PT Unlicensed Outpatient Therapist

About the role

Do you enjoy conducting individual and family therapy? Are you passionate about helping individuals become resilient and focused on their own wellness and recovery? If so, consider joining our Devereux Pennsylvania Children's Services team as a Part Time Outpatient Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Completes intakes as necessary and delivers individual and family therapy for a minimum of 10 hours per week.
• Creates initial resiliency plan within 3 sessions and ensures proper documentation is complete.
• Reviews all psychiatric evaluations and ensures recommendations are being followed.
• Assists in hospitalization if required.

Work setting

Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS) center serves children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6–21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s Degree in Psychology, Counseling, or Social Work
• Experience: Previous experience conducting individual and/or family therapy, preferably with children and adolescents
• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, and computer skills
• Adaptable to changing workload, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and available to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to travel to and from work site and be at least 21 years of age
• Proficient computer skills and working knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

Specialized training and support

• In-house ethics trainings
• Potential exposure to evidenced-based practices: TF-CBT, DBT, PCIT
• Free clinical supervision twice per month to support development
• Growth and development across service lines
• Collaborative work with an integrated treatment team of clinicians, clinical supervisors, funders, case managers, and program administrators

Pay

• Billable hours: $37/hr
• Non-billable hours: $18.50/hr