Licensed Therapist

Hope Haven of East Texas is a Christian, faith-based non-profit providing a direct solution to the foster care crisis in East Texas. We demonstrate Christ’s love to children and teens in the foster care system by providing home, healing, and hope through a combination of residential and family care, life skills training, and professional mental and behavioral support because we believe that every child deserves to be safe and equipped for the future.

THERAPIST

REPORTS TO:

Director of Family Solutions

Department:
Family Solutions

• 1. Master's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another related behavioral health field.
• 2. Must hold a current, unrestricted Texas license in good standing as one of the following:
• o Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• o Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
• o Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• 3. Must be independently licensed to provide clinical mental health and psychotherapy services without requiring clinical supervision for licensure.
• 4. Minimum of two years of therapeutic experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and/or families preferred.
• 5. Experience working with children and adolescents involved in foster care, residential treatment, child welfare, kinship care, adoption, or reunification is strongly preferred.
• 6. Experience providing trauma-informed and evidence-based mental health treatment is preferred.
• 7. Must maintain active professional licensure in good standing throughout employment and meet all applicable credentialing requirements for services provided through Family Solutions.
• 8. Must meet applicable Medicaid, managed care organization, contractual, and program credentialing requirements when providing reimbursable behavioral health services.

Primary

Purpose:

The Therapist provides trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health services through Hope Haven's Family Solutions program

______________________________________________________________________________Compensation Status:
Full-Time Salaried (Exempt)

• Provide individual, family, and group therapy according to client needs and treatment recommendations.
• Utilize trauma-informed and evidence-based therapeutic approaches appropriate to the client’s diagnosis, developmental level, strengths, and treatment goals.
• Therapeutic approaches may include CBT, TF-CBT, DBT-informed interventions, EMDR when appropriately trained, Motivational Interviewing, and other evidence-supported interventions.
• Maintain appropriate therapeutic boundaries and provide culturally responsive, client-centered services.
• Monitor client progress and modify therapeutic interventions as clinically appropriate.

• Complete clinical assessments and other required screenings within the therapist's scope of practice.
• Develop individualized treatment plans based on identified needs, strengths, diagnoses, and client/family goals.
• Review and update treatment plans according to agency, payer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in discharge and transition planning to promote continuity of care.

• Complete progress notes, treatment plans, assessments, discharge documentation, and other required clinical records accurately and within established Family Solutions timelines.
• Ensure documentation supports medical necessity and services provided.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, professional licensing requirements, Medicaid requirements when applicable, agency policies, contracts, and applicable state regulations.
• Participate in documentation reviews, quality assurance activities, and corrective actions when necessary.

• Engage biological parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, adoptive families, residential staff, and other identified supports when clinically appropriate.
• Provide education and therapeutic support to caregivers to strengthen placement stability and treatment outcomes.
• Coordinate with caregivers and treatment team members while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and release of information.

• Collaborate with Family Solutions staff, Behavior Support services, Medication Education/Nursing services, residential programs, case managers, child placing agencies, schools, medical providers, and other community partners as appropriate.
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