Child and Youth Therapist

Haven•Pontiac, MI

About The Position

The Child and Youth Therapist is a member of the Counseling Program and supports HAVEN’s mission to empower survivors to heal and engage individuals and communities in addressing and preventing sexual assault and intimate partner violence. The role provides trauma-informed counseling to children and adults through face-to-face, telephone, and virtual appointments, and provides a broad range of counseling services, facilitation, and training for interns and volunteer counselors. The therapist assesses counseling needs, provides services to children and their caregivers—including children who have witnessed intimate partner violence—and helps plan and deliver program services. The position also facilitates groups and workshops, works with community partners to provide training and referrals, maintains client documentation and program records, and contributes to program evaluation, curriculum updates, and community education efforts. The role requires evening availability three to four days per week and onsite work four days per week to accommodate children, youth, and caregiver schedules. HAVEN is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Hold an LLMSW or LMSW in Social Work, or an LLPC or LPC in Counseling.
Have education or experience working with adult, teen, and child survivors of intimate partner violence, including child witnesses of intimate partner violence.
Experience and ability to work effectively with people from diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Ability to maintain professional boundaries and comply with agency policies and procedures.
Skilled in Microsoft Word.
Possess interpersonal awareness and empathy; foster teamwork and work cooperatively with others.
Ability to respond to and handle crisis situations effectively using a trauma-informed approach.
Caring, empathetic, and passionate about working with survivors using a client-centered, empowerment-based approach.
Ability to work independently and with supervision.
Skills in therapeutic modalities for individual and group counseling with adults and children.
Ability to use creative approaches and develop curricula to meet changing population needs.
Excellent oral, written, active listening, and organizational skills.
Available to work evenings three to four days per week and onsite four days per week.

Nice To Haves

Training or experience in TF-CBT, play therapy, and creative expressions (preferred but not required).
Knowledge and experience supporting and providing therapy to adult survivors of intimate partner violence and child witnesses of intimate partner violence.

Responsibilities

Assess individual counseling needs through intakes for adult and child Counseling Program clients.
Provide counseling to children and their caregivers, including children who have witnessed intimate partner violence.
Facilitate groups and workshops for children and caregivers.
Build partnerships with school counselors and social workers, CPS, and DHHS systems to provide training and referrals.
Document safety planning.
Assist with developing, distributing, and collecting outcome evaluation tools.
Maintain and track open and closed client records, facilitate data entry, and communicate with coworkers to support compliance and agency operations.
Assist with training and evaluating student interns and volunteers as assigned by the Counseling Program Director.
Assist with conducting focus groups to obtain client input on programming.
Respond immediately to walk-in or high-risk clients.
Respond to client calls within 48 hours during the work week.
Respond to subpoenas when required.
Work with development and community education teams to promote programming.
Contribute to written curriculum updates as needed.
Stay current on community resources relevant to the populations served.
Assist with planning and delivering services to adult and child Counseling Program clients.
Participate in IPV Month activities.
Complete monthly reports and client evaluations.
Maintain client paperwork and files and complete program forms, including intake paperwork.
Perform other duties as assigned.