What are the responsibilities and job description for the MILIEU THERAPIST- Adolescent position at EDCare?
Job Details
Description
Subject: Position Description
Job Title: Milieu Therapist
Department: Denver Milieu
Programs: APHP/IOP
Supervisor: Program Director
FLSA: Non-Exempt, Hourly
Schedule: Monday-Thursday: 10:00 am-6:00 pm, and Friday: 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Summary of Major Functions:
Provide and maintain structure for Partial Hospitalization Program and Transitional Intensive Outpatient Program. Services include conducting psycho-educational groups, facilitating meals and meal processing, documentation, and encouraging a therapeutic milieu.
Milieu Staff Duties and Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates knowledge of and practice of effective counseling skills.
- Facilitates meals with patients in a fashion consistent with current policies and procedures; eats and models appropriate eating behaviors during assigned mealtimes with patients.
- Contributes clinical information and observations about patients in weekly staffing.
- Facilitates integration of new patients into the program by demonstrating knowledge of all aspects of the clinical program.
- Demonstrates ability to build therapeutic rapport.
- Facilitates groups with expertise, demonstrating ability to engage, set limits and monitor the group process.
- Maintains and develops group curriculum for psycho-ed groups.
- Is creative in therapeutic interventions to maintain a safe, supportive, clinically sound milieu.
- Is present and available for patient requests and needs; provides outreach to patients when necessary.
- Maintains daily program structure.
- Timely completion and accuracy of clinical paperwork: progress notes, group notes etc.
- Ensures completion of daily attendance sheet for billing purposes.
- Takes responsibility for opening and/or closing the facility.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Salary : $25 - $29
