Soc.Emotional Support Spec.II-Child Therapist

Ability to provide groups and individual children with structure, nurture, challenge and engagement inclusive of their teacher and/or parent caregiver’s perspectives of the child/children’s needs. Provide both preventative skill building inventions and responsive crisis behavior support within the classroom environment.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field
• 2 year minimum experiencing working with children
• Familiar with the implications of trauma, attachment and diversity through previous work experiences
• Previous direct service experience with the desired population
• Strong computer skills in order to use appropriate databases for documentation.
• Strong organizational skills and communication skills.
• Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

The Social Emotional Support Specialist/Child Therapist is responsible for providing a wide range of social emotional related services including but not limited to:

• Maintain/achieve clinical Missouri License in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field to carry a caseload for treatment

• Provide immediate support during times of behavioral crisis to children in their classroom setting or in a designated Safe Place

• Collaborate with Adult Mental Health, Disabilities Services and Social Services to support whole family treatment

• Maintain open communication with parents/caregivers to ensure continuity of care for child

• Utilize the DSM-5 to assess, diagnose and determine treatment modalities and therapeutic goals

• Facilitate treatment focused therapeutic groups for children; including, but not limited to: prevention, small group, and whole class interventions

• Utilize Non-directive, Directive, and Attachment-based, Trauma Informed therapeutic modalities in individual therapy

• Create and maintain clinical documentation in all required systems and EHR

• Provide classroom support, consultation and whole-class interventions in early education classes as needed

• Maintain self-regulation in times of high stress.

• Engage children in utilizing social emotional strategies to regain regulated state in their natural environments
• Model skills and strategies for teachers and caregivers that the child to use within their daily routine and environment
• Reintegrate children back into their classroom activity when regulation has occurred
• Meet with children in their classroom environment to practice strategies for regulation, including safety, connection and executive functioning skills
• Implement positive behavior support and skill building through a trauma informed lens with regulated children on caseload within their classroom environment
• Participate in Behavior Support Plan meetings and reviews to update and collaborate with interdisciplinary team on strategies that are effective and need modification to best meet a child’s needs

Working Conditions

Indoor Office Environment.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee.

Operation Breakthrough is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with Operation Breakthrough is “At Will”.