Job description

Volunteers of America Minnesota is a nonprofit health and human services organization that annually serves more than 25,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and adults completing incarceration. Since 1896, we have helped people gain self-reliance, dignity, and hope.

The primary responsibility of the Residential Therapist role is to assure each resident’s clinical needs are met and individual treatment plans are adhered to by the clinical and unit treatment team. This comes in the form of providing individual, family, and skills group therapy, as well as providing leadership and psychoeducation to a group of residential counselors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide regular individual and family therapy sessions; about 14+ clients per week
• Provide clinical direction to the treatment team
• Develop comprehensive treatment plans in cooperation with clients, families and the treatment team
• Lead treatment plan review meetings
• Facilitate DBT skills group at least one time per week
• Attend and participate weekly in clinical and psychiatric consultation meetings and all required trainings
• Coordinate consultation and services with psychiatrist, case managers, families, and other Avanti staff as needed to maximize client success
• Complete ongoing documentation (diagnostic assessments, session notes, group notes, etc.)
• Utilize creativity in your trained and preferred interventions to guide clients to achieve their goals
• Arrange for provision of services and referrals as necessary
• Collaborate on overall operations assessment
• Meet affirmative action goals established by the organization while maintaining a work environment which respects and supports cultural competence and proficiency
• Assure program participant privacy is maintained by being knowledgeable and following HIPAA privacy and security regulations
• Participate in on-call rotation with fellow clinical team members to provide support/guidance via phone to direct care staff outside of business hours (phone consultation only- does not require going in to work site)
• Conduct concurrent insurance reviews to ensure continuity of care as needed

Requirements Education/Experience:

• Must have a master's degree in one of the following fields from an accredited college or university and working towards licensure (e.g. Clinical Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy)
• Licensed Mental Health Professional preferred (LMFT, LICSW, LPCC, etc.)
• 2 to 3 years of experience working with emotionally disturbed children and adolescents preferred (preferably in a residential or hospital setting)
• Experience completing DAs, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Effective communication, both orally and in writing
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients and co-workers
• Ability to pass a background check

Skill:

• Leadership
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving
• Time Management
• Transferable skills
• Negotiating/Mediating
• Skills in individual, family and group therapy
• Capacity to assess program participants and families

About our Program:

Avanti Center provides therapeutic, residential care to adolescents age 12-17 whose sex is assigned female, who are experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges. This intensive, supportive environment serves adolescents that have tried outpatient services and are unable to be supported at home or in their community due to their mental health needs. Diagnoses include depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and emerging personality disorders which often present as self-injurious behavior and history of frequent hospitalizations for suicidal ideation and attempts. DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)-based interventions are used in programming.

Position Pay range: *$50,000-$58,000 starting annual salary, dependent on licensure and qualifications

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $24.03 - $27.88 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Blaine, MN 55449: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person

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