What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Therapist/Psychologist VA position at The Center for Adoption Support and Education?
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health services for the adoption, foster, and kinship care community. We envision a world where every child and family connected to adoption, foster and kinship care thrives. Our mission is to improve the well-being and permanence of children and their families by providing adoption competent mental health services, advancing learning to build a responsive national network of professionals, and transforming policy and practice through research and advocacy.
For over 25 years, C.A.S.E. has combined best practices and innovation to provide specialized individual and family therapy, psychiatric services and support groups, education, and training. We have become a local, national, and international resource for adoptive, foster, and kinship families and the professionals who support them. C.A.S.E. set out in 2021 on a new strategic direction to grow our clinical and training programs into a National Demonstration & Teaching Clinic – now known as the C.A.S.E. Academy, and the National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services. It is an exciting time as we grow our evidenced-based adoption-competent clinical model and our accredited, award-winning training programs nationwide.
C.A.S.E has an annual budget of $12.5 million and a staff of 70 employees.
We are seeking a skilled, energetic therapist to join our team in the Annandale, Virgina office. All therapists receive individual and group supervision and have opportunities for continuing education, including participation in C.A.S.E.’s nationally recognized Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) initiative.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:
- Provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy to foster and adoptive children and their families.
- Conduct initial psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans.
- Perform other duties as required.
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