Therapeutic Training & Support - In Home Therapy

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Work in collaboration with team members and the entire family, or a subset of the family, to assist with implementation of focused, structural, or strategic interventions and behavioral techniques to:
  • enhance problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management/safety planning, and communication
  • build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals, or improve ineffective patterns of interaction
  • identify and utilize community resources
  • develop and maintain natural supports for the youth and parent/caregiver(s) in order to promote sustainability of treatment gains
• Maintain positive working relationships with IHT team, including supervisor and clinician, in addition to other collateral contacts and community providers
• Support implementation of the clinician’s treatment plan to assist the youth and family in achieving the goals of that plan
• Attend and assist with facilitating family therapy sessions
• Facilitate individual sessions with clients
• Aid the clinician in implementing the therapeutic objectives of the treatment plan designed to address the youth’s mental health, behavioral, and emotional needs
• Maintain production expectations and record keeping requirements
• Participate in appropriate clinical and administrative staff meetings
• Engage in effective Care Coordination and Collaboration
• Participate in independent education and training opportunities
• Utilize clinical skills involving knowledge of the DSM-5
• Provide psychoeducation and advocacy as appropriate
• Maintain consistent communication with supervisor and team members: remaining available via work cell phone and by reading and responding to work related emails daily
• Remain up to date with all paperwork and documentation needs within the IHT program
• Maintain all scheduled sessions with youth and families; maintain regular contact with all youth and families and consistently meet program expectations, including production (75% of hours worked)
• Attend and actively participate in clinical supervision and team meetings
• Adhere to the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) Values and IHT Practice Profile
• Practice cultural relevance by (1) the ongoing process of acquiring an understanding of how the values, beliefs, attitudes, and traditions of racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic, and other groups contribute to our own and other people’s cultures; 2) learning about personal circumstances, conditions, nature, and experiences that influence our own and other people’s thinking, behavior, and community roles; 3) acknowledging differences and similarities in power and privilege among groups of people; and 4) using this knowledge to work effectively with all people (Per IHT Practice Profile)