PRN Clinical Therapist

About the Role

The Clinical Therapist at Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch provides compassionate, evidence-based care to adolescent females in a residential dual-diagnosis setting. This role includes assessing clients, developing and implementing treatment plans, and facilitating individual, group, and family therapy.

The therapist collaborates with the multidisciplinary team, supports staff with therapeutic guidance, and assists in crisis intervention. The ideal candidate is flexible, clinically skilled, and dedicated to helping adolescents heal and thrive in alignment with Roots’ mission and values.

What You'll Do

The Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch Clinical Therapist shall perform the following duties and function as a part of the treatment team:

• Maintain caseload of clients and coordinate care.
• Help with history gathering and screening on potential clients in the pre-admission phase.
• Meet with each patient upon intake, explaining the rules and culture of Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch.
• Assess and diagnose, if applicable, substance use disorders and/or other co-occurring psychiatric disorders within scope of practice defined by licensure and clinical privileges
• Develop and implement individual treatment plans for each client.
• Document pertinent clinical information into the electronic patient record.
• Meet individually with clients on a weekly basis to discuss case plans, goals, concerns, needs.
• Plan, lead and/or supervise psycho-education groups as directed by program requirements.

Facilitate group and family counseling and/or therapy sessions, within scope of practice defined by licensure and clinical privileges

Provide therapeutic support for direct care staff for Roots’ clients. This may require after-hours onsite support when necessary.

Conduct staff, parent and volunteer training in mental health and substance use disorder treatment best practices.

• Maintain accurate and excellent documentation for each client.
• Participate in daily and weekly team meetings and treatment plan review.
• Provide educational components relative to addiction and recovery to clients and families.

Communicate regularly with family members, Employee Assistance Professionals, physicians, referrals, judges, probation officers, etc. regarding treatment progress and continuing care needs.

In conjunction with clinical team, assist in monitoring and managing client community as a therapeutic milieu.

Intervene in crises to deescalate and resolve situation, using events as entries into therapeutic process for patient.

Provide clinical supervision for associate counselors and clinical assistant staff within scope of practice defined by licensure and clinical privileges

Represent Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch at outside professional meetings as needed, including presentations and marketing/development activities.

Ensure that a welcoming, safe and healing environment is maintained for each client and family throughout the continuum of care.

• Perform the planning of discharge and recovery support services.
• Participate in all team-building activities.
• Work to create a “DBT climate” as part of the milieu.
• Business travel for purposes of work matters when requested to do so.

Accept directives that may be in addition to the duties outlined above on an as-needed basis to ensure the health of the Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch program.

Participate in cleansing, equipping, empowering and renewing each patient at Roots Adolescent Renewal Ranch to be all they were created to be, and help them to understand that they are enough.

• Recommend ways to improve the quality and delivery of services.
• Ensure proper handling and distribution of company funds.
• Maintain confidentiality of company and client information.
• React productively to change.
• Perform CPR and First Aid as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Educational/Professional Qualifications

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW); Licensed; Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT); Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC); Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)

• Must be able to conduct therapy with adolescent patients.
• Work in crisis response and intervention preferred.
• Substance Use experience preferred.
• EMDR training or certification preferred.

Personal Qualifications

A passion to see individuals who deal with mental health and substance use disorders experience healing, life change, and purposeful living and believe that change can happen under the conditions defined in the Roots vision statement, mission statement and core values.

• Emotional maturity.
• Ability and stamina to work within state regulations and Roots policy, even if regulations/policy goes against personal beliefs.
• Ability to manage a busy workload.
• Flexibility in work hours, programs and services.
• Excellent personal and professional boundaries.
• Adherence to Roots’ Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Core Values.
• Ability to work with patients/staff/volunteers with varying faith backgrounds.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Current and valid driver's license and pass background check.