Residential Therapist

SUNRISE CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Springfield, KY

Provides counseling, case management and treatment interventions (and/or make appropriate referrals for services) for clients and their families.

• Provides individual, family and group counseling (and/or refers for services) as well as case management for residents consistent with treatment plan and program goals.
• Leads the treatment team in the development and implementation o f an individualized treatment plan for each resident. Provides relevant information t o direct care staff to allow appropriate behavior interventions.
• Serves as the agency representative with the client’s custody holder regarding treatment, progress, critical incidents and other information pertinent to the placement, care and discharge of the resident.
• Ensures that youth live in a safe environment and are supervised according to agency policies, licensing and accreditation standards by managing the daily operation of the cottage or living unit.
• Exhibits professionalism and positive role modeling for clients, peers and outside groups/visitors.
• Maintains confidentiality o f client’s protected health information and complies with the HIPAA privacy rule.
• Ensures own professional growth and development.
• Demonstrates competence in trauma-informed principles and practices when interacting with all clients
• Ensures that required documentation and paperwork is completed according t o agency standards and requirements.
• Provide 2 4 hour a day, on-call coverage.
• Other duties a s assigned

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• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Good oral and basic written communication ability and the ability t o communicate effectively with the public and with co-workers.
• Education:
  
  Master’s degree in human service discipline required. Professional
• license o r credentials required
• Experience:
  
  Three years experience in counseling and/or case management required.
• Skill:
  Understands and applies basic child and adolescent development principles. Must be able to plan, develop, communicate and implement specific treatment plans for clients i n care. Knowledge o f basic procedures and/or operations/programs. Ability and judgment t o apply policies and procedures requiring a moderate degree of previous training or experience.
• Creativity:
  Ability to generate imaginative work or ideas which affect moderately complex activities within his/her work group, programs or department; and the ability to conceptualize the implementation thereof.
• Responsibility:
  Significant impact on quality and efficiency of services or operation of agency or revenues/expenses. Permitted t o make decisions on moderately complex problems/issues. Many people at this level are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Supervision:
  May assists Program Director/Chief Clinician with supervision of up t o 7-10 staff within living unit.
• Other:
  Must be able to travel; ability to drive unassisted statewide is required as necessary. Must b e capable of physically restraining youths up t o 19 years o f age.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required t o stand, walk, and talk o r hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and use hands t o finger, handle o r feel objects or tools; and to reach with hands and arms.

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