Adolescent IOP Clinical Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Job Overview :

Job Overview :

As the Adolescent IOP Clinical Therapist, you will provide adolescent clients with intensive group and individual therapy for addictions by providing clinical services and education.

Requirements

IOP Clinical Therapist Job Responsibilities :

• Plan for and implement virtual evidence-based skills and process groups for group therapy sessions.
• Facilitate recovery-focused and trauma-informed individual and family therapy
• Perform intake, ongoing, and discharge assessments
• Document client progress and recommendations for care
• Facilitate case management assessment and care coordination within and outside of the agency
• Collaborate and coordinate with child welfare services, probation, schools, juvenile justice, hospitals, and other external partners to meet the needs of the client & family.
• Maintain client records as required by NorthStar Transitions and the Office of Behavioral Health, and The Joint Commission.
• Determine and evaluate program efficacy and client progress through outcome measures
• Engage in professional development of mental health and substance abuse counseling, including evidence-based practices, as well as program development
• Participate in weekly team meeting
• Participate in regular supervision
• Performs Suicide Screenings and Assessments.
• Performs Verbal de-escalation
• Complete trainings related to agency mission, clinical model, and job responsibilities
• Participate in marketing events and community education events

Requirements :

Required Qualifications / Education :

• Master’s degree in the counseling field and actively working toward licensure as LPC, LCSW, LMFT
• Licensure and / or CAS or LAC preferred
• 2 years of clinical experience providing substance abuse and / or mental health treatment for adults or adolescents.
• Prior experience providing therapeutic interventions for the psychiatric mental health population for adolescents with behavioral health disorders, preferably in a group setting.

Core Competencies :

• Thorough knowledge of psychotherapy, substance abuse, and process disorders treatment modalities, not limited to : Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, and 12-Step.
• Ability to facilitate experiential and somatic-based interventions
• Knowledge of and ability to diagnose using DSM V and ASAM
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, OBH regulations for Substance Use Disorders treatment facilities and managed care requirements of insurance partners.
• Ability to perform clinical assessments and develop strengths-based, client-centered treatment plans
• Knowledge of program development and outcome measures
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to navigate conflict
• Good technical skills, including the ability to navigate Microsoft Office, Electronic Health Record, and Google email systems
• Excellent organizational skills

Benefits :

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Life, Critical and Accident after waiting period
• 401k with matching after a 90-day waiting period
• 7 Company Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick time

Work Environment :

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Works in a home office environment

Physical Demands :

• Ability to move arms, hands, and fingers.
• Ability to sit for sustained periods.
• Prolonged sitting with some standing and bending intermittently during work hours.

NorthStar Transitions is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran, disability status or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.