Brief In-home Stabilization Therapist

All are welcome! People of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply!

Washburn Center for Children is a leading children’s mental health center, caring for a wide variety of children’s needs associated with anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties and trauma.

The 141-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves almost 4,000 children ages 0-18 and approximately 9,000 family members each year. Washburn Center’s three office locations – Brooklyn Park, Edina, and Minneapolis – serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers in-home services, and its school-based program serves 50+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Savage, Burnsville and Eagan school districts.

The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes, schools and clinic-based services, visit us online.

What is Brief In-Home stabilization therapy?

During this 8 to 12 week acute mental health therapy, Washburn Center’s caring staff offers therapeutic services, skill-building, case management and parenting support, with a 24-hour on call service. Therapists collaborate with a child’s teachers and social workers to identify needs and develop strategies for increased stability. Our crisis stabilization therapists have tele-therapy appointments available to give families quick access to compassionate crisis support.

The comprehensive support provided through the Crisis Stabilization program is designed to help children, ages 3 through 17, with acute mental health distress, stay in their home and avoid psychiatric hospitalization or other out-of-home placements.

WHAT CAN WASHBURN CENTER OFFER YOU?

Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development. During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.

The Opportunity:

Washburn Center for Children has an opening for a full time Brief In-Home Stabilization Therapist. This position maintains a caseload of 6-10 children/students providing culturally based, individualized service to acute mental health distressed children and families, in their home, schools and community. Services may include assessment, crisis intervention, case management, therapy, parent education, and skills training. The purpose is to reduce the crisis, improve or maintain children and families emotional or behavioral functioning and to reduce the risk of out-of-home placement, hospitalization, risk of maltreatment, or to assist a child transitioning back to the community following a hospitalization or residential placement.

Role Responsibilities:

Clinical Treatment:

Our clinicians provide services to educate and support families to become empowered to better self-advocate and navigate the various systems with more confidence and skill.

They provide specialized direct services to children and their families, in their homes, schools, and communities. This includes: