**Program Therapist **Licensed or Licensed Eligible (Registered with the CA BBS)

License Eligible/ Registered with the BBS- $68,000/year

Licensed- $72,000/year 

GENERAL FUNCTION: 

This position is responsible for providing appropriate clinical services to youth ages 12-18, including nonminor dependents, and their children in a licensed residential treatment setting. Must provide individual, group, family, and milieu therapy and Day Rehabilitation. Must provide information, consultation, advocacy, and collaborative treatment planning within the agency and in cooperation with other agencies.

Shift Requirements -

8 hour shifts M-F - varies between 8am - 8 pm. Typically late afternoon and evening hours to meet with clients

MAJOR TASKS:

1. Provide comprehensive therapeutic services such as administering assessments and completing required contract documentation, such as Client Plans, De-escalation and Safety Management Plans, progress notes, transition documents, etc.
2. Provide individual, group, family therapy, parent education and Day Rehabilitation, as appropriate.
3. Assess client’s needs, strengths and level of functioning; establish a current psychosocial and needs assessment, diagnosis and treatment plan.
4. Complete intake and transition documentation according to regulatory and contract requirements.
5. Participate in Treatment Team meetings, SIR Debriefings and appropriate Child and Family Team meetings.
6. Provide therapeutic services that are knowledgeable and respectful of differing cultures and the norms that exist within various cultures.
7. Consult with Clinical Supervisor, Head of Service, Clinical Program Manager and Consulting Psychiatrist regarding assessment and treatment.
8. Establish and maintain consistent contact with client’s Placing Agency Representative, authorized representative, HHSA social worker regarding client’s progress, placement planning, medical needs, and outside services. Provide advocacy and disposition recommendations.
9. Participate in weekly individual and/or group supervision.
10. Attend all staff meetings and in-service trainings as required.
11. Observe and interact with resident in the setting(s) that best meets their needs.
12. Assist with crisis assessment and behavioral interventions.
13. Transport residents to appointments, including court hearings, using agency and/or personal vehicle, a needed.
14. Assist with on-site visits from Placing Agency Representatives.
15. Provide clinical services, prioritizing tasks to accommodate daily needs of residents.
16. Maintain contract productivity and documentation standards.
17. Provide a minimum of 5 hours of billable services to each assigned client weekly and a minimum of 20 hours of total billable services each week.
18. Provide services to clients not on their regularly assigned caseload, as needed and assigned, and to support the program when other therapists have time off.
19. Perform other tasks as assigned.

EFFECT ON END RESULT: This position assures that therapeutic and specialty mental health services and case management are provided in a trauma-informed and culturally respectful manner to support the care, treatment, and services of residents and their child/ren in Residential Services.

Job Type: Full-time