Just Us Clinical Therapist

at  Oasis Center

Description:
JOB TITLE: Therapist
FSLA Status: Exempt
PROGRAM AREA: Clinical
Summary: Summary: To provide immediate crisis intervention/referral/intake services mainly for but not exclusively to clients who identify within a marginalized sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or as intersex who are referred through the crisis phone line/crisis walk-in service/community based agencies/Just Us/Students of Stonewall programs; provide individual, family and group counseling; provide support as needed to coordinators for other programming for LGBTQ youth, provide case management and aftercare services to assigned clients; and actively participate in the Clinical and Just Us teams.
Direct Service

Essential Functions:

• Provide individual, family, and group counseling services for youth, young adults and their families.
• Utilize creative approaches to provide therapeutic supports for youth beyond talk therapy or other traditional methods.
• Provide therapy through in-person sessions and tele-health when necessary.
• Assist in a comprehensive assessment of youth’s needs to ensure youth are matched with appropriate interventions
• Operate from a family systems approach to support young people in family strengthening efforts, as appropriate.
• Engage in a case conferencing approach with youth, case managers, and other parties as relevant to understand youth’s needs, strengths, and goals and to create a plan for services.
• Provide liaison, advocacy and referral services with appropriate mental health centers, courts, physicians, school systems, Department of Children’s Services and others as needed.
• Provide crisis response support in helping youth mediate conflict with families, friends, peers, and roommates.
• Conduct therapeutic support groups with LGBTQ teens and young adults and other groups as needed.
• Support agency youth as needed.

PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form.
• Ability to monitor client interaction visually and auditorily.
• Ability to maneuver stairs and uneven terrain.
  The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The physical demands of this position may be reasonably accommodated for individuals with disabilities on a case-by-case basis.
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and distance vision.
  The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
  Oasis Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is operated in accordance with a policy which does not permit discrimination because of race, color, sex, age, handicap, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression
  Educational Requirements: Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, or other related field, plus one year of relevant experience
  Supervisor: Director of Clinical Services & Director of Action and Advocac

Essential Functions:

• Provide individual, family, and group counseling services for youth, young adults and their families.
• Utilize creative approaches to provide therapeutic supports for youth beyond talk therapy or other traditional methods.
• Provide therapy through in-person sessions and tele-health when necessary.
• Assist in a comprehensive assessment of youth’s needs to ensure youth are matched with appropriate interventions
• Operate from a family systems approach to support young people in family strengthening efforts, as appropriate.
• Engage in a case conferencing approach with youth, case managers, and other parties as relevant to understand youth’s needs, strengths, and goals and to create a plan for services.
• Provide liaison, advocacy and referral services with appropriate mental health centers, courts, physicians, school systems, Department of Children’s Services and others as needed.
• Provide crisis response support in helping youth mediate conflict with families, friends, peers, and roommates.
• Conduct therapeutic support groups with LGBTQ teens and young adults and other groups as needed.
• Support agency youth as needed

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with program leadership to provide guidance and consultation on program design and ongoing development.
• Attend supervision, team, and all-staff meetings as required.
• Participate in activities that help community be aware of services available to youth.
• Maintain consistent and timely records, including relevant reports to meet funding and licensing requirements.
• Document client interactions in a consistent and ethical manner.
• Record case notes and goals in the Oasis database system and other systems as required.
• Assist in the preparation for monitoring visits by funding and licensing sources.
• Participate in the hiring process and orientation of new staff when appropriate.
• Stay current with research and best practices related to adolescent development, family strengthening, and youth homelessness; utilize research to continuously inform program delivery alongside program leadership.
• Serve on Oasis Center or community committees when requested or representation is significant to the agency mission