Therapist

Company: Lifeline Youth & Family Services
Location: Gary
Posted on: September 23, 2022

Job Description:

Provide structured goal-oriented, time limited therapy with families who need assistance in recovering from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and neglect. Other issues may be present and may need to be addressed in the course of treatment.Provide Adoption & Guardianship Support Services as needed and as assigned.Provide care according to evidence based practice standards.Provide ongoing support for clients, including emergency and crisis consultation on a 24-hour basis.Visit in client's home no less than one time per week.Provide transportation for clients, as needed or necessary, to meet treatment goals.Engage in weekly staffing and address risk management areas to ensure safety of clients.Assist and teach through role modeling and hands-on education, guidance, parenting education and effective non-physical discipline/redirection of youth.Provide therapy and emphasis on identified areas of need. Examples include, but are not limited to: stress management, communication skills, conflict resolution, goal setting, behavior modification, family organization and structure, self-esteem, etc.Assist clients in finding and maintaining employment, if needed.Engage and assist the client's participation in the treatment planning process.Accompany and support clients for court appearances.Demonstrate respect and cultural sensitivity to all clients and to all referral sources, and deliver services in a culturallycompetent fashionMaintain strict confidentiality at all times to protect clients' privacy.Comply with required in-service / continuing education hours.Respect, support and integrate the company's Tenets of Culture.Completion of clear, accurate, and timely clinical and agency documentation of 1.) all contacts with clients, 2.) monthly reports,3.) court reports, and 4.) treatment plans.Attend all mandatory in-services / meetings.Attain / maintain CPR and First Aid certifications.Offer insights and input to strengthen the company's performance and quality of services and to improve client satisfaction.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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