What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Therapist position at Bellewood and Brooklawn?
Education
The Therapist must have at least a master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Art Therapy, or a related field and at least three years of clinical experience working with children or adolescents.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
The Therapist must qualify for CSW, LCSW, LPCA, LPCC, MFT, LMFT, PsyD, T.L.P.A., LPA in KENTUCKY.
Description
The Clinical Therapist's primary duties will include the provision of individual, family, and group therapy to youth in residential treatment and their families or caregivers. Youth served are generally between the ages of 8 and 17, healing from a variety of experiences, including trauma, depression, anxiety, ineffective coping, and family relationship challenges. Typical caseload is 9-13 youth. The clinical therapist will also provide psychosocial assessments, ongoing risk assessment, participate in treatment team meetings, advise on precautions for increased safety issues, and contribute to the on-call rotation to handle situations that occur outside regular business hours. Documentation for services will be completed in an electronic health record. Regular communication, written and verbal, with outside partners, such as the Department for Community Based Services, family and juvenile court, the school system, Court Designated Workers, and others is expected.
Minimum $52,500
Independent Clinical Practitioners Minimum $65,625
Requirements
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.
Salary : $65,625