Residential Therapist

Summitview Child & Family Services

STATEMENT OF THE JOB: Under the direct supervision of the Residential Clinical Manager, the Residential Therapist is responsible for providing therapeutic and case management services for youth and families on your caseload (serving high acuity youth with backgrounds of trauma). Residential Therapist serves as the Head of Service for the facility to which they are assigned.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide individual and family therapy, and group therapy as needed.

• Evaluate client progress and treatment goals through monthly child and family team meetings while completing and updating necessary documentation.

• Complete authorization paperwork, on-going assessments, and discharge paperwork.

• Facilitate internal and external meetings during the course of treatment.

• Participate in the on-call therapist rotation for crisis needs when they arise after hours.

• Assist the Admissions Department with completion of assessments and plan development as needed.

• Facilitate appropriate aftercare and discharge planning.

•Complete all Summitview’s documentation within the requirements as noted in policies and procedures.

•Meet the agency’s productivity requirements for billable services.

•Follow CalAIM compliance as well as state and residential licensing entities.

•Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency team, coordinating with family specialists, case managers, and psychiatrists, in addition to social service agencies, healthcare providers and other community partners and stakeholders.

•Adhere to all policies and procedures including, but not limited to, HIPAA, PHI, Mandated Reporter Status & Procedures, Professional Relationships with Youth & Non-Minor Dependents, and all other Federal and State laws.

•Maintain compliance as the Head of Service requirements as outlined in the most current version of the DHCS mental health licensing standards (see attached STRTP addendum for specific requirements).

•Provide client crisis response and intervention as needed.

•Other reasonable tasks as assigned.

JOB EXPECTATIONS:

• Adheres to all policies and procedures including, but not limited to, HIPAA, PHI,

Mandated Reporter Status & Procedures, Professional Relationships with Youth

& Non-Minor Dependents, and all other Federal and State laws.

• Follows agency policy for crisis intervention and management skills.

• Attends scheduled in-service training programs.

• Attends weekly team meetings as applicable.

• Demonstrates adherence to policies and procedures involving Privacy Practices

(HIPAA compliance)

• Practices good judgement and takes initiative.

• Works cooperatively with others in a team-oriented manner.

• Completes assigned program operational tasks in accordance with supervisory

directives.

• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills.

• Sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

• Must participate in Performance Quality Improvement and Risk Prevention.

• Provides and practices trauma-informed care services and modalities while

actively using empathy and understanding in treatment of individuals or other

tasks assigned.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a valid, unrestricted California Driver’s License; personal

automobile liability insurance; and a driving record acceptable to

Summitview’s insurance carrier.

• Must be willing to present a recent negative Tuberculosis test or be willing to take

one.

• Must be willing to complete and pass a Department of Justice (DOJ)

personal background investigation to meet the requirements of our

licensing agency Community Care Licensing (CCL).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions of their job.

Work environment: Noise level is considered moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required:

• To talk or hear.

• Light lifting to 30lbs.

• To stand, walk, sit, use hands, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop,

kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste and smell.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision,

color vision, peripheral vision, and depth vision.

• Ability to drive company vehicles.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of a clinical program with a master’s degree in a field of behavioral science

from an accredited university.

• Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and other Evidence Based Practices are

preferred.

• Clinical licensure or an Associate seeking licensure for Licensed Professional Clinical

Counselor (LPCC), Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker

(LCSW).

• Registration with CA Board of Behavioral Health with an assigned license number.

• Two years’ previous experience in a clinical position with youth preferred.

OTHER:

• Employment is at-will.

• This is a full-time exempt position.

• Work hours may require flexibility depending on the needs of the client, but the

expectation is 40 hrs. per week.

• Position follows Wage Order 5 overtime rules.

STRTP ADDENDUM:

The head of service is responsible for the STRTP mental health program’s compliance with these

regulations and applicable laws. The head of service shall manage the clinical and administrative

components of the STRTP mental health program. The head of service’s responsibilities shall

include, but are not limited to, the following specific tasks:

(1) Maintaining a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.

(2) Ensuring that each child admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.

(3) Ensuring that each child in the STRTP has commonality of needs with the other children in

the STRTP, including whether the child’s presence is averse to the safety or mental health needs

of the child or other children admitted to the STRTP.

(4) Ensuring the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and

appropriate to meet the individual needs of the child.

(5) Monitoring the quality of the mental health services provided to the children.

(6) Making arrangements, including transportation, for children to receive mental health

services that cannot be provided by the STRTP.

(7) Arrangements for special provision of mental health services to children with disabilities

including visual and auditory impairment.

(8) Ensuring that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.

(9) Development of mental health staff schedules, training schedules, mental health treatment

service schedules, medication schedules, and any other schedules for the operation of the

STRTP mental health program.