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The Center for Women and Families - Contract Therapist (Sexual Assault - KY)

Together, disrupting the cycle of intimate partner and sexual violence is our mission. Do you want to join us in making a difference in the lives of people surviving power-based violence? The Center for Women and Families is looking for warm, caring, and empathetic individuals driven by a desire to help others! The Contract Therapist (Sexual Assault - KY) helps to move toward our vision of thriving survivors in safe communities! 

The Center for Women and Families provides free services to people of all identities who have experienced intimate partner violence and sexual assault. We help our clients and their dependent children become survivors through trauma-informed advocacy. Our goal is to mitigate the impact of their trauma by reducing their risk factors and building their resiliency. We serve anyone in Jefferson, Bullitt, Spencer, Shelby, Oldham, Henry, and Trimble counties in Kentucky, and Floyd and Clark counties in Indiana. 

The Contract Therapist (Sexual Assault - KY) is responsible for facilitating individual, group, and family counseling with victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault using brief, evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Gathers information for intake assessment. Conducts intake interviews and completes individual assessments of client’s status and required comprehensive services.
• Conducts brief therapeutic interventions to facilitate individual and group sessions, crisis intervention, client education groups, with survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
• Maintains knowledge of current methodology and treatment trends and demonstrates proficiency with clients.
• Assists in coverage for crisis lines and shelter as assigned.
• Other relevant duties and core competency functions of a clinician as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or related field.
• Licensed to practice a mental health discipline under Kentucky laws (LCSW, LPCC, etc.), or be working toward full licensure providing your own supervisor.

The Center requires the basic round of COVID vaccinations and highly recommends boosters. 

Learn more about us from our social media links: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecenteronline

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-women-and-families/jobs/

We value diversity and inclusion as a key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and out employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for helping others. For us, diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one's identity. We support an inclusive workplace where staff succeed based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

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