Child & Family Therapist (FT, Days)

Job Summary:

Provides diagnostic evaluations and subsequent psychotherapy for outpatient services utilizing individual, family, and group modalities. Collaborates with child psychiatrist, and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and provides therapeutic interventions for children (under 12), adolescents (13-18), and their families requesting mental health services.
• Assessment performed with complete formulation, differential diagnosis, treatment and safety planning.
• Therapy will consist of evidenced based approaches for intervention and management strategies, including individual, family and group therapies.
• Communicates effectively with parents, collateral contacts, outside agencies, school systems, and/or outside providers regarding treatment plans.
• Consults with staff child psychiatrists regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients.
• Maintains appropriate and timely documentation of clinical services and related clinical contacts.
• Consults with appropriate medical providers regarding the patients symptom presentation, treatment plan, response to interventions and treatment recommendations.