Bilingual Child & Adolescent Therapist

Job Scope: Child & Adolescent Therapists provide behavioral health services in an outpatient community based program serving individuals ages 3-24 years old and their families. Therapists will engage client/ families in treatment planning and motivational enhancement while planning evidence based services to most effectively attain the client’s/ family’s clinical goals. Specific team assignments and duties will be determined based on clinical expertise, experience, interest, and credentials.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Provide initial screenings and mental health assessments that identify service needs and recommend options for care.
• Share assessment findings with clients and their families.
• Involve client and their families in the development of treatment plan goals, objectives and interventions that address their assessed behavioral health needs.
• Provide individual, family and group therapy services.
• Provide case management services to assist clients and their families with access to needed benefits and service.
• Provide coordinated care by initiating or participating in client centered consultation with other internal and external providers involved in care or services.
• Reassess and review treatment progress with clients and their families at proscribed intervals.
• Assist in establishing effective communication between the Center, other social agencies serving clients, and the community.

Performance Requirements 

• Work cooperatively with Childhood Services team members to assure clients timely access to quality services
• Meet agency quality and compliance standard by accurately completing clinical documentation and service reporting in a timely manner.
• Meet or exceed service productivity target.
• Implement evidenced based practices to ensure use of effective and efficient treatment that best address client needs
• Participation in Staff training and development seminars
• Working cooperatively with other Center teams and programs to maintain smooth continuity of care when cases are shared across teams
• Become familiar with and utilization of outside resources as needed to provide comprehensive services to clients
• Participate in supervision with Coordinator and in regular performance appraisals as directed