Description

Position: Therapist
Status: Full-time, salaried, exempt
Salary Range: $60,000 – $80,000
Location: Uinta Academy

Why Choose Us:

Join our passionate team at Uinta Academy as a Therapist and make a lasting impact on young lives. Empower students and their families on a transformative healing journey through your clinical expertise.

Role Overview:

As a Therapist, you’ll play a pivotal role in providing clinical therapy services to our students. Your focus on psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, individual therapy, family therapy, parenting classes, and group therapy will create a supportive environment for growth and healing.

Training:

Your growth matters. We provide training in Employee Orientation, required professional continuing education credits, and CPR/First Aid Certification.

Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Clinical Director, you’ll work approximately 40-50 hours per week, dedicating 75% of your time to providing clinical services to your clients. Your responsibilities include:

• Conducting thorough psychosocial assessments gathering data to understand clients’ personal, developmental, and emotional history.
• Crafting initial and master treatment plans for each client, outlining goals, strategies, and discharge plans.
• Offering individual therapy sessions twice weekly for each assigned client and crisis assessment when required.
• Conducting weekly family therapy sessions and in-person sessions during parental visits.
• Facilitating psycho-educational or process group therapy sessions as assigned.
• Maintaining communication with referral sources providing updates and incident reports.
• Writing reports, recommendations, and discharge summaries.
• Participating in treatment planning and clinical staffing meetings.
• Coordinating parent weekend visits and student home visits.
• Responding to crises during weekends and holidays as assigned.
• Fostering relationships with parents, referral agencies, and program stakeholders.
• Demonstrating sound judgment and emotional stability, upholding the mission and protocols of Uinta Academy.
• Engaging in academy-wide social activities with students and staff.
• Observing equine therapy sessions and processing observations with students.
• Collaborating with the team to research, plan, and coordinate parent seminar topics and activities.
• Ensuring consistent public relations and communication.
• Handling other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

We’re seeking an applicant with:

• A minimum of a master’s degree in clinical social work, clinical psychology, licensed professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or a related field.
• Knowledge of individual, group, and family therapy intervention techniques for adolescents and their families.
• Basic understanding of educational, psychological, family, and social work systems in a clinical context.
• Skills in treatment plan development, charting, progress notes, and documentation.
• Ability to pass a background criminal investigation and obtain CPR/First Aid certification.

Benefits

401(k)