Description

Offering $2000 Sign On Bonus

Are you interested in joining a Behavioral Health team that provides you the opportunity to grow your clinical career as a Youth Therapist? Do you want to join a rapidly growing team that strives to keep abreast with new research, adhere to a solid ethical code, and offers compassionate services designed to uplift and care for the youth population?

If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

Being a Youth Therapist for Devereux has its Advantages

As a Youth Therapist, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share the passion for helping youth that are in need.

What Devereux offers YOU:

• An organization that is forward thinking, a group of like-minded peers to knowledge share thoughts and ideas, and lastly, an organization that cares about the clients that we serve

• Challenging, rewarding and exciting clinical position that makes a positive impact on the clients we serve

• The opportunity to collaborate with like-minded and creative clinical professionals.

• A culture that upholds a Servant Leadership perspective

• The chance to use and grow your clinical skills in therapeutic environment

• A supportive team environment that creates an empowering and positive atmosphere.

• Ability and opportunity to remain up to date on annual training, certifications, and licensure

• Clinical supervision for licensure

• No waiting period to begin using paid time off

• $2000 Sign On Bonus

The Youth Therapist reports directly to the Lead Youth Therapist. The position requires some flexibility and on-call responsibilities. The Youth Therapist is a remote position, but requires travel to the Treatment Homes at least once a week to provide individual therapy.

Salary: $55,000-$60,000

What Devereux Looks for in YOU:

• Coordinating the planning, development and delivery of therapy services to include individual and group therapy within a treatment home environment

• Providing clinical services to clients and families to ensure that they are receiving appropriate, outcome based, and cost effective treatment services.

• Maintaining familiarity with all aspects of the client treatment plan and providing updates and/or new information to Clinical Supervisor.

• Collaborating on the development of clinically appropriate aftercare plans in collaboration with treatment team, client, family, agency representatives, advocates, and community resources.

• Providing accurate, professionally written clinical documentation (progress notes, discharge summaries, assessments etc.) in accordance with regulations, standards and as directed by supervisor.

* *Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate’s understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children.

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or other related clinical discipline.

• Valid New Jersey LSW, LAC, LCSW and LPC

• One year experience working with youth and/or families.

• One year of clinical work in a behavioral health setting.

• Valid Driver's License

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• High level of initiative, accountability and professionalism.

• Exceptional organizational and problem solving skills.

• Ability to multi task and be deadline driven.

• Must pass the Diana Screen

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 months ago (1/31/2023 1:55 PM)

Requisition ID 2023-28895

Category Clinical

Position Type Full-Time

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.