Residential Clinician

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; andCompassionate deeply caring for our teammates our clients and the community we serve. If these values resonate with you wed love to have you join our team and help us make a lasting impact on the lives of children across Colorado!

Tennyson Centers Residential Program focuses on meeting the individualized needs of children and adolescents. The program integrates social emotional behavioral and academic learning and growth. Our goal is to create an environment where children and adolescents feel safe and supported to heal and develop the necessary skills to succeed in a less restrictive setting. Tennyson Center is seeking a qualified mental health Clinician to provide individual family and group therapy in addition to clinical case management and crisis management to children and adolescents approximately 518 years old in a residential setting.

Essential Job Functions

• Interest in working with children and adolescents who may have had exposure to traumatic or adverse experiences and who have an intellectual disability developmental disability or diagnosis of Autism.
• Conducts individual family and group therapy services.
• Works collaboratively from intake to discharge with internal and external multidisciplinary team members to ensure consistency and continuity of care for clients and families.
• Provides clinical case direction and recommendations to teachers and Youth Treatment Counselors.
• Facilitates monthly external staffing meetings.
• Actively participates in weekly individual clinical supervision group supervision case consultation and classroom debrief meetings.
• Maintain up to date documentation and overall quality assurance for assigned clients.
• Maintains the highest standard of cultural competency in all dealings with clients and staff.
• Must be willing to support clients in times of crisis.

Other Job Functions

• Participates in allagency meetings and training opportunities.
• Willingness to employ alternative therapeutic interventions including but not limited to art music experiential activities and animalassisted intervention.
• Support of clinical interns as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements

• Ability to implement behavioral management techniques as needed.

Working Conditions

• Oncampus environment school based and residential treatment setting.
• Position required to be onsite 100 of time.
• Minimal travel may be required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must maintain current Colorado professional license
• Master of Social Work Counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy or a related field.
• Postgraduate work experience treating children adolescents and families is preferred.
• All candidates must have or qualify to obtain a current Colorado drives license.
• All positions require criminal CBI background check FBI fingerprint check State of CO child abuse check DMV driving record check preemployment drug test preemployment physical academic credential verification and reference check.

Benefits

For employees working 30 or more hours:

• Medical Dental Vision Insurance Options (United Healthcare Guardian for Dental VisionVSP and Voluntary options)

• 3x the medical provider options under new plans!
• Lower deductibles

• Health Savings Account & FSA Options
• Generous PTO 13 paid holidays
• Retirement Plan with the Pension Fund: Tennyson will match up to 4 of annual salary.
• Voluntary Benefits through Guardian: Accident Critical Illness Disability Hospital Indemnity
• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D with options to purchase additional coverage
• Company paid Short Term Disability 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 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 We appreciate your interest in Tennyson Center for Children.

  Dont meet all the requirements We encourage you to apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are keen to speak to people who connect with Tennyson Mission and Values.