Acute Response Family & Child Therapist (fairview Hospitals)

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 141-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves almost 4,000 children ages 0-18 and approximately 9,000 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 50+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Savage, Burnsville and Eagan 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.

WHAT IS THE WARM PROGRAM? The Washburn Acute Response Model (WARM) focuses on children/adolescents referred through the emergency department or inpatient unit(s) at area Fairview hospitals.  The program provides short term, culturally based, and individualized services in the client’s home, school, community and/or Fairview’s premises.  The services we provide are in person and include assessment for appropriateness of services, crisis intervention, care coordination, case management, bridging to other services, therapy, parent psychoeducation and skills trainings.  The purpose of this program is to assist in transitioning clients to less intensive services, actively work on safety planning, engage other service providers, make referrals for longer term care and improve or maintain children and families’ overall functioning to reduce future out-of-home placements and improve stability over time.

  WHAT CAN WASHBURN CENTER OFFER YOU? Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development.  During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.   THE OPPORTUNITY We are searching for an Acute Response Therapist to take on referrals from the Emergency and Inpatient units and collaborate with hospital staff to set up intakes with families for WAARM therapy services. The WAARM therapist follows up with families to determine if they are interested in participating in short-term services through the program. An intake will be completed and the therapist assesses to ensure that short-term services are appropriate for the client’s immediate needs. 1-5 session to be completed based on client / family need. If short-term services are not appropriate for the client, the therapist assists the family in identifying other community resources to better suit the client’s mental health needs.   Clinical Treatment - Clinicians will provide services to educate and support families to become empowered to better self-advocate and navigate the various systems with more confidence and skill, as well as the following services:

• Provide specialized direct services to children and their families, in their homes, schools, clinic, and communities.
• Complete a diagnostic addendum used in conjunction with records provided by the treating hospital
• Develop and implement treatment plans, safety planning, and goal setting based on the diagnosis * Provide individual and family therapy designed to improve the functioning of the child in daily and community living
• Provide parent  psychoeducation
• Care coordination of social and other services designed to help the child and family gain access to all services providers and interdisciplinary services and to make further referrals as needed, including, but not limited to, the areas of volunteer services, advocacy, transportation, and legal services
• Provide consultation with school, recreation, and other community programs to encourage the child’s successful participation
• Must be knowledgeable and confident providing therapy and teaching families and others within the treatment team about trauma informed practice
• Create a discharge plan

Supervision and Professional Development - Clinicians are expected to:

• Attend weekly supervision and case consultation, present case information, and create and identify questions for consultation and supervision
• Provide and receive support from other team members
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision for interns as approved by the program assistant supervisors based on licensure and experience and assist with providing training, feedback, and learning experiences for program interns
• Maintain required CEUs

QUALIFICATIONS – EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree with licensure at the professional level in Social work, counseling, Family and Marriage or Psychology required
• Minimum 1 year of experience with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families required
• 2 – 4 years of experience with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families desired
• Valid Driver’s license required
• Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional (LICSW/LPCC/LMFT/LP Desired