Youth Therapist - Part-Time Foster Care Impact

Sevita; Florence (AL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Annual bonus plan

Job summary

Alabama Mentor, a Sevita program, is seeking a part-time youth therapist for Madison and Florence. You will provide psychotherapy to youth in foster care, employing relational, experiential and behavioral techniques to support well-being and family reunification when appropriate.

This role is 15–20 hours per week with a three-tier pay structure: Admin $7.45, Base $21.00, Clinical $31.00 per hour. Qualifications include a Master’s in a human services field and strong communication skills;

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in human services field.
• Experience preferred or as required by state.
• Exceptional communication skills with an ability to establish trust and rapport quickly.
• A good listener with an ability to empathize while still providing guidance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment by interviewing the child and family (if applicable), and transcribing or dictating relevant information for client records.
• Provide therapy, family support, and crisis interventions to an individual, family and/or group using various treatment modalities as outlined in state/local contracts and/or state licensing standards.
• Provide mental health consultation to stakeholders and treatment team members.
• Develop individualized treatment plans in coordination with an interdisciplinary team
• Work with members of the interdisciplinary team to coordinate other treatment initiatives including school performance, permanency, and reunification planning.
• Develop and coordinate discharge plan based on treatment, indicating all relevant aftercare needs and plans.
• Conduct educational groups for clients, families and foster parents.
• Prepare and train the child’s biological or legal parents to resume care of their child when reunification is the goal (if applicable to the population being served).
• Conduct regularly scheduled face-to-face meetings with the person served and caretaker to monitor progress and discuss treatment strategies and services.
• Maintain current, legible and adequate medical record documentation in client’s chart.
• Attend regular staff meetings, clinical meetings and one-on-one sessions with direct supervisor to process current status of cases.

Skills

Exceptional communication skills

Good listener with empathy

Education

Master’s Degree in human services field

Job description

Alabama Mentor, a Sevita program, is seeking a part-time youth therapist for Madison and Florence. You will provide psychotherapy to youth in foster care, employing relational, experiential and behavioral techniques to support well-being and family reunification when appropriate.

This role is 15–20 hours per week with a three-tier pay structure: Admin $7.45, Base $21.00, Clinical $31.00 per hour. Qualifications include a Master’s in a human services field and strong communication skills;