Residential Therapist

Summitview Child & Family Services; Cameron Park (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Summitview Child & Family Services seeks a Residential Therapist to provide individual, family, and group therapy for high-acuity youth with trauma backgrounds. You will head the service for the facility and ensure STRTP compliance, team collaboration, and strong documentation practices.

You will evaluate progress, manage treatment planning, and participate in crisis intervention and aftercare planning, while maintaining HIPAA and licensing standards.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a clinical program in behavioral science from an accredited university.
• Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and other Evidence Based Practices preferred.
• Clinical licensure or an Associate seeking licensure for LPCC, MFT or LCSW.
• Registration with CA Board of Behavioral Health with an assigned license number.
• Two years’ previous experience in a clinical position with youth preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and group therapy as needed.
• Evaluate client progress and treatment goals in monthly team meetings with documentation.
• Complete authorization paperwork, ongoing assessments, and discharge paperwork.
• Facilitate internal and external treatment meetings.
• Participate in on-call therapist rotation for after-hours crisis needs.
• Assist Admissions with assessments and plan development.
• Facilitate appropriate aftercare and discharge planning.
• Complete Summitview’s documentation per policies and procedures.
• Meet the agency’s productivity requirements for billable services.
• Follow CalAIM compliance and licensing requirements.
• Coordinate with family specialists, case managers, psychiatrists, and community partners.
• Adhere to HIPAA, PHI, Mandated Reporter & Procedures, and all laws.
• Maintain STRTP licensing standards as head of service.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Crisis intervention

Clinical communication

Documentation

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral science (clinical)

Job description

STATEMENT OF THE JOB

Under the direct supervision of the Residential Clinical Manager, the Residential Therapist is responsible for providing therapeutic and case management services for youth and families on your caseload (serving high acuity youth with backgrounds of trauma). Residential Therapist serves as the Head of Service for the facility to which they are assigned.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide individual and family therapy, and group therapy as needed.
• Evaluate client progress and treatment goals through monthly child and family team meetings while completing and updating necessary documentation.
• Complete authorization paperwork, on-going assessments, and discharge paperwork.
• Facilitate internal and external meetings during the course of treatment.
• Participate in the on-call therapist rotation for crisis needs when they arise after hours.
• Assist the Admissions Department with completion of assessments and plan development as needed.
• Facilitate appropriate aftercare and discharge planning.
• Complete all Summitview’s documentation within the requirements as noted in policies and procedures.
• Meet the agency’s productivity requirements for billable services.
• Follow CalAIM compliance as well as state and residential licensing entities.
• Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency team, coordinating with family specialists, case managers, and psychiatrists, in addition to social service agencies, healthcare providers and other community partners and stakeholders.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures including, but not limited to, HIPAA, PHI, Mandated Reporter Status & Procedures, Professional Relationships with Youth & Non-Minor Dependents, and all other Federal and State laws.
• Maintain compliance as the Head of Service requirements as outlined in the most current version of the DHCS mental health licensing standards (see attached STRTP addendum for specific requirements).
• Provide client crisis response and intervention as needed.
• Other reasonable tasks as assigned.

JOB EXPECTATIONS

• Adheres to all policies and procedures including, but not limited to, HIPAA, PHI, Mandated Reporter Status & Procedures, Professional Relationships with Youth & Non-Minor Dependents, and all other Federal and State laws.
• Follows agency policy for crisis intervention and management skills.
• Attends scheduled in-service training programs.
• Attends weekly team meetings as applicable.
• Demonstrates adherence to policies and procedures involving Privacy Practices (HIPAA compliance)
• Practices good judgement and takes initiative.
• Works cooperatively with others in a team-oriented manner.
• Completes assigned program operational tasks in accordance with supervisory directives.
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills.
• Sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Must participate in Performance Quality Improvement and Risk Prevention.
• Provides and practices trauma-informed care services and modalities while actively using empathy and understanding in treatment of individuals or other tasks assigned.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Must possess a valid, unrestricted California Driver’s License; personal automobile liability insurance; and a driving record acceptable to Summitview’s insurance carrier.
• Must be willing to present a recent negative Tuberculosis test or be willing to take one.
• Must be willing to complete and pass a Department of Justice (DOJ) personal background investigation to meet the requirements of our licensing agency Community Care Licensing (CCL).

