Children's Trauma Therapist

Domestic Violence Intervention Services•Tulsa, OK

11d

About The Position

The Children’s Trauma Therapist serves as a staff member at will of Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS). The Children’s Trauma Therapist provides professional therapy services for DVIS clients including intakes, individual sessions, family sessions, group sessions, psycho-education, advocacy, case management, and crisis intervention.

Requirements

Master’s degree required.
LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or under supervision for licensure. If not yet licensed, must be able to go under supervision upon the first date of employment.
A minimum of one year of supervised experience providing therapy to adults and/or children; this may be acquired through graduate experience.
Proven computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite, Canva, and Adobe, are necessary.
Will need to efficiently utilize DVIS’ electronic health records system.
Requires a candidate with a commitment to disrupting domestic violence using a holistic lens to support people who commit harm and survivors of interpersonal violence.
Organized, collaborative, clinically skilled, invested in the community, gender equity, racial equity, and self-motivated.
Requires dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion, excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize work and tasks.
Requires adaptability to produce and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-task, and changing environment, with frequent pressure related to meeting deadlines and scheduling requirements.
Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
Must have good negotiation skills and the ability to handle sensitive information with diplomacy.
Requires the ability to embrace, support, and integrate DVIS’s philosophies to promote and demonstrate DVIS’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with a nonprofit and with trauma is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of or experience working with social justice issues, specifically intimate partner, and gender-based domestic and sexual violence, and racial, class, gender, sexual orientation issues, and intervention/prevention services strongly preferred.
Experience applying an equitable analysis to all duties to achieve organizational goals and demonstrate DVIS’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism preferred.
Diplomacy in confronting personal, individual, and internal discrimination requiring sharing and discussing personal identities relative to the work environment is strongly preferred.
Requires sophisticated emotional intelligence and resiliency skills to lead and/or actively participate in advancing our work relative to racial, social, and economic justice.

Responsibilities

Conducting intakes, individual therapy sessions, family therapy sessions, and group sessions with children and their caregivers.
Provide thoughtful, clinically sound interventions unique to each client/family and their situation.
Safety plan with every client/family.
Utilizing evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment models for clients, specific to their unique needs.
Assist with crisis intervention as needed.
Conducting intake assessments, treatment plans, case notes, assessments, and all other documentation within the timeframe required.
Complete court reports and other letters for clients as needed depending on their situation.
Providing consultation to other professionals regarding domestic and sexual violence.
Collaborate and coordinate internally and externally to best assist clients.
Other assistance to support the overall goals of the department and organization.
Maintains up-to-date and accurate files for each client according to agency guidelines and current professional standards.
Attend meetings and training as requested by supervisor.