Therapist

Third Way Center; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Flexible benefits

Disability insurance

Licensure supervision

Job summary

Third Way Center is seeking a dedicated primary therapist to lead individualized treatment plans for youth within a multidisciplinary team in Denver, CO. The role emphasizes trauma-informed care, therapeutic alliance-building, and ongoing collaboration with families and staff.

Responsibilities include family, group, and individual therapy, milieu management, supervision of mental health counselors, and ensuring complete documentation.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field is required.
• Licensure as an LCSW or LPC preferred; provisional licensure considered.

Responsibilities

• Primary therapist leads treatment for each youth on the multidisciplinary team.
• Responsible for case management of 4 youth and coordination with referring professionals.
• Maintain paperwork: 14-day plan, monthly progress reports, discharge/transfer summaries, and CANS assessments.

Skills

Active listening

Group facilitation

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Trauma-informed care

Education

Master's degree in related field

LCSW or LPC license preferred

Tools

CANS assessment

Job description

The primary therapist plays an important role on the multidisciplinary treatment team. As active team members; therapists run the milieu, facilitate groups, supervise the team and actively make the treatment team better. The milieu offers the opportunity to clinically treat all of the youth at any given time. As part of a clinical treatment team with a trauma-informed lens, the therapist is a leader in collaboration, purposeful intervention and evolving the treatment plan over time. Therapists at Third Way Center wear many hats; therapist, parent, teacher, nurse, etc. Successful therapists possess excellent listening, verbal and written communications skills.

Therapeutic Responsibilities

The primary therapist is responsible for the overall treatment process for each individual client. They are part of a multidisciplinary treatment team that performs ongoing assessment, diagnoses and develops appropriate individualized treatment plans for each youth. Therapeutic responsibilities include, but are not limited to; family, group, and individual therapy. This includes developing therapeutic alliances by learning and understanding youths’ histories, initiating and maintaining ongoing contact with families, understanding psychological dynamics, and researching as needed. Skills related to milieu management, de-escalation, conflict resolution, supervision of staff, etc. with a trauma-informed lens are essential when working with our youth. Medication management and oversight is a requirement, as well. The Primary Therapist is expected to attend individual and group supervision meetings, staff training, and communicate openly with and seek guidance from co-workers, treatment leaders and senior staff.

Case Management Responsibilities

The primary therapist is responsible for the case management of 4 youth. Case management includes implementing the individualized treatment plan, along with ongoing communication and coordination with the youth’s referring professionals and outside support and services. Paperwork requirements include: actively participating in CANS assessment, developing the initial 14 day treatment plan, monthly treatment progress reports, funding reviews, and discharge/transfer summaries. It is essential that paperwork is completed in a timely manner. Managing the milieu with a therapeutic process is critical. This is done through being present, constant interaction, role modeling, teaching, and intervening when necessary. Daily living skills are continuously modeled and taught with the goal of empowering youth to learn independent living skills. The primary therapist is responsible for continued supervision of mental health counselors, including the formal supervision of 1-2 mental health counselors on a weekly basis.

Benefits:

We have a generous vacation package. This position comes with full benefits including medical, health, dental, vision, flex, accident, and disability options. Supervision hours earned while working toward licensure.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Master's degree in related field required; LCSW, LPC or equivalent license is preferred, however ability for provisional license is appropriate. Some experience working with adolescents and families is always helpful.

As a member of Third Way Center, we take on many roles with our clientele. Empowerment and advocacy are critical in working with youth. We utilize a trauma informed care philosophy, and it is essential we understand cultural diversity within the milieu, and are willing to learn new skills and attend in-services as needed. We are committed to respecting the dignity of persons served, to understand and enhance the opportunity for normalization and self determination, and to improve our youth's ability in exercising healthy personal choices.