School Based Therapist - Middle School (Burnsville)

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 School Based Therapy at Washburn?

Our compassionate, experienced therapists support children and their families through challenging times by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns, including school adjustment problems, depression, anxiety, difficulty dealing with loss or family changes, abuse, traumatic events, attention problems, parent-child conflicts and acting-out behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a child’s strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home, in school and in the community.

As a school-based mental health clinician, your focus will be on assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation and training for the middle school staff in this Burnsville school.

As a successful candidate you should hold independent licensure at LICSW, LPCC, LP, or LMFT or hold an LGSW working towards independent licensure and be able to demonstrate your skill in children’s mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment. 

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.

Role responsibilities:

Our school based therapists, working in collaboration with the school staff and Washburn Center leadership, provide a combination of the school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community.  These services can be:

§  Conduct diagnostic assessments (DA) and share feedback with the client and / or their family

§  Collaborate with the client and / or their family on treatment plan that incorporates DA results

§  Provide individual and family therapy

§  Participate in IEP meetings

§  Provide care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the client

§  Create a discharge plan

Ancillary care:

As a school based therapist you will also provide ancillary services in alignment with the school staff and Washburn Center supervisor, including:

§  Conduct child group therapy, skills training, and/or prevention groups

§  Provide care coordination, including collaboration with parents, school staff, and other agencies

§  Participate in classroom observations

§  Provide teacher consultations, training, and support

§  Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff, program directors, and grant coordinators to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development and the coordination of the program at the school

Documentation:

Additionally some of your responsibilities as a School based therapist will be to maintain required documentation as outlined in our Clinical Policy Manual, ie:

§  Diagnostics assessments

§  Treatment plans

§  Progress notes

§  Outcome measures (e,g, SDQ, CASII, ECSII) 

§  Discharge summaries

§  Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services

§  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.***

As WASHBURN Center for Children serves the community it is important that our therapists are able to demonstrate cultural humility and responsiveness in their therapeutic process and in their interpersonal relationships.  Our work environment requires professionals that can adapt and be flexible within multiple workplace cultures.  Our clinicians works independently but will always have a team and supervisor to support them and guide them when needed.

Education Requirements:

·       Master’s degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work

·       A minimum of 3 years assessing, diagnosing and treating children and families

·       Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional

Salary bracket: $60,000 - $80,000 (Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to licensure, work experience and education)

Why work at Washburn? https://youtu.be/i4OPCDl1CMg

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.