Behavioral Health ProfessionalCounselor

Position Title: Behavioral Health Professional/Counselor

Reports to: Program Manager

Primary

Location:

Osage Beach, Missouri

Designation: Exempt

Kids’ Harbor, Inc. is a child advocacy center servicing the Central Missouri Region for over 20 years. The Kids’ Harbor Counseling Program uses a team of professionals to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment to child victims of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, children who have witnessed violence, children who are drug endangered, and/or providing services to youth demonstrating problematic sexual behavior.

Summary:

This position is responsible for community collaboration, counseling services, and group counseling connected to trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment interventions.

• Targeted based treatment for child victims of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse, crisis counseling, utilizing best-practice, trauma-focused treatment modalities
• Treatment for youth with problematic sexual behavior, crisis counseling, utilizing best-practice, trauma-focused treatment modalities
• Assessment and evaluation of counseling needs, including pre and post assessment tools
• Development of treatment plan(s) with individualized goals and objectives
• Provision of individual and “family unit” therapy modalities
• Provide support groups and psycho-education groups for children that have victims of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse, have witnessed violence or are drug endangered, and/or youth with problematic sexual behavior, and their safe caregivers
• Serve on Kids’ Harbor’s Multidiscipline Teams, and as a consultant to team members as may be required and/or needed
• Submit/offer referrals for other services or resources
• Coordination/consultation with other agencies when and where ethically appropriate

• Provide treatment planning, case management and documentation, and follow-up of cases including support calls, networking with other agencies, and coordinating services
• Establish a therapeutic setting in which the environment is conducive to meeting the physical, social, and emotional needs of the children we serve
• Maintains client files according to federal law, State of Missouri, the National Children’s Alliance, The American Counseling Association, and Kids’ Harbor’s documentation standards
• Develop and integrate group therapy for child abuse victims, children with problematic sexual behavior, children who are drug endangered, or witnesses of violence and their safe caregivers
• Integrate evidence-based treatment interventions into clinical processes

• Participate in any legal/judicial and administrative proceedings when required and in accordance with professional standards of conduct
• Participates in peer review, group supervision, and individual supervision of cases as needed
• Participates in professional development and training specific to youth with problematic sexual behavior, evidence-based treatment, and continuing education through workshops, online training or in person training opportunities
• Participates in program planning and problem solving, attends and participates in multidiscipline case review meetings
• Maintains a productive and working relationship with multidisciplinary team members
• Participation in performance and quality improvement activity is required by each employee
• Therapists are expected to assist other employees, including practicum and intern students by sharing experience, expertise, and training
• Attend annual agency functions, special events, and meetings as necessary and appropriate
• Remain abreast of issues and current research related to child abuse and neglect, youth with problematic sexual behavior, and trauma informed, evidence-based counseling modalities
• Performs other duties as assigned

Master’s Degree and eligibility for provisional license in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other applied behavior social science degree (Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, etc.). Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with community partners,…