Behavioral Health Professional​/Counselor

Position Title: Behavioral Health Professional/Counselor

Reports to: Program Manager

Primary

Location:

St. Robert, Missouri

Designation: Exempt

Kids’ Harbor, Inc. is a child advocacy center servicing the Central Missouri Region for over 20 years. The Kids’ Harbor Counseling Program uses a team of professionals to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment to child victims of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, children who have witnessed violence, children who are drug endangered, and/or providing services to youth demonstrating problematic sexual behavior.

Summary:

This position is responsible for community collaboration, counseling services, and group counseling connected to trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment interventions.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES Client Services:

• Provide direct and indirect services to children who have been victims of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse, children who have witnessed violence, and children who are drug endangered. Provide caregiver support by providing informed care connected to child services.
• Targeted based treatment for child victims of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse, crisis counseling, utilizing best-practice, trauma-focused treatment modalities.
• Treatment for youth with problematic sexual behavior, crisis counseling, utilizing best-practice, trauma-focused treatment modalities.
• Assessment and evaluation of counseling needs, including pre and post assessment tools.
• Development of treatment plan(s) with individualized goals and objectives.
• Provision of individual and “family unit” therapy modalities.
• Provide support groups and psycho-education groups for children that have victims of sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse, have witnessed violence or are drug endangered, and/or youth with problematic sexual behavior, and their safe caregivers.
• Serve on Kids’ Harbor’s Multidiscipline Teams, and as a consultant to team members as may be required and/or needed.
• Submit/offer referrals for other services or resources.
• Coordination/consultation with other agencies when and where ethically appropriate.

Program Coordination:

• Provide treatment planning, case management and documentation, and follow-up of cases including support calls, networking with other agencies, and coordinating services.
• Establish a therapeutic setting in which the environment is conducive to meeting the physical, social, and emotional needs of the children we serve.
• Maintains client files according to federal law, State of Missouri, the National Children’s Alliance, The American Counseling Association, and Kids’ Harbor’s documentation standards.
• Develop and integrate group therapy for child abuse victims, children with problematic sexual behavior, children who are drug endangered, or witnesses of violence and their safe caregivers.
• Integrate evidence-based treatment interventions into clinical processes.

Community

Collaboration:

• Participate in any legal/judicial and administrative proceedings when required and in accordance with professional standards of conduct.
• Participates in peer review, group supervision, and individual supervision of cases as needed.
• Participates in professional development and training specific to youth with problematic sexual behavior, evidence-based treatment, and continuing education through workshops, online training or in person training opportunities.
• Participates in program planning and problem solving, attends and participates in multidiscipline case review meetings.
• Maintains a productive and working relationship with multidisciplinary team members.
• Participation in performance and quality improvement activity is required by each employee.
• Therapists are expected to assist other employees, including practicum and intern students by sharing experience, expertise, and training.
• Attend annual agency functions, special events, and meetings as necessary and appropriate.
• Remain abreast of issues and current research related to child abuse and neglect, youth with problematic sexual behavior, and trauma informed, evidence-based counseling modalities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Licensure/Certification

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s…