Job: Therapist - Masters' Level

Provide individual therapeutic services to youth as assessed by the treatment team. Develops youth needs assessment and Psychosocial History to formulate treatment plan. Prioritize treatment plan to focus on youth mental health and substance abuse issues, ensuring monthly updates reflecting progress. Complete documentation related to individual, group and family sessions that are provided to the youth, as well as, monthly progress updates related to mental health services.

•Under the supervision of the licensed clinical supervisor, conducts needs
assessments and psychosocial to document history and identify preliminary
issues for treatment focus by interviewing the resident and their family
members one on one and transcribing relevant information
•Participates in the development and implementation of treatment plans under
the supervision of the licensed clinical supervisor
•Under the supervision of licensed clinical supervisor, provides group and
family process oriented therapies using various professional treatment
modalities
•Develops and assists in individualized discharge planning for the residents
by utilizing treatment team and written chart information to determine
residents’ aftercare needs
•Attends regular treatment team meetings to provide therapists perspective to
total case management of the resident by reading and discussing written
progress notes from charts and communicating any state or local agency legal
requirement for case management with the interdisciplinary team. Monitors
overall course of treatment services
•Conducts educational and other didactic groups for resident and family members
•Makes handwritten entries to resident charges describing therapy performed,
progress in discharge planning process, and/or other interventions
•Reports incidents of suspected abuse using prescribed forms and protocols
from the relevant community/state agency
•Provides individual therapy as specified on the youth’s individual treatment
plan
•With the supervision of licensed professional, monitors overall youth’s
course of treatment services
•Conducts Substance Intervention and Education groups