The Residential Therapist is responsible for developing and executing a substantial treatment program to facilitate the youths' development and growth by meeting their physical, emotional, educational, and vocational needs. The Residential Therapist is responsible for ensuring the treatment milieu is youth-centered and effectively designed to be implemented and meet the youths' needs in placement.
Qualifications
1. Master's Degree in Psychology, Marriage and Family Child Counseling, Social Work, or related field, with a minimum of six months experience in a residential setting.
2. Must be registered with the Board of Behavioral Science.
2. Must have knowledge of group process and interaction; working knowledge of child and adolescent development and treatment approaches effective in working with emotionally disturbed youths.
3. A minimum of three years’ experience working with troubled youths (latency and adolescent aged youths, preferable).
4. Minimum requirements and expectations of work performance are characterized by skilled professionalism, excellent clinical and case management skills, sound judgment, differentiated use of information, crisis intervention, and behavioral modification techniques.
5. Must be 21 years of age.
Job Type: Full-time
About Us
OUR STAFF & VOLUNTEERS
- Our therapeutic program is designed to encourage positive change and growth using comprehensive evidenced based, trauma informed treatment strategies.
- Our multidisciplinary team strive to provide a safe, consistent and therapeutic environment that allows for resident in placement to receive emotional and environmental support and guidance.
OUR HISTORY
- New Beginnings Residential Treatment Facilities, a nonprofit residential treatment program, was founded in 1995 by Gail Lacy. Ms. Lacy currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer.
- New Beginnings Residential Treatment Facilities is licensed to serve eighteen parenting and non-parenting female teens (ages 12-21) and four children (ages 0-2).
OUR VISION
Our vision is to equip young people in becoming self-sufficient adults, with the capacity to continuously thrive emotionally, physically and spiritually.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is for young people to build strong family units, develop a healthy core system and become productive citizens in our society.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to empower young people to make healthy decisions about relationships, sex, parenting, education, career and life choices.