Therapist, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Join our team today! At Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, we are dedicated to empowering Youth, fostering hope, and creating brighter futures. Our mission is to be advocates, educators, coaches, and role models for the Youth we serve. We strongly believe that every young individual deserves a chance to thrive and reach their full potential.

Elevate the well‑being of at‑risk youth in the residential setting through meaningful therapeutic interventions. Join us in creating a supportive environment by offering individual, family, and group therapy. Your role will actively contribute to the program’s philosophy, collaborating seamlessly with other departments. Let’s make a difference together.

• Be responsible for weekly individual therapy sessions for each youth in program.
• Conduct at least one weekly group session for youth, or more often based on program needs.
• Make diligent effort to engage parents/ guardians in youth’s treatment planning including family therapy (either weekly, monthly or quarterly as determined by need).
• Take lead in coordination with Manager/ Director on scheduling and facilitating quarterly Individual Treatment Plan reviews for each youth during team meeting.
• Make diligent effort to connect with parents, guardians, extended kinship networks and key stakeholders in a collaborative and respectful manner to develop a wraparound multi‑disciplinary team that meets quarterly in Care Planning Meetings to review progress, goals, supports, strengths, creative plans and transition plans.
• Promote and support educational, employment, and treatment goals of the Youth.
• Complete assessments and assist in the admissions assessment process for youth who will be assigned to their program (or others as requested).
• Schedule and attend off‑site meetings as needed and deemed appropriate. This included but is not limited to school visits, home visits (at least quarterly) and meetings in the community.
• Be responsible for timely and accurate communication and documents within Program, i.e. ITPs, transition summaries, log entries and therapy notes.
• Serve as Primary Medication Administrator for program which includes monitoring the daily dispensation process and quality of documentation.
• In consult with the agency nurse, schedule and attend all psychiatric appointments with the youth.
• Collaborate with agency nurse on pharmacy orders/shipments and setup and manage online medication records through the agency’s blueprint database system.
• Support the medical care coordination of the youth.
• Assist and support crisis management and the necessary safety plan follow‑up. Take leadership role when youth may need to be hospitalized, including accompanying youth to the hospital or problem‑solving with program manager/ director to ensure other staff can.
• Be responsible for (or accessible to advise on) the use of de‑escalation and behavior management techniques as outlined in CPI protocol.
• Employ all aspects of de‑escalation and behavior management techniques as outlined in CPI protocol.
• Provide supervision of Youth in program and during off‑site activities.
• Support and participate in agency and program events.
• Consistently engage in milieu routine and activities.
• Implement quarterly testing and share results with team.
• Actively participate in regular supervision with Manager, monthly clinical meetings as well as regular clinical supervision meetings with Clinical Director.
• Engage in care planning meetings and family meetings (i.e. review efficacy of treatment being provided and consistency with the Mercy Model).
• Provide safe transportation for youth and their support systems, following agency policy and state laws.
• Actively engage in learning and integrating developmentally appropriate, attachment-informed, and trauma‑responsive theory and practice consistent with the Mercy Model of Care.
• Learn, align with, and execute the treatment philosophies, modalities and practices of the Agency, including adherence to ethical guidelines and professional boundaries.

• Master’s Degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related clinical field.
• Clinical experience working with…