Children's Residential Center Therapist

Summary

The CRC Therapist provides ongoing clinical and/or administrative support to each Clinical Team as needed and/or assigned. Facilitates Day Treatment groups and provides individual therapy as assigned. Offers crisis support and ongoing therapeutic support to clients according need. Shows a high level of competence in service provision/clinical practice.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Makes every effort to maintain a 'team first' spirit and atmosphere within the workplace environment – fostering and maintaining appropriate working relationships within the Children's Residential Center team, and with other Agency departments, as well.
• Facilitates group sessions, assisting individuals to understand and overcome past trauma and find hope and insight into their present and future dreams/goals.
• Completes appropriate documentation and paperwork including, but not limited to, progress notes after each therapy and group session, possible Mental Health Assessment/Individualized Treatment Plan development as directed. Develops and maintains appropriate records on clients.
• Supports the Cottage Clinicians through providing any of the following as requested by Cottage Therapist and/or assigned by supervisor: Help with completing Documentation (i.e. Treatment Plans and Treatment Plan Reviews, MHSUD Assessments, MHSUD Assessment Updates, D/C Summaries, Step down Letters, Removal letters, Behavioral Intervention Plans, 30-Day Assessments, Pharmacological Care Sheets), Ongoing or temporary Supportive Therapy for clients to address identified clinical and behavioral concerns.
• Participates in various assigned committees as directed.
• Attends treatment meetings as able/assigned.
• Provides relevant mental health training to staff as directed/assigned.
• Participates in agency and professional training for personal/professional development.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedure, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to read, comprehend and write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate before groups of varying sizes of customers or employees of the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution, required. Must be able to communicate well with colleagues, verbally and in writing to ensure safety and efficiency.
• Able to multi-task and prioritize assignments. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to apply common sense. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Competency with Microsoft Office Suite and the internet, as well as CCHO clinical documentation software (electronic health record).
• Able to function well in a fast-paced environment, as well as cope and tolerate high levels of stress.

Education, Experience, Certifications/Licenses

• Master's degree in social work or counseling and corresponding licensure (LSW or LPC) required. If an intern/license -eligible, license should be obtained in no less than 6 months.
• Three to five years related experience, with strong preference for experience in a children's residential treatment facility.
• Valid Ohio Driver's License and a driving record that allows that individual to be insurable on agency policy, as job includes occasional travel.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to walk, sit, talk, and hear, including a requirement to stand or walk for extended periods of time, sometimes through uneven terrain.
• Often required to use hands/fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Regularly able to lift/move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to be outdoors in various weather conditions for extended amounts of time.
• Must maintain compliance/certification with CCHO's requirements for using physical restraints (SCM: Safe Crisis Management), including sufficient strength and completion of extensive training. Physical ability to respond to crisis, including, but not limited to running and performing physical restraints.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

All Agency staff are expected to focus on Quality improvement as a part of their job responsibilities, in an effort to make the Agency a safe and healing environment for clients and staff. This expectation includes, but is not limited to teamwork, improving service delivery, fulfilling department goals, and other job-specific tasks that encourage excellence.

Agency Leaders Expectations

Agency Leaders have the added expectation of creating and fostering an environment in which Quality Improvement is both encouraged and expected, and to accordingly hold staff accountable.