Licensed Mental Health Therapist

Job description

Nexus-Woodbourne Family Healing is seeking a licensed social worker or counselor that is well-versed with Trauma Informed practices and clinical diagnosis treatment processes to provide mental and behavioral health services to male identifying youth, ages 12 - 18.

Provide overall management of youth’s treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning. Therapist will provide clinical insight and work from a trauma informed lens to enhance the milieu and programming. Engage with families through family therapy and treatment planning. Collaborate with the community and providers related to the youth’s progress and discharge planning.

Primary responsibilities:

Trauma Informed Care

In coordination with the team, creates and drives a trauma-informed environment; establishing and maintaining a positive treatment culture and making necessary changes to ensure success.
Collaboration with youth and family to lead and develop to the Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plans; ensuring staff understand and utilize them in adherence to policy.
Engage in and have active involvement of the Family Collaborative Intake meetings.
Complete Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths functional assessment in accordance to the TCOM (collaborative) principals.
Through the collaborative effort with family, youth, and providers, develop and monitor the individual treatment plans.
Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models to youth and families. Examples: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
Milieu Coordination

Develop and facilitate milieu and treatment groups that are trauma informed, educational, and treatment focused.
Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings, using family centered language and youth driven principals.
Serve as a clinical treatment team leader to YCP's. This includes but is not limited to modeling and coaching staff on rapport building with clients, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques on the treatment milieu as needed.
Be available on-call for consultation/treatment direction and/or decisions when appropriate.
Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team. Coordinate and recommend therapeutic services for success after discharge.
Community Care

Coordinate/communicate aftercare needs of the client with family and all necessary social service and community providers to ensure a smooth transition.
Communicate with the treatment team to include all desired and necessary family members, educational, legal, community, and social service providers (as well as all-natural supports that the youth and family identify) to gather all necessary information to inform and support the treatment process.
Ensures that all required client reports, records, and all documentation are produced accurately and maintained in a consistent, timely, and professional manner according to policy and regulated statutes.
Educate and facilitate trainings for staff on trauma informed practices, clinical diagnosis treatment processes, and other clinically relevant training material.
Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and in-service as required.
Ensure confidentiality regarding mental health, medical issues, background treatment and comply with all HIPAA related requirements.
Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements.
Required Education and Licensure:

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or clinically related field.
Valid clinical licensure: Maryland- LMSW, LGPC, LCSW, LCSW-C, or LCPC
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements
Preferred Education and Experience:

Experience working in the Human Services field.

• Sign-On Bonus $2,500.00
• Company sponsored continuing education training
• Company sponsored Clinical license renewal expense