Residential Clinician

The Residential Clinician provides treatment to those individuals receiving services from Vanderheyden. Treatment includes but is not limited to: individual, family, and group therapy. Clinician is responsible for those tasks that require skills, judgment, and decisions that involve clinical knowledge, training, and experience. The Clinician is responsible for planning, implementing, and guiding treatment in all aspects of daily living during the individuals' placement at Vanderheyden.  Monday - Friday, Full-time position. 

Primary Duties and Essential Functions

• Comply with all requirements of 291 Licensure.


• Compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to include NYSED Guidelines

• Participate in the intake and planning process, which includes reviewing pre-placement material and participating in pre-placement interviews and assessments as requested by the Vice President of Operations.

• Provides assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for all assigned individuals.


• Provides formal individual therapy to all assigned individuals on a weekly basis.


• Provides formal family therapy to all assigned families on a bi-weekly basis


• Develops and facilitates weekly group therapy sessions in the following areas.

1. Anger Management


2. Social Skills


3. Substance Abuse Education


4. Healthy Relationships/Sexuality Education

• Provides crisis intervention on an as-needed basis.


• Conducts mediation on an as-needed basis.


• Provides ongoing communication with the individuals' family/guardians regarding medication and all other matters of a clinical nature.


• Understands different views, experiences, orientations, and cultural differences and takes into account when planning for treatment.


• Monitors communication log and individual logs for all assigned individuals.


• Chairs treatment team meetings to facilitate the development, ongoing assessment, and modifications of individuals' Comprehensive Treatment Plans.

• Attend CSE and school-related meetings as necessary.


• Attends weekly medication reviews with the agency Psychiatrist.


• Attend weekly Clinical Consult Meeting with Case Coordinator and House Manager.


• Complete any Case Coordinator's responsibilities deemed necessary in the absence of the Case Coordinator.


• Participate in bi-weekly staff meetings.


• Completes IEP goals and grading.


• Completes progress notes regarding clinical sessions and inter and intra-agency contacts that reflect services offered, individual and family response, as well as treatment progress.  Progress notes are completed in a timely manner in accordance with regulatory requirements.


• Completes all Comprehensive Treatment Plans in a timely manner.


• Completes Behavior Support Plans (BSP) monthly and updates as necessary.


• Performs on-call consultation duties assigned.


• Engages in department planning and goal attainment.


• Proficient with agency electronic record and billing.

Required Education, Knowledge and Skills:

• Master's Degree from an accredited program, in Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling or related area required.


• Experience in providing therapy/treatment services for at-risk youth and families. Specific programs may require specialized training.


• Relevant licensure.


• Valid and current driver's license.

Abilities and Working Conditions:

• Must be available to work a 40-hour work week.


• Must be able to lift 25 pounds.


• Must be able to stand and run for moderate periods of time.


• Must have a valid NYS driver's license


• Must be able to perform restraints and maintain TCI certification.


• Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.

Vanderheyden is committed to the Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community.  The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those services.

Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.