Community Based Family Therapist

Savio House • Denver, CO

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Utilizing evidence-based models, Savio works together to provide clinical therapeutic support to keep at-risk children and adolescents out of the system and in their homes. At Savio, you will grow your skills as a clinician and increase your ability to support youth and their families with comprehensive training and support to deliver an evidence-based model with high fidelity, clinical supervision hours and other professional development, and weekly case consultations with supervisor, team, and expert consultant.

Requirements

• MSW or other Masters in related counseling, psychology or related field (Bachelors with extensive experience considered on a case by case basis)
• DORA registration as licensed or candidate for LPC (LPCC), LCSW (SWC),LMFT (LMFTC), or NLC licensure

Nice To Haves

• Be Flexible and self-motivated.
• Be comfortable with community-based therapy and a non-traditional work schedule
• Have a passion for engaging with the population the program you join is working with
• New grads welcome!

Responsibilities

• Primarily engaging caregivers & other key participants in active, change-orientated treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to progress
• Cultivating growth in the whole family unit to empower families to solve their own problems
• Collaborating with families and allowing them to take the lead in setting treatment goals
• Keeping youth in their homes, minimizing safety risks and further legal charges.
• Engage caregivers who are facing challenging and complex issues that are impacting their children’s well-being and safety
• Focused on improving child safety and/or helping children heal from the impact of trauma.
• Provide two generation trauma treatment with evidence-based practices
• Help caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations;
• Increase caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior;
• Supporting caregivers’ problem solving
• Helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child.
• Provide consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed.
• Have a strengths-based and trauma-informed perspective of adolescents who have committed sexual offenses and victims of sexual offenses
• Have a passion for engaging youth ages 5-18 and their families who need to heal from past traumas
• Working with adolescents and their family system who are struggling with problem behaviors
• Meeting with the whole family 100% of the time and lead to healing through creating communication, safety, and hope within the family unit to overcome their problems

Benefits

• Comprehensive training and support deliver the evidence-based model program to fidelity
• Clinical supervision hours and other professional development
• Weekly case consultations with both supervisor and team
• Continued professional development and training and career planning
• Complete benefits package including, medical, dental, 403b retirement savings, and more.
• Access to a fleet of company insured vehicles (Denver, Colorado Springs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level