Intensive In-Home Therapist

Full Job Description:

Are you interested in joining a team of dedicated, hard-working and passionate clinicians While our important work motivates our drive for excellence, we also offer a collaborative culture with perks and benefits. Denver Children's Home is able to provide professional supervision toward licensure.

SUMMARY:

The Intensive In-Home Therapist will be responsible for providing family therapy, individual therapy, parent skills training, case management services, advocacy, links to community resources, and crisis response to families in their homes and the community. Additionally, occasional therapeutic services may be offered to the Day Treatment, and Residential Treatment Programs at Denver Children's Home (DCH) as assigned. The Intensive In-Home Therapist will maintain all clinical documentation or reporting, attend team meetings, and develop treatment plans using culturally competent, strengths-based, and trauma informed interventions. This position requires flexibility in shifts and on-call responsibilities.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide individual therapy, family therapy, couples’ therapy, sibling support, parent skills training in families’ homes and in the community.
• Design treatment plans that are sensitive to the client’s and family’s needs.
• Implement treatment plans, evaluate progress, and maintain all required clinical documentation per agency policy in a timely manner.
• Collaborate and coordinate with families, caseworkers, and other members of the treatment team (i.e. GAL’s, PO’s, teachers, outpatient therapists, psychiatrists, and other involved professionals) to ensure continuity of care from the time of admission to discharge.
• Schedule and lead monthly staffing’s, client meetings, and other treatment planning sessions as required (i.e. TDM’s, IEP meetings, court hearings).
• Oversee authorizations for client caseload (scheduling utilization reviews, attending reviews, completing all required paperwork per funding source, and ensuring that all clients have current authorizations for services).
• Complete all required paperwork (i.e. contact logs, case notes, treatment plans, monthly reports, IIR’s, CIR’s, discharge reports, diagnostic assessments, service authorizations, and other reports and/or assessments as required and adhere to all required deadlines per agency policy.
• Develop, maintain, and terminate therapeutic relationships with clients and families as appropriate.
• Collaborate and coordinate with Family Support Specialists to provide appropriate wrap-around services to families.
• Assist in developing curriculum and lead psycho educational groups, parenting education classes, speaker series, and practical support groups at the DCH Family Resource Center as assigned.
• Cover one week of on-call providing 24/7 as-needed crisis support to families via the DCH Recovery Center with the support of the Program/ Executive Director of Community-Based Programs.
• Maintain compliance with annual DMV reviews, physicals, and all training and compliance requirements including attending in-service meetings.
• Have and maintain certification in Therapeutic Crisis Interventions and intervene in crisis using approved crisis intervention strategies including physical management of clients.
• Provide transportation for families to services or appointments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation/Benefits:

• Competitive salaries, based on education & experience.
• 2 weeks paid time off and personal time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 403B plan, life insurance, LTD and STD
• Clinical Supervision
• Continuing Education Opportunities

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of a master’s degree in a mental health related field (i.e. Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or related field).
• Be licensed or license eligible in the state of Colorado.
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with children, adolescents, and families with significant emotional disabilities, behavioral issues, and/or trauma in a home-based setting.
• Familiarity with residential and day-treatment level of care a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND/OR ABILITIES

• Have knowledge of and an understanding of advanced, evidenced-based, and trauma-informed individual and family therapy skills and therapeutic interventions.
• Ability to quickly assess, identify, and develop specific and measurable goals and objectives for therapeutic interventions.
• Ability and willingness to work as an integral part of a high-functioning and goal-oriented multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to take initiative, be flexible, and take ownership of projects.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to diverse cultures.
• Knowledge of and ability to implement conflict resolution and crisis intervention.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and maintain professionalism under pressure.
• Exceptional time management skills and ability to prioritize.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries and professionalism with colleagues, peers, and clients at all times.

*REQUIREMENTS** Work a flexible work schedule including evenings and weekends as assigned.

• Ability to pass a functional skills physical and subsequent physicals every two years
• Pass background check with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Ability to gain clearance through the Colorado Central Registry of Child Abuse and neglect (TRAILS).
• Have or obtain and maintain First Aid and CPR certification.
• Have and maintain certification in Therapeutic Crisis Interventions and intervene in crisis using approved crisis intervention strategies including physical management of clients.
• Provide transportation for families to services or appointments.
• Maintain QMAP certification.
• Be a Qualified Driver as defined by the DCH Automobile Insurance Policy and complete DCH Van Training to become transport eligible.
• Must have a car and provide proof of adequate insurance coverage.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Denver, CO 80220: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person