Clinical Therapist
Clinical Therapist
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Job Description
Position Summary:
Responsible for assessment of and therapeutic intervention with any QRTP clients-- with goals of assisting clients in adjustment to shelter living identifying and understanding respective issues that create distress facilitating communication and support with/from families identifying additional needs and providing crisis intervention as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct individual assessments to understand current situation and determine behavioral and emotional functioning
- Develop trusting and caring relationship with each client for purposes of encouraging openness and change if needed
- Provide individual group therapy and other therapeutic intervention as written in the treatment plan.
- Assist in contact or collaboration with family members or other community intervention services
- Make referral to additional community services as needed
- Conduct group therapy sessions as appropriate
- Maintain complete and up-to-date files for all clients
- Attend & participate in team meetings client staffings clinical consultations and other appropriate meetings as assigned
- Maintain and ensure confidentiality of client communications except when disclosure to authorities is required by law
- Provide on-call services as needed and agreed
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in Counseling Social Work Psychology or related field
- LMSW LCSW LAC or LPC license required in good standing
- Clinical/therapy experience working with children and/or families
- Knowledge of common mental disorders and behavioral issues
- Knowledge and demonstrated skills with generally accepted therapeutic interventions
- Demonstrated ability to develop positive collaborative relationships with clients families colleagues and others in the human services field
- Current malpractice insurance
Skills and Knowledge:
The Clinical Therapist works effectively with all agency staff members volunteers clients & families human service providers law enforcement juvenile court(s) schools and the community at-large to promote a positive productive ethical culture.
- Demonstrates knowledge of Arkansas licensing regulations.
- Demonstrates excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills in both telephone & face-to-face contacts as well as in written documentation.
- Demonstrates the ability to speak concisely and coherently to community groups during presentations.
- Demonstrates knowledge of all OCYFS services
- Practices excellent organizational skills.
- Practices and models conflict resolution skills.
- Follows OCYFS code of ethics.
- Demonstrates cultural sensitivity to OCYFSs clients and families.
Employment Type
Part-Time
