Therapist

Core Responsibilities

• Interviews, evaluates, and assesses the needs of patients, and develops treatment plans.
• Works in conjunction with multidisciplinary service teams to ensure implementation of coordinated psychosocial serves as it relates to program participants’ needs.
• Prepares progress notes, reports and correspondence.
• Maintains case records confidential.
• Conducts ongoing individual, groups, and family counseling sessions with patients.
• Completes psychosocial evaluations, assesses psychological disorders, prepares comprehensive clinical summaries, and makes treatment recommendations.
• Interprets psychological or psychiatric case information from patients interviewed and from medical or psychiatric sources.
• Serves as program liaison to collaborating service providers, the courts, and treatment centers.

Department Specific Functions

• Provide Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to children with various psychological, learning, developmental, and/or behavioral problems.
• Scores program metric measures.
• Enters UM PCIT related data into appropriate databases/systems (e.g., REDCap, etc.).
• Provides friendly, efficient, and professional telephone, email, and office contact with UM PCIT participants and community agency personnel.
• Prepares assessment and/or training packets containing appropriate measures/forms.
• Assist with manuscript preparation by contributing to literature reviews, writing assigned sections of manuscripts, and/or completing bibliographies.
• Some travel between sites will be required.
• Case management will consist of providing linkage community resources to families as needed.
• Documentation will include writing timely intake reports, progress notes, treatment summaries, and other case related items.
• Provides phone/email/on-site clinical and case-management consultations with families.
• Weekly program supervision and clinical supervision required.

Core Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is preferred (reading, writing, speaking).

Benefits

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.