QUALIFICATIONS

• Completion of a clinical program with a master’s degree in a field of behavioral science from an accredited university.
• Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and other Evidence Based Practices are preferred.
• Clinical licensure or an Associate seeking licensure for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• Registration with CA Board of Behavioral Health with an assigned license number.
• Two years’ previous experience in a clinical position with youth preferred.

OTHER

• Employment is at-will.
• This is a full-time exempt position.
• Work hours may require flexibility depending on the needs of the client, but the expectation is 40 hrs. per week.
• Position follows Wage Order 5 overtime rules.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job.

Work environment: Noise level is considered moderate.

• To talk or hear.
• Light lifting to 30lbs.
• To stand, walk, sit, use hands, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth vision.
• Ability to drive company vehicles.

STRTP ADDENDUM

The head of service is responsible for the STRTP mental health program’s compliance with these regulations and applicable laws. The head of service shall manage the clinical and administrative components of the STRTP mental health program. The head of service’s responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the following specific tasks:

• (1) Maintaining a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.
• (2) Ensuring that each child admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.
• (3) Ensuring that each child in the STRTP has commonality of needs with the other children in the STRTP, including whether the child’s presence is averse to the safety or mental health needs of the child or other children admitted to the STRTP.
• (4) Ensuring that the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and appropriate to meet the individual needs of the child.
• (5) Monitoring the quality of the mental health services provided to the children.
• (6) Making arrangements, including transportation, for children to receive mental health services that cannot be provided by the STRTP.
• (7) Arrangements for special provision of mental health services to children with disabilities including visual and auditory impairment.
• (8) Ensuring that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.
• (9) Development of mental health staff schedules, training schedules, mental health treatment service schedules, medication schedules, and any other schedules for the operation of the STRTP mental health program.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Must possess a valid, unrestricted California Driver’s License; personal automobile liability insurance; and a driving record acceptable to Summitview’s insurance carrier.
• Must be willing to present a recent negative Tuberculosis test or be willing to take one.
• Must be willing to complete and pass a Department of Justice (DOJ) personal background investigation to meet the requirements of our licensing agency Community Care Licensing (CCL).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job.

Work environment: Noise level is considered moderate.

• To talk or hear.
• Light lifting to 30lbs.
• To stand, walk, sit, use hands, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth vision.
• Ability to drive company vehicles.

OTHER

• Employment is at-will.
• This is a full-time exempt position.
• Work hours may require flexibility depending on the needs of the client, but the expectation is 40 hrs. per week.
• Position follows Wage Order 5 overtime rules.

STRTP ADDENDUM

The head of service is responsible for the STRTP mental health program’s compliance with these regulations and applicable laws. The head of service shall manage the clinical and administrative components of the STRTP mental health program. The head of service’s responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to, the following specific tasks:

• (1) Maintaining a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.
• (2) Ensuring that each child admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.
• (3) Ensuring that each child in the STRTP has commonality of needs with the other children in the STRTP, including whether the child’s presence is averse to the safety or mental health needs of the child or other children admitted to the STRTP.
• (4) Ensuring that the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and appropriate to meet the individual needs of the child.
• (5) Monitoring the quality of the mental health services provided to the children.
• (6) Making arrangements, including transportation, for children to receive mental health services that cannot be provided by the STRTP.
• (7) Arrangements for special provision of mental health services to children with disabilities including visual and auditory impairment.
• (8) Ensuring that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.
• (9) Development of mental health staff schedules, training schedules, mental health treatment service schedules, medication schedules, and any other schedules for the operation of the STRTP mental health program.