Therapist

SUMMARY

This position provides individual and group therapy, treatment and case management services to clients and their families.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency: Foothill Family empowers children and families to achieve success in relationships, school, and work through community-based services that advance growth and development.
• Provides high quality, compassionate and ethical therapy, treatment and case management to Foothill clients and their families.
• Meets treatment goals for their caseload showing Outcome Measure Scores for clients indicating increase functioning.
• Provides direct service to child, adolescent, and adult clients, including difficult to reach, traumatized, or disengaged individuals and families.
• Drives to clients' home, school, community or Agency offices to provide field-based services to clients and families as assigned and based on the families' needs and availability.
• Drives or arranges transportation for clients, as appropriate and necessary, to ensure service needs are met.
• Identifies and intervenes with the needs of abused and neglected children and adults.
• Facilitates groups that engages and motivates group members in a manner that is beneficial to the group member and enhances his/her participation in the group. Leads discussions and facilitates group activities as relevant to group issues and topics.
• Identifies symptoms of health, mental health and substance use conditions and responds accordingly.
• Completes all required documentation, including charts, reports, client files and billing, within 24 hours of service delivery and in accordance with Agency policies.
• Provides telephone counseling for emergencies both during office hours and outside of office hours for clients.
• Advocates for clients, as well as providing relevant information about community resources when needed.
• Travels between Foothill Family sites for training, meetings, and other in-person interactions.
• Attends in-person meetings and events at various locations within the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas.
• Displays sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomics characteristics.
• Performs work in a safe manner at all times and ensures that other individuals do not put themselves or others at risk.
• Follows all Agency guidelines on confidentiality, reporting of child abuse and neglect, and recording in case records.
• Follows all policies, procedures and legal mandates including HIPAA, client releases of information, protected health information (PHI) and client files.
• Ensures performance and behaviors support the Agency's performance quality improvement (PQI) goals and objectives.
• Reports to work on time and maintains reliable and regular attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor or registration with State of California and an active intern number as an Associate MFT, Associate Clinical Social Worker or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor.
• Master's degree from accredited social work, marriage and family therapy, or psychology program.
• Experience in providing direct service to individuals, families and groups.
• Experience in providing child abuse treatment.
• Experience in providing treatment to children with serious emotional problems.
• Ability to effectively use of DSM V.
• Good computer skills. Ability to navigate Foothill Family's EHRS.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work cooperatively as a team member.
• Knowledge and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• An understanding of child development, as well as individual and family functioning.
• Valid CA Driver's License and maintains insurability on the Agency's auto liability policy (including a minimum of 2 years driving experience after receiving license) and maintains the California state required personal auto insurance liability limits.
• Bilingual skills required.

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.