Independent IAFT Therapist — Trauma-Informed Care (Contractor)

Thompson Child & Family Focus, Inc.; Ashville (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Thompson Child & Family Focus, Inc. seeks an Independent Contractor IAFT Therapist to deliver trauma-informed, child-centered clinical services to youth in Thompson’s Intensive Alternative Family Treatment program.

You will provide therapy, support treatment planning, crisis response, and collaborate with Treatment Parents and an IAFT team. The schedule is flexible, with services in homes, schools, offices, and community settings, including some evenings and travel within the service area.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, marriage and family therapy or another approved behavioral health field.
• Current North Carolina professional or associate-level clinical license or eligible credentials (LCSW, LCSWA, LCMHC, LCMHCA, LMFT, LMFTA, LPA).
• Experience providing clinical services to children, adolescents, and families; therapeutic foster care or child welfare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and conjoint therapy to assigned children, youth, and families.
• Complete clinical assessments, Person-Centered Plans, crisis plans, transition plans, and discharge plans.
• Collaborate with families, Treatment Parents, guardians, schools, healthcare providers, care managers, and community partners.
• Participate in IAFT team staffing, Child and Family Team meetings, psychiatric consultation, and other treatment meetings.
• Support risk assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning, stabilization, and clinical follow-up within scope.
• Complete timely documentation that meets payer, licensing, regulatory, Thompson, and IAFT fidelity requirements.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Time management

Communication

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, marriage and family therapy

Job description

Thompson Child & Family Focus, Inc. seeks an Independent Contractor IAFT Therapist to deliver trauma-informed, child-centered clinical services to youth in Thompson’s Intensive Alternative Family Treatment program.

You will provide therapy, support treatment planning, crisis response, and collaborate with Treatment Parents and an IAFT team. The schedule is flexible, with services in homes, schools, offices, and community settings, including some evenings and travel within the service area.