TASK Therapist

About the Role

At Children’s Hope Alliance, we serve youth and families with complex needs—helping them build safer futures and stronger relationships. As a TASK Therapist, you’ll be at the forefront of that mission, providing specialized clinical care to children and adolescents who have caused sexual harm. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead clinical decision-making, influence treatment outcomes, and collaborate across systems to create lasting change.

What sets this role apart:

• Clinical leadership with real influence on treatment outcomes
• Work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary model
• Opportunity to engage in court advocacy, school collaboration, and community training
• Meaningful, mission-driven work that directly improves safety and well-being

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based approaches
• Complete Comprehensive Evaluations of Sexual Harm (CESH) and make recommendations for treatment, placement, and safety planning
• Conduct clinical assessments and mental status evaluations to guide care
• Develop meaningful, individualized treatment plans rooted in assessment data
• Support youth and families in building safe, sustainable behaviors across home, school, and community settings
• Serve as the clinical lead on multidisciplinary teams
• Co-facilitate Child and Family Team meetings and guide care planning
• Advocate for youth in schools, courts, and community systems
• Recommend the least restrictive, most effective level of care
• Supervise and support TASK Case Managers in treatment planning and documentation
• Ensure quality and compliance across treatment plans and records
• Provide consultation, coaching, and support to strengthen team performance
• Complete timely, accurate documentation in the electronic health record
• Maintain compliance with Medicaid, DJJ, and other regulatory standards
• Participate in peer reviews and quality assurance processes
• Track client progress through assessments, life plans, and outcome tools
• Develop discharge plans and step-down recommendations
• Coordinate with external providers to ensure smooth transitions
• Assist families in accessing resources that support long-term stability

Requirements

• Minimum of Master’s Degree in a human service field and NC licensure or provisional licensure in one of the following disciplines: LPC, LCSW, LMFT
• Strong clinical assessment and treatment planning skills
• Experience working with youth and families with complex behavioral needs
• Ability to balance clinical expertise with compliance and documentation requirements
• Leadership skills with the ability to supervise and guide others
• Strong communication skills across clinical, legal, and community settings
• Commitment to ethical, trauma-informed, and evidence-based care
• Preferred credentialing with various MCOs
• Preferred experience with populations who have caused sexual harm and/or adolescents under the court's jurisdiction
• Preferred knowledge of and experience with family systems, family therapy, and behavioral interventions
• Must be culturally sensitive to clients and families and support cultural diversity throughout the program
• Effective communication, decision-making, analytical, interpersonal, leadership, and professionalism skills
• Familiarity with supervision and group facilitation
• Basic computer and math skills
• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License
• Must pass pre-employment drug screening, criminal, HCPR, and driving checks

Physical Requirements

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.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk, and hear
• Frequently required to reach with hands or arms, stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Essential physical functions include reading, typing, writing, speaking, using the telephone, and prolonged sitting at a desk working on a computer
• Must be able to operate a vehicle for job duties and maintain a valid NC driver’s license with insurance
• Occasionally required to therapeutically restrain children and adolescents in crisis situations
• Work environment contains slight to moderate office-related noises; not exposed to extreme weather conditions, toxic fumes, or airborne particles
• Occasional travel to different locations in the course of work

Pay

$49,440–$64,600