Family Therapist / Clinician II - IDD

WE ARE OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR CLINICIAN POSITIONS!

Job Summary

The Family Therapist / Clinician II provides skilled assessment and delivery of quality mental health care to youth and family in Community, Home, School, or Residential setting. This position will lead projects and mentor Clinician I staff as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

• Assess Hillside youth and family needs through clinical interventions to treat and achieve positive outcomes.
• Create, implement, evaluate, and modify, as needed, individual treatment plans to meet assessed client’s unique needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Assess and facilitate referrals to Hillside services and resources.
• Facilitate individual and group therapy, as well as family therapy, based on client needs.
• Collaborate with other informal supports, community, and mental health providers to provide needed services to clients.
• Develop, maintain, and retain all required documentation in a compliant and timely manner, including but not limited to, clinical assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes.
• Act as the primary contact for the treatment plan for youth being treated.
• Take on more complex cases and work independently.
• Supervise interns and provide team mentoring and clinical guidance to Clinician I and other staff.
• Lead projects and provide clinical consultation and training to clinical staff as assigned.
• May provide transportation for youth as needed to appointments, meetings, or appearances.
• Ensure Hillside policies, procedures and all applicable governmental laws / regulations / guidelines are followed.
• Residential Treatment Facilities : Community based responsibilities (i.e., driving to families' homes to support in home family work) for Family Therapy.
• Youth ACT and Therapeutic Foster Care programs : On call responsibilities as scheduled.
• While this job description covers many aspects of the role, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

Special Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

In addition to demonstrating the Hillside Professional Competencies of Communicates Effectively, Personal Excellence, Cultural Competence, Builds and Leverages Relationships, Optimizes Decision Making, the following occupational competencies must be demonstrated :

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

$60,500 Minimum pay rate, $84,500 Maximum pay rate, based on experience. This pay rate may include a Regional and / or Department premium.