CTSS Therapist

Bethanna, a leader in implementing evidence-based behavioral health care, is a Christian organization that provides high-quality services for children and families to ensure safety, restore emotional wellness, and build family stability.

As a CTSS Therapist, you will provide therapy in community-based settings, such as a child's home, school, or daycare. You will work with individual and family therapy, treatment planning, consultation, and collaboration with the case management team of children receiving other Bethanna services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and family therapy to clients in the home, office, or school
• Be available for crisis intervention consultation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Provide therapeutic support, education, and liaison with foster families, biological families, therapeutic foster care agency staff, and DHS workers
• Generate acceptance and understanding of the child's mental health problems on behalf of the entire treatment team and families
• Assist with selecting and establishing connections with appropriate treatment and other supportive resources
• Facilitate discharge from the CTSS program
• Utilize applied behavioral analysis methods to create behavioral plans for addressing target symptoms that may interfere with placement in foster home or school
• Write treatment plans, in collaboration with other team members, including treatment goals and strategies for all relevant domains

Requirements:

• A Master's degree from a regionally accredited program in a clinical mental health discipline that included a clinical practicum with children/adolescents is required
• A minimum of one year post-Master's experience providing assessment, treatment, and case management services to children within the mental health and child welfare system is required
• The employee must have experience with family systems and behavioral interventions; training and experience with play therapy is beneficial
• The ability to work effectively as a team member and navigate multiple systems is critical
• Effective communication (orally and in writing) is required (all candidates must submit a clinical writing sample)

Additional Requirements:

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Free of communicable diseases as verified by a physician's statement before beginning this position's duties
• Have Criminal, Child Abuse, and FBI clearances completed within the last year
• Access to a personal vehicle to be used for transportation purposes during work; will possess a valid driver's license, vehicle registration, car insurance, have a safe driving record, and will demonstrate safe driving skills while driving for work purposes