Colorado Nonprofit Association

Residential Therapist

The Residential Therapist provides direct individual, family, and group psychotherapies for youth and families in the Residential/QRTP program for the purpose of effecting positive change, reunifying or maintaining youth with their families and to help youth appropriately function within the program they are placed.

Responsibilities:

• Business Operations: fulfills assigned responsibilities related to the Entrepreneurial Operating System.
• Provides a broad array of therapy services to adolescents, children, and families involved in the residential program.
• Maintains a minimum of 26 hours of billable, face-to-face client contact hours each week.
• Maintains contacts, as necessary, with all person/agencies that influence child/family functioning in order to coordinate service delivery and develop resources to aid effective discharge planning.
• Completes and submits all paperwork required for client files per regulations and standards.
• Participates in regular supervision with the Residential Clinical Director and attends other meetings and trainings as assigned.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulations from referring agencies, governing bodies, and regulatory entities.
• Coordinates the delivery of therapy services on all assigned cases with other staff who are involved with the client and his/her family.
• Provides oversight of the mental health needs of all assigned youth, making recommendations, and following up as necessary.
• Must be aware of and actively participate in internal Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) initiatives.
• Shares periodic on-call responsibilities for after-hours emergencies and mental health needs as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a Human Services field from a regionally accredited college or university required.
• Pre-licensed or Licensed LPC, LCSW, LSW, SWC, LMFT or LMFTC.
• Two or more years of treatment-oriented experience preferred.
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with adolescents and their families is required.
• Training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) a plus.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Expertise in identifying needs of trauma-affected individuals, both children and adults.
• Strong understanding of child development, family dynamics, and individual functioning.
• Proven ability to engage with challenging, traumatized, or disengaged individuals and families.
• Extensive experience with systemic family therapy and solution-focused approaches.
• Proficiency in working with external child-serving systems, including social services, judiciary, youth services, and education,
• Ability to maintain a positive, strength-based approach to facilitate client growth and positive change.
• Capacity to understand and be able to respond appropriately to the requirements presented by managed mental health care programs.
• Ability to work an open and flexible schedule to meet assigned staff, client, and program needs, including some holidays, nights and weekends.
• Ability to maintain healthy emotional and physical boundaries in personal and professional relationships
• Ability to work with sensitivity to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity of the agency’s clients and staff.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and trust.
• Must pass a background check, drug screening, and physical exam.

Why Griffith Centers?

• Community Impact: Be part of a team that is dedicated to serving the local community and making a difference in the lives of children and families.
• Values-Driven Culture! Embody our core values: service oriented, psychological and physical safety, ethical, passionate, and collaborative and see how they can transform lives.
• Exciting Challenges: Thrive in a fast-paced, community setting that creates dynamic, vibrant, and diverse activities and interactions, and every day presents new opportunities for growth and learning.