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THERAPIST

POSITION OVERVEW:

The Therapist is responsible for providing trauma focused mental health services to CSC clients and their non-offending family members. The Therapist is committed to enhancing the mission, vision, and values of the CSC.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Daily Operational Oversight:

• Assists CSC Mental Health Team members with duties, as needed
• Communicates regularly with CSC Mental Health team to ensure seamless service delivery to CSC clients
• Communicates regularly with CSC Advocacy Team in regards to CSC client’s mental health needs

2. General Therapist Duties:

• Provide mental health services to CSC clients and their non-offending family members
• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and trauma screeners with CSC clients and their non-offending family members
• Provide support and education to non-offending family members, as needed
• Provide crisis intervention, as needed
• Conduct risk assessments, as needed
• Attend required meetings
• Make referrals to appropriate outside mental health agencies, as needed
• Complete all required documentation
• Stay consistently informed on relevant issues
• Attend and/or testify in court hearings, as necessary
• Meet productivity requirements

3. Relationship Building:

• Mentor CSC mental health interns
• Foster and maintain positive working relationship with CSC team and MDT partners
• Successfully fosters a team environment
• Strategically engages with outside mental health agencies to initiate appropriate networking affiliations

4. Fiscal Responsibility:

• Provide program reports as required or requested by funding sources or the Executive Director
• Strategically and ethically utilizes CSC donations, resources and funding as it applies to the CSC Mental Health Program

Position Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (LMSW or LCSW) or Counseling (LAC or LPC), must be licensed in the state of Arkansas
• Must maintain liability insurance and keep license in good standing
• Complete 8 hours of professional development every 2 years, or as licensure requires
• Experience and/or in-depth knowledge of working with children who have experienced trauma
• Must abide by the Child First Doctrine
• Must adhere to the ethical code defined by counseling/social work licensing board
• Must be certified (or willing to train) in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
• Possesses highly developed interpersonal skills
• Ability to build and foster relationships with various professionals
• Good organizational skills, able to set priorities, and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work effectively with interns
• Proficient in Google and Microsoft platforms
• Exceptional verbal, non-verbal, visual, written communication capabilities
• Successful completion of a background check
• Flexibility and willingness to travel as required

Scope of Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned, as needed.

• Provide individual therapy to CSC clients and maintain a caseload of 20-25 clients
• Conduct Child Adolescent Trauma Screeners in person or by phone, as needed
• Conduct and facilitate support groups for CSC clients and their non-offending family members
• Schedule therapy appointments and send reminders
• Communicate regularly with CSC Advocates by attending Advocacy/Mental Health staffing’s and/or one on one
• Attend and participate in weekly mental health staffing’s
• Attend and participate in weekly team meetings and “huddles”
• Attend MDT case review meetings to provide education, insight and/or case information to partner agencies
• Document all client interactions in Collaborate within 72 business hours, including: CATS, comprehensive assessments, individual sessions, phone or email contacts, attendance of sessions, etc.
• Timely document the following: required data for ARBEST,  Mental Health Tracker, Therapy stats and Therapy caseload spreadsheet
• Document clients scheduled appointments on outlook calendar with required information
• Complete time sheets and expense reports timely to meet deadlines for grant funding
• Stays current in relevant issues via trainings and research (at least 8 CEU’s every other year)
• May supervise mental health interns
• Regularly update MH tracker and provide updates to CSC Advocates, as needed
• Attend and assist CSC Development team with fundraisers, as needed

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy items.

Special Requirements: Willingness to occasionally work non-standard hours and over 40 hours per week, if needed.

All employees will treat co-workers, clients, and volunteers with respect and dignity. Maintain confidentiality and appropriate boundaries with clients and volunteers.

The Children’s Safety Center of Washington County is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment.

If you are interested in this unique career opportunity, please send your resume and cover letter to the Director of Operations, Casey Atwood at casey@childrenssafetycenter.org.  Salary is DOE. No calls please.