Children's Residential Therapist
Provides individual and group therapy as well as crisis counseling to clients on his/her caseload according to each clients' needs/abilities. Functions as a team leader within their assigned cottage to oversee therapeutic services.
All Agency staff are expected to focus on Quality improvement as a part of their job responsibilities, in an effort to make the Agency a safe and healing environment for clients and staff. This expectation includes, but is not limited to: teamwork, improving service delivery, fulfilling department goals, and other job-specific tasks that encourage excellence.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: It is the responsibility of each employee to be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ and to adhere to the Standard of Moral Conduct and Statement of Faith. Further, each employee is responsible for dealing with others with a Christ-like attitude while helping them experience their worth in Christ, and for demonstrating behaviors reflecting CCHO's core values of Relentless Commitment, Selflessness, and Kindness.
Job-specific Essential Functions Include The Following- Makes every effort to maintain a 'team first' spirit and atmosphere within the workplace environment fostering and maintaining appropriate working relationships within the Children's Residential Center team, and with other Agency departments, as well.
- Collects, organizes and analyzes information about individuals and families through records, tests, interviews and professional sources. Assess client's therapeutic needs/strengths and establish a therapeutic relationship while utilizing interventions that will enhance overall functioning.
- Facilitates group sessions, assisting individuals to understand and overcome past trauma and find hope and insight into their present and future dreams/goals.
- Completes appropriate documentation and paperwork including, but not limited to, progress notes after each therapy session, step-down/extension/discharge recommendations, Behavior Intervention Plans, Mental Health Assessments, Termination/Transfer summaries and ISP's. Coordinates services with psychiatric and psychological services. Develops and maintains appropriate records on clients.
- Participates in various assigned committees.
- Provides lethality assessments/recommendations for care.
- Facilitates case management by designing, writing and coordinating individual treatment plans for each client. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, reading/analyzing materials and reports from outside organizations, discussing with staff the progress of the client, revision of plans in order to ensure the best possible care, directing Cottage Supervisors and Treatment Specialists on how treatment plans should be implemented, monitoring compliance with the plans, attend school IEP meetings, participate in weekly status meetings and attend cottage group meetings to discuss treatment. Attends court as needed. Interviews, evaluates and participates in the decision process regarding new candidates for CCHO.
- Performs other duties as required, including but not limited to, participation in agency and professional training and collaboration with CPST 1 and CPST2 positions. Provide training to cottage staff regarding needs of the client.
Other duties may be assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Master's degree (M.A.) or equivalent; Licensure (LSW, LISW, LPCC, LPC); or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedure, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
COMPUTER SKILLS: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of database software and design software. Ability to use a computer, email, etc.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Licensed Social Worker or Counselor (or license-eligible) required. Valid Ohio Drivers' license, must be eligible for CCHO automobile insurance.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong teamwork and organization/time management skills. Must have a valid driver's license and be insurable to drive company cars.
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.
While performing the duties of the job, the employee is frequently required to walk, sit, talk and hear, including requirement to stand or walk for extended periods of time, often through uneven terrain. The employee is occasionally required to stand, use hands/fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to be outdoors in various weather conditions for extended amounts of time. The ability to cope with and tolerate high levels of stress is also a necessity.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to maintain compliance/certification with CCHO's requirements for using physical restraints (SCM: Safe Crisis Management) including sufficient strength and completion of extensive training. Physical ability to respond to crisis, including, but not limited to: running and performing physical restraints.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise in the environment is varied, often loud and chaotic.