Child Welfare Therapist-Mission

Position Overview

• Responds promptly to crisis situations, documents critical incidents and is available, as needed, to clients
• Requires a minimum of 60 hours in home therapy per month
• Provides crisis/on call services and 24 hour, 7 days a week support to assigned clients
• Facilitates an initial meeting with the client and the referral source (as appropriate) within the required time frames
• Engages and works in partnership with the client to complete the initial, comprehensive assessment, including a mental status exam, resulting diagnosis based on the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Develops treatment plan goals and objectives, in conjunction with the client
• Provides individual, family and/or group counseling as appropriate to client need
• Functions as a client advocate and liaison with other community services
• Monitors client progress and service provis...