ALL ARE WELCOME! PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUALS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY!

Washburn Center for Children is a leading children’s mental health center, caring for a wide variety of children’s needs associated with anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties and trauma.
The 142-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves nearly 4,800 children ages 0-18 and approximately 11,000 family members each year. Washburn Center’s three office locations – Brooklyn Park, Edina, and Minneapolis – serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers in-home services, and its school-based program serves 55+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, District 191, Columbia Heights and Minneapolis school districts.
The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes, schools and clinic-based services, visit us online.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Required)
• Doctoral Degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Desired)
• A minimum of 3-5 years assessing, diagnosing and treating children and families (Required)
• Fully licensed or close to licensure in LICSW, LMFT, LPCC or LP (required)
• Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES

• Fluent Spanish speaker (Desired)
• Demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process
• Adaptable to multiple workplace cultures
• Ability to work independently
• Understand when to ask questions
  Salary bracket:
  $60,000 - $75,000
  (Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to licensures status, work experience and education)
  Why work at Washburn? https://youtu.be/i4OPCDl1CMg

RESPONSIBILITIES

Our school based therapists, working in collaboration with the school staff and Washburn Center leadership, provide a combination of the school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community.

These services can be:

• Conduct diagnostic assessments (DA) and share feedback with the client and / or their family
• Collaborate with the client and / or their family on treatment plan that incorporates DA results
• Provide individual and family therapy
• Participate in IEP meetings
• Provide care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the client
• Create a discharge plan

Additionally, some of your responsibilities as a School based therapist will be to maintain required documentation as outlined in our Clinical Policy Manual, ie:

• Diagnostics assessments
• Treatment plans
• Progress notes
• Outcome measures (e,g, SDQ, CASII, ECSII)
• Discharge summaries
• Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services
• Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the progra