Licensed Therapist - Youth Residential Treatment Center

Licensed Therapist - Youth Residential Treatment Center

Recovery is possible with Ohio Guidestone. As leaders in the field of behavioral health with a history dating back to 1864, we address the needs of the whole person, helping them reset their paths, reclaim their autonomy and restore their purpose. Ohio Guidestone connects individuals with the resources needed to achieve lifelong success, providing community counseling, substance use disorder treatment, workforce development training, early childhood mental health services, psychiatric care, and more.

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Be the Difference! Be the Solution! Be Where New Paths Begin! Our Residential Treatment Center is seeking a passionate and empathic therapist to serve Children with diverse mental health diagnoses. The ideal candidate will have a genuine interest in providing individual and family counseling in a residential setting. This candidate will also have the opportunity to facilitate groups. Thisrole is a full-time Therapist position whose duty is providing direct support to a facility's residents.

Their goal will be to develop a therapeutic relationship with each client by providing individual, group or family therapy and be available for clinical consultation and crisis intervention as needed.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Individual Therapy Services

• Provides intensive, individualized psychotherapy.
• Supports residents to address social-emotional goals through a trauma informed lens.
• Implements a variety of creative interventions to meet the residents’ therapeutic needs.

Family Therapy Services

• Engages families in therapy.
• Develops goals with each family to strengthen family dynamics.
• Helps families establish routines and experiences that supports reunification and/or transition.
• Provide psychoeducation, as necessary.

Group Therapy Services

• Lead or co-facilitate day treatment groups that facilitate coping strategies and relationship building with other residents.
• Develop creative group curriculum and programing to meet the presenting needs of the residents.

Other Essential Functions

• Maintain consistent communication with parents and external providers and help manage daily logistics of the resident.
• Maintains ongoing frequent contact with agency case manager assigned or with client’s parents if case manager is not assigned to keep all parties updated on progress. Provides minor CPST function if case manager is not assigned.
• Assumes a strong advocacy role for clients and makes recommendations for clinical and support services needed upon discharge.
• Complete and maintain treatment plans, progress notes, communication logs, and other required paperwork within required time frames.
• Communicate with direct supervisor around problem solving issues and reflect on clinical work.
• Actively participate with clinical, medical, and operational teams to support the therapeutic needs of the residents.
• Collaborate with educators to understand and support resident’s social-emotional needs within the academic environment.
• Assumes a leadership role in the interpretation and support of agency policies.
• Meets and sustains the Ohio Guidestone designated productivity standard. Maintains minimum productivity level face to face contacts based on hours worked.
• Participates in agency and community meetings.
• Attends conferences and workshops to maintain professional competence. Provides in-service training as requested.
• May be involved in the planning, organization, and implementation of special events or department specific projects or seasonal program changes.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Exhibits positivity, flexibility, and a willingness to take on new responsibilities as requested or required.
• Demonstrates positive leadership, promote a team-based work environment, and present the Agency in the most positive light with all internal and external contacts.
• Must adhere to all Our Promise Values and Guiding Principles.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to physically restrain clients whose ages, heights and weights vary up to 300 lbs.
• Ability to correctly utilize PAARR and PAARR physical techniques when necessary.
• Ability to maintain…