Play Therapist

LIV Recovery Sober Living; Missouri; Presencial; USD 55.000 - 74.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

LIV Recovery Sober Living seeks a caring Play Therapist to provide developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed play therapy for children living in the home and to partner with mothers and caregivers to support healing, attachment, emotional regulation, and family stability.

The role involves conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and using evidence-based interventions to help children cope and thrive within a supportive residential environment in Missouri.

Formación

• Master’s degree or higher in a behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
• Current Missouri licensure or eligibility for licensure in clinical credentials (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, psychologist).
• Experience providing trauma-informed play therapy and working with children and families.

Responsabilidades

• Provide developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed play therapy for children.
• Complete clinical assessments, treatment plans, and ongoing reviews reflecting each child’s needs.
• Use evidence-based interventions such as child-centered play therapy, expressive arts, and caregiver-child sessions.
• Support emotional awareness, coping skills, resilience, and healthy attachment in children.
• Partner with mothers and caregivers through consultation, psychoeducation, and family sessions.
• Respond to behavioral health concerns and crises in coordination with the program team.
• Collaborate with residential staff, schools, health care providers, and community partners.
• Maintain a safe play space and ensure infection-control and safety practices.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with HIPAA and mandated reporting.
• Participate in case consultation, team collaboration, quality improvement, and professional development.

Conocimientos

Trauma-informed approach

Communication skills

Empathy

Collaboration

Cultural humility

Educación

Master's degree or higher in social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or related behavioral health field

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary:

We are seeking a caring and thoughtful Play Therapist to join our supportive team. In this role, you will provide developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed play therapy for children living in the home and partner with their mothers and caregivers to support healing, attachment, emotional regulation, and family stability.

Why This Role Matters:

Children often communicate their experiences through play. The Play Therapist creates a consistent, welcoming space where children can express themselves, build coping skills, and strengthen a sense of safety. Through ethical clinical care, caregiver partnership, and respectful collaboration, this role also helps mothers understand and respond to their children's needs during recovery and transition.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group play therapy using developmentally appropriate, child-centered, and trauma-informed approaches
• Complete clinical assessments, diagnostic evaluations, treatment plans, and ongoing reviews that reflect each child's strengths, needs, culture, developmental stage, and lived experience
• Use evidence-based interventions such as child-centered play therapy, expressive arts, therapeutic games, caregiver-child sessions, cognitive behavioral strategies, and other appropriate clinical practices
• Support children in building emotional awareness, coping skills, resilience, healthy attachment, and age-appropriate communication
• Partner with mothers and caregivers through consultation, psychoeducation, family sessions, and practical strategies that reinforce progress outside therapy
• Respond appropriately to behavioral health concerns, safety needs, and crises in coordination with the program team and applicable procedures
• Collaborate with residential staff, schools, health care providers, community partners, and natural supports to coordinate child- and family-centered care
• Maintain a safe, organized, and therapeutically appropriate play space and manage materials in accordance with infection-control and safety practices
• Maintain accurate, timely, and respectful documentation in compliance with HIPAA, mandated-reporting obligations, and clinical record requirements
• Participate in case consultation, team collaboration, quality improvement, and ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or a related behavioral health field from an accredited institution
• Current Missouri licensure or eligibility for licensure as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, psychologist, or equivalent clinical credential
• Training and supervised experience in play therapy required; Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential or active progress toward the credential preferred
• Experience providing clinical services to children and families affected by trauma, housing instability, substance use, family disruption, grief, or other significant life challenges
• Knowledge of child development, attachment, trauma responses, family systems, crisis support, treatment planning, clinical documentation, and ICD coding
• Ability to engage mothers and caregivers with empathy, cultural humility, and a strengths-based approach
• Understanding of mandated-reporting responsibilities, professional boundaries, confidentiality, and safety practices in a residential setting
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; LIV Recovery is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship at this time
• Strong communication skills and a warm, collaborative approach that helps children and families feel respected, heard, and supported

Join Our Team

If you are passionate about creating a safe, welcoming space where children can heal through play and families can grow stronger together, we would be honored to hear from you. LIV Recovery Women and Children's Home offers the opportunity to do meaningful clinical work within a mission-driven, supportive residential environment. Apply today to join a team committed to dignity, accountability, and compassionate, family-centered care.