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United Methodist Youth Home

Therapist (LSW)

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What they do

An Art Therapist directs and coordinates recreational activities for people with disabilities or illness to help them improve their emotional and physical well-being, improve motor skills and increase confidence. Leads activities involving art, crafts, and similar activities. Assists patients with disabilities to learn to use public resources such as parks and public transportation, and integrate in the community. Works with people of all ages, in schools, nursing homes, clinics and other healthcare facilities, or in parks and recreation departments.

$60,354 / year median in Indiana

+9% projected growth

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Job Description

United Methodist Youth Home (UMYH) is seeking full-time therapists to join our clinical team! Our therapy team serves to provide wrap around care for the youth in both our residential and day reporting programs. This position reports directly to the Clinical Supervisor.
Responsibilities :
1. Be familiar with all UMYH policies and procedures for the Residential Treatment Program. 2. Help to ensure that we are providing the best treatment for the youth that we serve by: a) Completing the following assessments of a resident's placement. b) Completing the Social Assessment of a resident's placement. c) Completing the CANS Assessment of a resident's placement. d) Completing the Initial Treatment Plan of a resident's placement, including resident's history, presenting problems, treatment goals and objectives, interventions and diagnoses. e) Completing the Monthly Treatment Plan Reviews for each resident, including progress towards treatment goals, current diagnoses, and interventions. f) Completing a Revised Treatment Plan for each resident, including updating treatment goals and objectives, interventions, and diagnoses . g) Ensuring all aspects of the Treatment Plans are accurate, complete with all signatures, and submitted to the placing agency in a timely manner. h) Conducting and documenting individual therapy with each youth and more frequently as needed.
Work with youth on developing:
Healthy, effective coping skills Conflict resolution skills Anger management skills Symptom management (PTSD, ODD, Anxiety, Depression, AD/HD, etc. Psychoeducation Impulse control skills Improved self-esteem and self-worth Improved compliance with authority figures i) Conducting and documenting group therapy with each program . j) Conducting and documenting family therapy when the permanency plan is reunification. k) Documenting all individual, group, and family sessions on the Gmail Calendar and the program's daily schedule. Provide a minimum of 15 billable hours . Maintain therapy records for all individual, group, and family therapy sessions. Maintain a cumulative record of all Medicaid prior authorizations. It is the Therapist's responsibility to apply to Medicaid for a prior authorization for additional therapy sessions to using all authorized sessions. 6. Attend weekly supervision meetings with the Clinical Director for a minimum of 1 hour (1 hour for every 20-therapy hours) to: Review each youth who is receiving services Discuss the progress and effectiveness of therapy Review the clinical staffing from the weekly Treatment Team meeting The supervision meetings will be documented and signed by the Clinical Director and Therapist. 7. Attend all weekly meetings and monthly trainings. 8. Conduct a group activity for the residents and their families for the monthly Family Nights. 9. Assist in providing training to staff, on topics such as: Trauma-Focused CBT; Trauma-Informed Care; Explanation of Diagnoses, Symptoms, and Interventions; Suicide Prevention; Identification of Child Abuse and Neglect; LGBTQ, etc. 10. Responsible for carrying the after office hours cell phone on rotation with the other therapists, in case of therapeutic crises. There are times in which the Therapist is expected to come to campus: To help in handling crisis situations Assessing a youth who may possibly be a danger to themselves or others and taking them to either Deaconess Cross Pointe or Deaconess Gateway for an assessment. 11. Other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
1. Sessions in the offices and group homes with varying temperatures. 2. Includes travel by automobile throughout Indiana. 3. Exposure to infectious diseases. 4. Significant interaction with troubled youth, disoriented or agitated residents, and/or family members who need to be calmed. 5. On-call rotation for therapeutic crises ( $150 On-Call Bonus )
Job Standards:
1. Must be at least 21 years of age with a valid driver's license. 2. Master's Degree in Social Work with a minimum of 1 year post-graduate experience.. LSW required, LCSW preferred. 3. If not TF-CBT certified, able to be certified within 90 days of employment. 4. Ability to pass a criminal background check, including sex offender, and DCS registry, and fingerprints. 5. Pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical and TB test. Benefits Medical Insurance (85% paid by Employer) Dental Vision (paid for by Employer ) Standard Life Insurance ( paid for by Employer ) 10 Paid Holidays PTO (4 weeks within 1 year) Simple IRA after 1 year (Employer match up to 3%) BFit Corporate Membership Paid Bereavement Paid Extended Illness (up to 280 hours) FirstStop Telehealth Program About Us To fill out an official application visit our website at https://umyh.org/career/ For over 45 years, the United Methodist Youth Home has served some of Indiana's most vulnerable youth. At UMYH, we provide a variety of programming centered on helping at-risk youth become responsible and productive members of the community. The young people we serve have faced incredibly difficult obstacles and struggle to develop healthy coping skills. They are in need of a delicate balance of care and discipline. The treatment we provide is designed to achieve this, while empowering the youth to overcome the serious traumas they have faced and learn the skills needed to live UMYH is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. This company participates in
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Full-time Pay:
$53,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k) matching Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Vision insurance
Work Location:
In person