Program Therapist - Ada, United States - The Chickasaw Nation

Description

We are currently looking for a Full Time Program Therapist to join our Violence Prevention and Residential Recovery Team A team located at the Nittak Himitta Womens and Childrens Recovery Center working .

• Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
• Greets and engages with a smile
• Determines and meets needs
• Seeks positive experience and outcomes
• Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
• Partners with internal and external services as needed to ensure appropriate referral is made
• Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
• Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
• Shares responsibilities for maintaining adequate supplies and equipment
• Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
• Observes and addresses potential environmental hazards and risks
• Maintains and promotes professionalism
• Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
• Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
• May provide break coverage for others as assigned
• May augment staff in other areas as needed based on staffing and needs ratio in regularly assigned unit
• Maintain knowledge of and follow all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
• Maintains confidentiality, security, and integrity of data and information
• Maintains confidentiality, security, and integrity of data and information

• Provides family, couple, individual and group therapies as needed
• Implements empirically validated measurements into therapeutic practice to assess for client progress in therapy and to measure overall therapeutic effectiveness with clients
• Collaborates with other professionals to ensure for appropriate care of clients
• Leads family education classes, such as relationship enhancement training
• Assists in ongoing initiatives to build and maintain referrals for services
• Create rapport with area school officials, counselors, and JOM coordinators to better serve the youth members
• All other duties as assigned

• Follow instructions, written or oral
• Adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
• Ability to work independently
• Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
• Read, understand and apply regulations and policies
• Understanding of problems within a family oriented framework
• Understand and be sensitive to First American culture
• Verbal with team, departments, guests and management
• Written with team, departments, guests and management

• 2 years directly related experience

• Pass general background check
• Standard Driver's License

• Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
• Licensed Professional Counselor

• Mental health treatment facility
• Communication with groups
• May be required to assist individuals who are emotionally disturbed
• Hostile, agitated or under-influenced persons
• Effective work relationships inside and outside organization
• Staff
• Pass pre-employment drug test
• Sometimes bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
• Use computer up to 50% of shift
• Operate normal office equipment
• Listening and hearing ability
• Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
• Sitting up to 50% of shift
• Standing up to 50% of shift
• Visual acuity for detail, distance, color, depth perception
• Walk up to 50% of shift
• Day shift