BRIGHT Beginnings Therapist

Pay Range: $45,000 - $50,000 Annually (could change if licensed)

Position Overview

Provides counseling and therapeutic support to students at local preschools and Head Start programs, ages 0-5. Work with individuals, families, and groups to provide evaluation, assessment, service planning, direct psychotherapy services, health and wellness, and training to children and families of the Head Start. This role shall also provide training and mental health consultation services to the Head Start staff. Therapist will assist students, families, and schools in developing comprehensive behavioral health plans to address needs that may interfere with student educational success and overall well-being.

The therapist will provide services in the office, community, or in the schools.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The most important knowledge, skills, and abilities are listed for Therapists
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Knowledge:

• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological or social work research methods; and the assessment and counseling modalities of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of principles, theories, models, methods, and procedures for counseling of physical/mental/emotional/behavioral dysfunctions in the capacity of individual, family, and group therapy.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for psycho-educational instruction for group counseling and the measurement of training effects.
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
• Knowledge of counseling rules and ethics.

Skills:

• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Abilities:

• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Position Duties and Responsibilities

Occupation specific tasks and the most important generalized work activities are listed for Therapist
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• Perform needs assessment and goal plan through interview, observation, client and guardian input completely and within designated time frame as determined by supervisor/agency policy.
• Assist students, families, and schools in developing comprehensive behavioral health plans to address needs that may interfere with student educational success and overall well-being.
• Facilitate therapy sessions as prescribed on their treatment plan, which may be held weekly, bi-weekly, or more frequently as determined by their plan.
• Provide progress summaries to the Head Start director and provide updates to the teacher.
• Family therapy will be offered for each student served. Family services may be received in the school, in the family’s community, or YCC’s outpatient office.
• Attend quarterly Health Service Advisory Committee and Disability Advisory Board meetings as scheduled and available.
• Submit and provide a written report to Head Start on all assessments and therapy sessions and submit and complete required documentation (summary reports, contact log, etc.) and ensure that the date, time, services, and…