Therapist - Domestic Violence Housing Program New Grads Welcome!

About the role

The person in this position will provide assessment and treatment services to Synergy Service’s clients and their families in the Domestic Violence Housing Program. This position is 30 hours per week, Monday–Friday, with two evenings required.

Responsibilities

• CLINICAL: Provides direct clinical counseling services 20-25 hours per week for a full time therapist. (Note: Clinical service hours are prorated if a part time therapist.) The direct clinical counseling services include assessment (initial assessment, testing, or other assessment) and treatment (includes therapy with children, teens, adults and groups).
• CASE MANAGEMENT: Provides treatment planning, therapeutic case management, and follow-up of cases. Case management includes networking with substance abuse and mental health agencies and the Children’s Division of the State of Missouri, coordinating services, representing the Agency at legal proceedings, responding to subpoenas, writing reports and making referrals for additional or different services.
• Maintains clinical portions of client files according to Agency documentation standards.
• SUPERVISION AND TRAINING: Participates in weekly peer supervision group and individual supervision of cases as needed. Participates in professional development and training such as attending continuing education workshops. Works toward credentialing or licensure as appropriate.
• PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL LEADERSHIP (3-5 hours per week if FT): Participates in program planning and problem solving, facilitates team building and staff development, actively participates in program team meetings, and participates in the on-call rotation which includes clinical and case management responsibilities as prescribed by the program. Participation in Performance and Quality Improvement activity is required by each employee.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marital and family, art therapy, or other applied behavior science degree and a provisional license or full license in the State of Missouri.
• Experience: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

• Reasoning: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Mathematical: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Physical Demands: 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.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.