Early Childhood Group and In-home Therapist

Washburn Center For Children; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids for the Future in Minneapolis, MN is seeking an in-home and clinic-based Early Childhood Therapist to deliver group and individual services to children birth to five and their families, using the Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) model to strengthen the parent-child relationship.

The role includes in-home assessments, treatment, and community-based consultation, with a focus on social, emotional, and behavioral development.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or related field from accredited college is required
• Training in DC 0- 5 Diagnostic Assessments is required
• One year of supervised clinical experience or completion of related internship is required
• Valid MN licensure as a Mental Health Professional is required

Responsibilities

• Provide in home and clinic-based services to children ages birth to five and their families
• Deliver group therapy and skills interventions as part of the treatment team
• Utilize CPP and Developmental Repair frameworks to support parent–child relationships
• Perform assessments, treatment planning, and care coordination with other professionals
• Maintain documentation and participate in supervision and professional development

Skills

Group therapy

In-home therapy

CPP model

CPI training

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

DC 0-5

Preschool SDQ

ECSII

CPP

Job description

• Base Pay $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Required Degree Masters

Description

The Early Childhood Group and In-home Therapist has responsibilities shared between providing group therapy/skills in our therapeutic preschool classroom and providing in home therapy . Therapists help strengthen the parent/child relationship while supporting children’s social, emotional and behavioral functioning across all areas of development.

This role will provide in home, early childhood mental health assessment, treatment, screening, and community-based consultation services to children ages birth to five and their families. Utilize the Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) model to affect change within the child-parent relationship. The focus is on the emotional quality of the child-parent relationship with simultaneous attention to the individual contributions that each partner makes to the interaction. Provide both direct billable assessment and treatment services and non-billable screening, referral, and care coordination. Participate in required trainings and professional development activities related to early childhood mental health including cultural competency training, and the DC:0-5 assessment training .

Additionally, this role will provide early childhood therapeutic groups services , utilizing the Developmental Repair framework to deliver early childhood day treatment services by facilitating individual and group therapy and skills interventions as part of the treatment team . Children in the program are from ages 33 months up to kindergarten who are struggling with social emotiona l and regulation skills and may have experienced traumatic events.

Responsibilities

Clinical Treatment - Clinicians will provide services to educate and support families to become empowered to better self-advocate and navigate the various systems with more confidence and skill, as well as providing specialized direct services to children an d their families, in their homes and the clinic-based setting to include the following services:

Group Therapy – Clinicians will be required to provide group therapy, including the following:

• Work with co-group facilitators to provide and lead scheduled early childhood day treatment group services
• Plan and implement therapeutic activities based on the child’s individual treatment plan goals and objectives, developmental needs, and therapeutic group themes
• Lead a group environment that demonstrates consistency, respectful communication, safety, predictability, clear limits, and encouragement
• Child observation in community classroom settings
• Intervene respectfully, safely, and directly to maintain the children’s physical and emotional safety and use therapeutic approaches to help prevent aggressive, destructive, and harmful behavior
• Care coordination, including collaboration with other professionals working with the child
• Work with co-facilitators, program supervisors, and program support to manage referrals and caseload
• Provide a safe and welcoming physical group therapy environment by ensuring the room, toys, books, and furniture in are in good condition, interesting, clean, and represents the diverse cultural and developmental needs of the clients. Prepare the rooms, order supplies, and maintain the group therapy space
• Ability to use and apply therapeutic methods learned through the Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) which includes verbal de-escalation and therapeutic holds

Clinical Therapy – Clinicians will be expected to provide family therapy and support , including:

• Conduct DC 0- 5 diagnostics assessment
• Develop and implement a treatment plan with the family based on the diagnosis
• Implement Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) to strengthen the parent-child attachment relationship; address traumatic events/triggers; locate protective factors; promote hope; provide developmental guidance and provide emotional support
• Care coordination, including collaboration with daycares, psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child and meeting regularly with co-group facilitators to share information regarding clients
• This position will be required to maintain monthly services consistent with budgeted client service expectations, on average it is about 6 -7 billable sessions week.

Documentation - Clinicians will be expected to maintain required documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual, including:

• Diagnostics assessments
• Treatment plans for each client
• Daily progress notes
• Record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services
• Outcome instruments and assessment tools, including but not limited to the DC 0- 5 assessment , Preschool SDQ and ECSII
• Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program
• Maintain current, timely authorizations for all therapeutic services form Medical Assistance, commercial insurance, or Hennepin County

All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.

Supervision and Professional Development - Clinicians are expected to:

• Attend weekly supervision and case consultation, present case information and formulation, and identify questions for consultat ion and supervision
• Receive training in CPP as needed
• Maintain required CEUs

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or related field from accredited college is required
• Training in DC 0 - 5 Diagnostic Assessments is required
• One year of supervised clinical experience or completion of related internship is required
• Valid MN licensure as a Mental Health Professional is required