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
A minimum of one year of experience with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families is required with 35 years preferred
Must be knowledgeable and confident providing therapy based on and teaching families and others within the treatment team about trauma informed practice
Flexibility resourcefulness and demonstrated cultural responsiveness when working with diverse populations specifically those impacted by systemic inequality
Must have vehicle in operating condition a valid drivers license and car insurance
Salary bracket: $60000 $75000 (Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to licensure work experience and education) 5000 Hiring Bonus
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.