Staff Therapist - Youth and Family Division
On-siteTyler, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Provide individual, group, couple, and family counseling to children, adolescents, and families while maintaining electronic clinical records and collecting fees. Participate in clinical staffing, case consultations, and administrative meetings, and actively develop the Center's referral network through community engagement and education. Complete at least 10 hours of specific training regarding work with youth and families, and represent organizational standards in inter-professional collaboration. Perform assigned administrative and development tasks, including attending staff retreats and consulting with referring professionals. Work indoors primarily, with occasional outdoor duties during special events, while lifting items up to 25 pounds and operating office machinery.
Required Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's or doctor's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or equivalent
- Valid license within the State of Texas
- Free from any license sanction and/or professional restrictions that could negatively impact the organization
- At least 2 years of clinical training and experience respective of field of practice and licensure
- Experience working with children, adolescents, and families in a clinical setting for at least 1 year
- Specific training in the scope of at least 10 hours regarding working with children and adolescents
- Ability to clearly articulate how theory impacts work with youth and families
- Ability to effectively communicate with caregivers of youth and families
- Ability to use the language and methodology of differential diagnosis and familiarity with the contributions of various diagnostic tests
- Ability to assess a client's therapeutic needs, to establish a therapeutic relationship, and to conduct, complete, terminate, and evaluate that therapy
- Ability to relate the contributions of various disciplines to the therapeutic task and to make appropriate use of inter-professional collaboration
- Ability to honor and integrate a client's spiritual beliefs and practices within the therapeutic process
- Ability to work effectively with the community, including but not limited to donors, sponsors, other nonprofits, and agencies that collaborate with the organization
- Ability to think holistically about the therapeutic task and the relation of therapy to the total task of integrating care for mind, body, and spirit
- Ability and willingness to develop and cultivate his/her own caseload by representing the organization in the community and relating to referral sources
- Ability to establish and maintain appropriate personal and professional relationships and boundaries both within and outside the organization
- Ability to remain in a stationary position between 50-80% of the time worked
- Ability to traverse the office area
- Ability to constantly operate office machinery such as computers, calculators, faxes and printers
- Ability to lift, push, pull or move items up to approximately 25 pounds
- Ability to kneel, stoop, crouch or traverse tight spaces
- Ability to communicate frequently using appropriate senses in order to detect, discern, identify, recognize, judge, observe, estimate, inspect or assess details of the work environment
Desired Qualifications
- Membership to corresponding professional associations respective of licensure
- At least 2 years of clinical training and experience respective of field of practice and licensure preferred
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