PRN Therapist

Description

Schedule: PRN, as needed.

Who We Are:

Work in a scenic, home-like environment with a team of professionals providing comprehensive and compassionate care for adolescent and adult women who are diagnosed with eating disorders. Selah House Indiana is the only licensed inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization program (PHP) eating disorder treatment center in the state of Indiana.

Why you will love this job:

• Scenic work environment (78 acre campus with pastures, woods and a pond and an on-site equine program) in home-like residential facilities.
• Family-oriented, collaborative, compassionate and supportive team that loves what they do.
• Person-first treatment approach that focuses on clients obtaining successful recovery.

How You Will Contribute:

The PRN Therapist is responsible for providing individual and group psychological services for assigned clients of Selah House. 

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization:  Maintains frequent and close working relationships with clients, management, clinical leadership, facility leadership, peers and vendors. 

Outside the organization:  May initiate and maintain working relationships with clinical providers, referral partners, families and vendors as needed and directed.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for the clinical management of his/her assigned clients.
• Assists in identification of treatment/contract goals, completing the initial psychosocial assessment.
• Responsible for maintaining contact with the assigned client’s referring/outpatient therapist during the course of the client’s stay and the family when/if appropriate.
• Completes and updates treatment plan for assigned clients.
• Assist in providing clinical updates to the insurance company’s Case Manager.
• Meets with clients two to three times weekly, to help explore identified issues and behaviors in relationship to current symptoms.
• Attends group meetings, meals and other activities in the milieu to better establish a relationship with clients.
• Provides comprehensive understanding of current behaviors and relational dynamics while using a variety of therapeutic modalities.
• Attends the weekly team meetings and share observations, comments and important information about clients with the treatment team and provides input into the development of the weekly schedules for all of his/her assigned clients.
• Responsible for proper charting and ensuring that all documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Assists in meal/snack supervision as assigned and attends special occasion activities for the clients.
• Assists with discharge planning, including a written discharge summary and obtaining referral sources and necessary support systems once the client is discharged.
• Depending on credentials and/or licensure, may serve as a preceptor to graduate students while they are completing an internship at Selah House.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications related to Selah House Mission and population.

Qualifications

What We Are Seeking:

• Master’s Degree Required
• Licensed or working toward license (MFT, LPC, LCSW, PhD) in the state of Indiana
• 2 Years mental health experience with 1 year eating disorders preferred

Other Requirements

Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance.

Selah House provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Selah House reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” 

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