Therapist - Residential

Therapist - Residential

Job Details

Job Location

Main Campus - San Diego, CA

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Graduate Degree

Salary Range

$68,640.00 - $79,000.00 Salary/year

Description

Make an Impact with San Diego’s Oldest Children’s Nonprofit

By joining the San Diego Center for Children, you will empower children and families through transformative mental health care and educational services.  Our vision is to inspire a world where children and families live joyful, healthy lives.  We serve over 1,000 people every day - are you ready to make an impact?

Join us - and work with purpose!  

You will experience a rewarding profession with our team-oriented agency and make a difference in many people’s lives! Plus, we have some great perks such as medical and dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with company matching, wellness programs and more. Read along and apply today!

 SDCC offers a dynamic work and training environment for early career clinical professionals (Social Work, MFT, Clinical or Counseling MA, Psychology). Join a thriving multidisciplinary team providing behavioral health services with fully integrated clinical supervision (BBS and BOP compliant), and extensive training opportunities that support professional licensure. SDCC is nationally accredited by the Joint Commission for achieving the highest quality of client safety and care. Some clinical positions may be eligible for state or federal loan forgiveness programs for work with underserved populations.

SUMMARY

To provide a safe and favorable therapeutic climate for each client in the residential programs. The therapist is responsible for providing residential youth and their families or caregivers with an array of therapeutic services, working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary teams at the Center and school. In addition to individual, group, and family therapy, they provide case management, ongoing collaboration with outside professionals, and discharge planning for the youth on their caseload. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Accepts screened intake assignments and completes intake protocols (including assessment) and general orientation of the student and caregivers to the program.
• Facilitates wide array of therapeutic interventions within individual, family therapy and counseling, group, and conjoint modalities. In-home therapy services and assessments may be indicated with some assigned cases.
• Functions as primary individual therapist and family therapist for all assigned cases. Provides weekly individual, group and family sessions, as clinically indicated and/or required on the students IEP.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation as per SDCC protocols and requirements.
• Maintain current licensure or pre-license status with the California Board issuing the license and provide a written copy to HR. The valid license will be displayed in the office as per licensing regulations.
• Maintain communication with program manager and all other internal or external stakeholders as indicated regarding the treatment progress of assigned cases and discharges. This includes but is not limited to residential director, psychiatrist, nursing department, direct care staff, school staff, social workers, CASA, mentors and caregivers.
• Communicate with shift supervisors and direct care staff regularly to provide guidance on individualized interventions and how to assist youth on making progress toward their goals.
• Maintain radio according to Residential protocols if in possession.
• Formulate, monitor, and revise treatment plan as clinically indicated. Address specific short term and long term goals, for the youth and caregivers based on assessments and input from the youth, family and team (e.g. IEP, CFT, Treatment Team). Coordinate and ensure the implementation of the treatment plan.
• Participates in staff meetings, CFT’s, Treatment Teams, Individualized Education Plan Meetings, and other meetings as assigned.
• Provide referrals as indicated.
• Responsible for fostering a staff and peer culture which results in a therapeutic milieu.
• Other duties as assigned by program manager.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have a current license or pre-license number issued by the State of California oversight board for that license: ASW/LCSW, LMFT/MFTI, LPCC/APCC, PhD
• Registered with the BBS
• Valid California Driver’s License (CDL)
• Master’s degree from an accredited university.
• Experience working with youth and caregivers.
• Must be able to demonstrate skill in writing clinical notes, assessments, and clinical formulation. Documentation and clinical formulation writing skills will be tested.
• PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
• Bilingual in Spanish
• CCBH experienced
• In-Patient experience
• Experience with working with individuals with developmental disabilities
• Experience and/or Training in Case Management
• Experience in a Residential setting and with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working with CWS, adoptions and/or foster care youth and caregivers
• Experience working with the education system and with IEP’s.
• Training/experience in the area of latency and adolescent age students and families is desired as is the knowledge of basic case management skills.
• Training in Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, and/or Family Engagement and Family Therapy.