Trauma-Informed Therapist for At-Risk Girls

Pace Center for Girls; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Pace Center for Girls seeks a licensed mental health professional to provide community-based prevention, diversion, and early intervention therapy for girls ages 11-17. You will work within a gender-responsive, trauma-informed framework to help participants build resilience and healthy life skills across school, home, and community settings.

The role emphasizes holistic assessment, family involvement, and evidence-based interventions, with evenings and weekends as needed and travel when

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field is required.
• Experience with at-risk youth is preferred.
• Must have a current driver’s license.
• Licensing in MH counselor/LMFT/LCSW or eligibility as intern.
• Knowledge of diverse populations and relevant laws.

Responsibilities

• Increase girls’ resiliency by building protective factors at the individual, family and community levels.
• Address risk factors using holistic assessment, goal setting, and care plan development, and through provision of targeted clinical interventions
• Empower girls and families by improving relationships, increasing self-efficacy, and encouraging self-advocacy, and to make decisions that will lead to productive, fulfilling, and healthy lives
• Utilize the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Cultural-Relational Theory, considering any history of trauma and leveraging girls’ strengths
• Provide weekly therapy services to girls in a variety of settings (school/home/community/center) using evidenced-based and research-informed therapeutic interventions
• Provide family support/counseling with caregivers to encourage girl progression in the change process and to work with girls’ natural support systems
• Provide solution-focused counseling approaches toward the resolution of risk factors for substance abuse following the standards of the Florida Administrative Codes Chapter 65D-30
• Provide crisis intervention as warranted, including risk assessments and family support
• Conduct psycho-educational and therapy groups that are girl-centered, focusing on social-emotional and life skill development
• Provide wrap-around care (case) management services, including transportation services when needed, collaborate with outside entities and community providers involved in girls’ care, make referrals as appropriate, and advocate for needed resources

Skills

Knowledge of case management and 0

Education

Master’s degree required with a major in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or related field required

Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist or Clinical Social Worker or meet licensing eligibility as a registered intern

Minimum three to five years’ experience required preferably working with at-risk youth

Current driver’s license required

Understand culturally relevant needs of diverse populations

Knowledge of laws relating to youth and families

Experience using personal computers and basic office equipment required

Tools

Basic office equipment

Job description

Pace Center for Girls seeks a licensed mental health professional to provide community-based prevention, diversion, and early intervention therapy for girls ages 11-17. You will work within a gender-responsive, trauma-informed framework to help participants build resilience and healthy life skills across school, home, and community settings.

The role emphasizes holistic assessment, family involvement, and evidence-based interventions, with evenings and weekends as needed and travel when