Program Therapist

We are currently looking for aFull Time Program Therapist to join our Violence Prevention and Residential Recovery Team B team located at the Healthy Lifestyles working Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Provides therapeutic services to families, couples and individuals.

• Provides family, couple, individual and group therapies as needed
• Implements empirically validated measurements into therapeutic practice to assess for client progress in therapy and to measure overall therapeutic effectiveness with clients
• Collaborates with other professionals to ensure appropriate care of clients
• Leads family education classes, such as relationship enhancement training
• Assists in ongoing initiatives to build and maintain referrals for services
• Utilizes an electronic health record keeping system to complete progress notes, treatment plans and other therapy-related materials to document appropriate legal and ethical standards
• Interfaces with other Department of Family Services programs and other non-tribal entities to effectively deliver services to clients
• Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
  • Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
  • Greets and engages with a smile
  • Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
• Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
• Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
  • Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
  • Maintains and promotes professionalism
  • Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
  • Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
• Makes sure knowledge of all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

• Essential:
  Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
• Essential:
  Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
• Essential:
  Ability to work independently
• Essential:
  Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
• Essential:
  Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Essential:
  Knowledge of relevant privacy regulations such as The Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Essential:
  Must have a helping attitude and understanding of problems within a family-oriented framework
• Essential:
  Knowledge and understanding of First American populations
• Essential:
  Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
• Essential:
  Writes effective communications with team, departments, guests and management
• Essential:
  Ability to work effectively in a stressful environment or situation
• Essential:
  Ability to recognize, interpret, and regulate your own emotions, and understand those of other people
• Essential:
  Ability to use a trauma-informed approach with individuals, which promotes environments of healing and recovery
• Essential:
  Demonstrates and prioritizes personal well-being and utilizes available resources as needed to support others effectively
• Essential:
  Must have empathetic understanding of common social problems (addictions, mental health problems, domestic violence, sexual assault, etc.)
• Essential:
  Ability to remain calm under stress

• Essential:
  Basic Computer skills
• Essential:
  Demonstrates strong self-management skills, including maintaining a healthy work life balance to ensure quality customer service

Nonessential: 2 years directly related experience

• Essential:
  Masters Degree in directly related field
• Essential:
  Master’s degree in marriage and family therapy preferred, or Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, or related field

• Essential:
  Pass general background check
• Essential:…