Counseling Intern

Children's Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clinical Director at Children’s Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County oversees the leadership and direction of the mental health component of client services. This role provides and coordinates therapeutic counseling/intervention services to child abuse victims and non-offending caregivers, while supervising on-staff therapists.

The director serves as the liaison with law enforcement, Child Protective Services, district attorney offices, medical personnel, and other community partners to

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ experience in direct clinical services to children and their families.
• Ability and experience in providing clinical supervision, training, and guidance to therapists-in-training.
• Play, Family and Crisis Intervention therapy experience
• Knowledge of psychological assessment administration and interpretation
• Knowledge of most recent research and interventions proven effective with abused children and families.
• Maintains appropriate licensure, credentials, continuing education for supervising therapists-in-training

Responsibilities

• Oversee supervision and direction of mental health services for clients.
• Coordinate therapeutic counseling/interventions for child abuse victims and families.
• Supervise therapists-in-training and provide training and guidance.
• Liaise with Law Enforcement, CPS, DA, medical personnel and others to coordinate multidisciplinary approach.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Therapist training

Play Therapy

Family Therapy

Crisis Intervention

Psychological assessment

Education

Licensure for supervising therapists

Job description

The Clinical Director position oversees the supervision and direction of the mental health component of client services of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County. The Clinical Director provides and/or coordinates therapeutic counseling/intervention services to child abuse victims and the non-offending caregivers/family members while supervising on staff therapists The key goal for this position is to be the leadership component to the mental health services staff while being the liaison for our partnership work with Law Enforcement, Child Protective Services, District Attorney’s offices, medical personnel and other key community members to mobilize and strengthen the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, intervention, investigation, treatment and prosecution of child abuse.

Requirements:

• Minimum of five years’ experience (or equivalent) in direct clinical services to children and their families.
• Ability and experience in providing clinical supervision, training, and guidance to therapists-in-training.
• Play, Family and Crisis Intervention therapy experience
• Knowledge of psychological assessment administration and interpretation
• Knowledge of most recent research and interventions proven effective with abused children and families.
• Maintains appropriate licensure, credentials, continuing education for supervising therapists-in-training

The Children’s Advocacy Center is an equal-opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The goal of the Children’s Advocacy Center is to ensure that every child who is a victim of abuse that comes to our center has an opportunity to be heard, feel protected, and receive services that are vital to his or her continued safety and future well-being.