Children's Therapist - Little Rock, United States - Our House Inc

Description

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Childrens Therapist

UpdatedMarch 2024


Department:
Mental Health


Reports to:
Childrens Mental Health Coordinator

Employment Type:
In-Person, Full-Time, Salary, Exempt

About Our House

Our House empowers homeless and near-homeless families and individuals to succeed in the

workforce, in school, and in life through hard work, wise decision-making, and active

participation in the community. The Our House team has defined a set of seven Guiding

Principles that characterize our culture and that we intentionally seek to uphold: Hard Work,

Wise Decision-Making, Community, Initiative, Integrity, Safety, and Heart.

About the Role

You will be responsible for providing social work and therapeutic services to Our House clients,

specifically children, to help meet the biopsychosocial needs of those clients. You will work

closely with direct service staff, the on-site medical clinic, and the rest of the Mental Health

Team to provide stream-lined, collaborative care for the children and families using an

interdisciplinary approach to ensure that all aspects of a childs needs are being met.

What Youll Do

• Obtain a full caseload of children ages 3 to 17 and provide individual mental health

therapy for the child

• Provide diagnostic and comprehensive assessments to children and families using a

strengths based approach

• Provide intake appointments with new clients and complete a biopsychosocial to obtain

all pertinent information in order to provide treatment for the child

• Create individualized treatment plan goals and objectives utilizing SMART goals and

assess/monitor these goals quarterly to provide quality mental health care for children

• Provide monthly parent meetings to discuss students progression or regression in

therapy and to engage parents/families in the treatment plan process

• Abide by HIPAA protocol with case notes for each client and keep up with these each

week after you see a child for therapy

• Engage in and create social emotional learning (SEL) group therapy for toddlers, Pre-K,

and school age children

• Provide in-classroom social and emotional support as needed
• Attend all relevant meetings on campus to advocate for clients such as staffing,

supervision, and meetings with other program staff

• Participate and help with parenting classes that are offered on campus
• Research and refer clients to Our House programs and other community and

government resources

Our House Inc. PO Box 34155, Little Rock, AR

• Be trained and well-versed in evidence based practices appropriate to working with

children of all ages (infants, toddlers, youth, and teens)

• Be well-versed in Conscious Discipline, SPARK, trauma-informed care, poverty-informed

care, recovery model, two-generation approach, interdisciplinary approach, and other

best practices as appropriate

• Coordinate closely with Our House Case Managers, Childrens Program team members,

Mental Health Team, Social Work interns, and on-site medical clinic staff to ensure full

collaboration with a clients full support team to coordinate their behavioral and primary

health care

• When possible, supervise, coach, and support social work interns or trainees, and be a

champion of Our House as a learning lab for those in the social work community

• Be available and well trained in crisis intervention situations with children and be

knowledgeable and available to assist with assessments such as Ages & Stages

Questionnaire (ASQ), Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Patient Health

Questionnaire (PHQ9), and other appropriate measurement tools

• Maintain client confidentiality and ensure that all clients are treated fairly and with

respect and that Our House maintains an environment that is inclusive and safe for all

people

• Conduct other duties as assigned to fulfill Our Houses mission

What Youll Bring

• LMSW, LCSW, LAC, or LPC
• Masters degree
• Experience working with children and families in poverty, distress, and/or homelessness

and near homelessness

• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation
• Proficiency in basic word processing, Excel, and data entry
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups