Brief In-home Stabilization Therapist (Hiring Bonus)

All are welcome! People of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply!

Washburn Center for Children is a leading children’s mental health center, caring for a wide variety of children’s needs associated with anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties and trauma.

The 141-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves almost 4,000 children ages 0-18 and approximately 9,000 family members each year. Washburn Center’s three office locations – Brooklyn Park, Edina, and Minneapolis – serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers in-home services, and its school-based program serves 50+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Savage, Burnsville and Eagan school districts.

The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes, schools and clinic-based services, visit us online.

What is Brief In-Home stabilization therapy?

During this 8 to 12 week acute mental health therapy, Washburn Center’s caring staff offers therapeutic services, skill-building, case management and parenting support, with a 24-hour on call service. Therapists collaborate with a child’s teachers and social workers to identify needs and develop strategies for increased stability.  Our crisis stabilization therapists have tele-therapy appointments available to give families quick access to compassionate crisis support.

The comprehensive support provided through the Crisis Stabilization program is designed to help children, ages 3 through 17, with acute mental health distress, stay in their home and avoid psychiatric hospitalization or other out-of-home placements.

WHAT CAN WASHBURN CENTER OFFER YOU?

Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development.  During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.

The Opportunity:

Washburn Center for Children has an opening for a full time Brief In-Home Stabilization Therapist. This position maintains a caseload of 6-10 children/students providing culturally based, individualized service to acute mental health distressed children and families, in their home, schools and community. Services may include assessment, crisis intervention, case management, therapy, parent education, and skills training.   The purpose is to reduce the crisis, improve or maintain children and families emotional or behavioral functioning and to reduce the risk of out-of-home placement, hospitalization, risk of maltreatment, or to assist a child transitioning back to the community following a hospitalization or residential placement.

Role Responsibilities:

Clinical Treatment:

Our clinicians provide services to educate and support families to become empowered to better self-advocate and navigate the various systems with more confidence and skill.

They provide specialized direct services to children and their families, in their homes, schools, and communities. This includes:

·       Conduct diagnostic assessments

·       Develop and implement treatment plans, crisis intervention, and goal setting based on the diagnosis

·       Provide individual and family therapy designed to improve the functioning of the child in daily and community living

·       Provide parent education

·       Care coordination of social and other services designed to help the child and their family gain access to all service providers and interdisciplinary services and to make further referrals as needed, including, but not limited to, the areas of volunteer services, advocacy, transportation, and legal services

·       Provide consultation with school, recreation, and other community programs to encourage the child’s successful participation

·       Create a discharge plan

Documentation:

Clinicians will be expected to maintain required documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual, including:

·       Diagnostics assessments

·       Treatment plans for each client

·       Daily progress notes

·       Complete CASIIs, work with parents to complete the Parent SDQ, and work with clients to complete the GAIN-SS

·       Documentation of all case activities

·       Discharge or transfer summaries

·       Collaborate with the billing department to maintain current, timely authorizations for all therapeutic services from required insurance policies

·       Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program

**All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.**

Experience and Qualifications:

·       Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or other human service field, required

·       Must maintain or be working towards independent licensure; licensure as LICSW, LP, LPCC, or LMFT strongly preferred

·       If candidate has a Master’s in Social Work, valid licensure as an LGSW is required

·       A minimum of one year of experience working with children in acute mental health distress and their families is required; 3-5 years preferred

·       Flexibility, resourcefulness, and demonstrated cultural responsiveness when working with diverse populations, specifically those impacted by systemic inequality

·       Must have vehicle in operating condition, a valid driver’s license, and car insurance, required

·       Must be knowledgeable and confident providing therapy and teaching families and others within the treatment team about trauma informed practice

·       Must be able to provide access to 24 hour on-call availability on a rotating basis

BENEFITS at WASHBURN:

Washburn offers benefits to Full-Time benefit eligible employees comprehensive Dental, Vision, Health, Life and Long-term disability insurance.  Additionally, we offer a 403b retirement plan and a flexible benefit option (FSA). 

Vacation:  Paid Vacation accrues at 10 hours of vacation per month - up to 15 days / 120 hours annually.

Sick Leave:  Paid sick leave accrues at 6.68 hours of sick per month - up to 10 days / 80 hours.

Holidays:  There are 2.5 days/20 hours of floating holidays per year in addition to the eight standard holidays.

***Please note that Internships, Part-Time (less than 30 hours/week) and Temporary positions are NOT eligible for all of Washburn Center's benefits***

Washburn Center for Children is an EEO/AA employer: women, minorities, people with disabilities, people that hold different gender identities and expressions and veterans are encouraged to apply. Cultural responsiveness and advancing equity are essential to achieving our mission. Our core values guide how we actively heal, learn and work.

To learn more about life at Washburn and how we work together, visit us online.