Part-Time Milieu Therapist -- Eating Disorders
Part-Time Milieu Therapist -- Eating Disorders
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Job Description
Opal: FoodBody Wisdom is a local female owned clinician led eating disorder treatment facility in the University District of Seattle Washington that offers Partial Hospitalization Program Intensive Outpatient Program and traditional outpatient services. Our treatment is grounded in Radically Open Dialectical Therapy with unique programming for ExerciseSport and an aim for clinic wide weightinclusive practices. We are looking for skilled individuals who want to join our team to provide quality treatment and work alongside a passionate and caring staff. See to learn more.
Job Title: OnCall or PartTime Milieu Therapist
Responsibilities:
- Provide a safe supportive and encouraging environment for the partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient program clients.
- Provide direct assistance throughout day by means of:
- eating with clients at meals and snack times
- monitoring bathroom use for eating disordered behaviors
- observing and supporting clients during breaks and transitions in programming
- Assist staff dietitians with tasks related to client care including preparing food/meals/snacks eating with clients doing dishes grocery shopping with clients cleaning/tidying kitchen etc.
- Assist staff therapists with tasks related to client care including cofacilitating various therapy groups offering therapeutic support to clients during meals and doing 1:1 brief support checkins etc.
- Maintain clinical documentation and other administrative tasks required for competent care
- Collaborate with other members of a dynamic multidisciplinary treatment team
- Help with training new milieu staff
- Perform front desk administrative tasks including front desk coverage as needed
- Stay up to date with the front desk coverage plan with follow up training as needed
Requirements:
- An Associates degree bachelors degree or working towards bachelors degree. Emphasis in the study of Psychology desired but not required.
- Experience and/or understanding of eating disorders is highly desired; experience in other mental health field beneficial.
- Exhibit a high degree of confidentiality and personal boundary setting.
- Openness to learn new skills and take risks.
- Able to address conflict with directness and compassion.
- Exhibits strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be assertive in the interest of clients treatment needs
- Comfortable with basics of nutrition ie meal planning basic cooking skills grocery shopping etc.
- Experience using cultural humility interpersonally around topics such as food health weight religion etc.
- Live behave and talk in a way that reflects a nondiet nonweight biased relationship with food and body.
- Alignment with a Health at Every Size and a weightinclusive approach to healthcare.
Hours:
Between 7:30am 6:30pm MondayFriday. Hours would be determined at time of hire. Could be between 824 hours a week.
Compensation:
- $22.5024.50 / hour
Vaccines:
All Opal staff are required to be fully vaccinated with either a twoshot series of an mRNA vaccine or the oneshot J&J vaccine along with a booster of an mRNA vaccine and Bivalent covid vaccination by December 15 2022 (if it has been the recommended length of time from your last vaccination). As the CDC updates its recommendation on boosters we ask our staff to comply with the most current recommendations regarding vaccinations and boosters. Annual flu shots are required by December 15th of each year. Opal will honor religious accommodations requests under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and medical accommodations via the American Disabilities Act.
Interested
Apply here through Bamboo.
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Opals Aspiration: To contribute to a world where all are able to live fully with freedom
Opals Vision: To inspire cultural change regarding food body movement and mental health
Opals Mission: To free people from diet culture by offering eating disorder treatment for food body and exercise concerns
Staff Values: Better Together. Curiosity and Learning. Do it. SelfInquiry. Repeat. Change the Script.
Employment Type
Part-Time
