Clinician - PRTF (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility)

Job Description

Job Description

About us:  The Village was one of the first agencies in the country to provide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission “to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children” by providing a full range of behavioral health, early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.

Named a Connecticut Top Workplace for six consecutive years with national distinction for workplace culture and diversity, equity and inclusion practices, you can be sure you're joining an organization that's just as committed to your success as we are to those we serve.

Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm, includes 1 hour of lunch per day (1 day 10am- 7pm & flexibility to adjust schedule to meet client needs)

Starting salary:$63,320

Sign On Bonus: $3,000! 

Some benefits include:

• Ideal entry-level opportunity for new clinicians seeking to build a strong foundation in clinical practice
• Opportunity to advance clinical expertise within a fast-paced acute treatment environment
• EMDR training and consultation available 
• Professional licensure reimbursement
• Up to 4 hours of work from home hours per week if desired 
• Training with continuing education credits offered often
• Three weeks of paid leave, with the opportunity to earn additional weeks of leave time through increased seniority
• Competitive sick leave accrual aligned with industry standards
• Opportunity to work toward career advancement within the organization   

ABOUT THE EAGLE HOUSE PRTF 

Eagle House is a 24-bed psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) that serves as a step down, or diversion, from inpatient hospitalization for children ages 6-12 who present with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties due to significant trauma history. Eagle House helps prepare them for transition to community-based treatment, and/or a family or foster care setting, through providing intensive clinical support services like ongoing psychiatry and nursing evaluations, individual, group, and family therapy sessions, case management, and special education services. Youth are typically in the program for around 4 months. We use a trauma-informed model of care to build relationships with youth in order to stabilize them and help them improve overall functioning. Through building supportive and therapeutic relationships with the youth, members of the multi-disciplinary team help guide them through crisis when they arise by reinforcing the use of healthy coping skills to build emotional regulation, so they will be more prepared to manage stressors and interact positively with peers and adults when they transition back into a community setting. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The clinician will provide individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy in the program, collaborate with collateral providers, provide on-call clinical support to the program (by phone only), provide clinical leadership and assistance to direct care staff in working with children in crisis, maintain clinical documentation according to licensing, accreditation, and Medicaid regulations as appropriate, attend and facilitate treatment meetings for clients, maintain insurance authorization on each client by conducting initial and monthly authorizations, and conduct clinical in-service trainings for program staff. Caseload is typically 5-6 due to the intensive nature of the clinical treatment. Additionally, they will:

• Participate in regular consultation and training.
• Engage in intake, assessment, diagnosing, and discharge planning, using a trauma informed approach.
• Provide individual, group and family therapy in the program.
• Provide treatment in conjunction with multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision and training to ensure professional growth and needed skills in trauma informed treatment.
• Participate in and facilitate clients' treatment meetings.
• Ensure adherence to organizational and program policies and procedures.
• Contribute to program and agency's functioning by providing clinical guidance/direction to program staff.
• Opportunity to contribute to the agency initiatives, visibility, and development of community linkages by assisting on task force and or representing the Village in community groups or committees.
• Participate in on call rotation with teammates to support clients/families in times of crisis. There is a supplement Stipend for weeks on call. On call services afterhours are by phone, not in person.

EDUCATION

• MSW or equivalent required with a minimum of 3 years' post graduate clinical experience preferred.
• Clinical degree in social work, psychology, or other licensed-eligible counseling degree
• LMSW LPCA, LMFTA  or equivalent required and licensed eligible

EXPERIENCE

• Must be able to function independently and be able to seek guidance when necessary.
• Strong diagnostic, assessment and treatment skills for individual, family, and group therapy
• Extensive experience working with culturally diverse urban populations, a wide age range, and a variety of clinical presentations; Cultural competency to serve a diverse population.
• Knowledge of behavioral health, child welfare systems, and community resources
• Ability to author professional/clinical reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office Suite and web browsers effectively.
• Knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V)
• Good knowledge of a variety of therapeutic interventions and models emphasizing empirically validated interventions
• Skill to maintain a professional, confidential work environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at one time in an efficient manner.
• Ability to relate to children and families in a positive manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain appropriate boundaries with children and families.
• Good organizational and communication skills 

Bilingual/bicultural skills preferred