Family Time Therapist - Contractor
About The Position
Parker Personal Care Homes (PPCH) is seeking a Licensed Family Time Therapist to provide therapeutic family time services that develop, maintain, and enhance relationships among caretakers and parents, children, siblings, and others involved in children’s care. Services for children, adolescents, and adults are aimed at addressing issues and promoting reunification or permanency, safety, and well-being. The therapist provides supervised and therapeutic supervised visits for youth and families involved with the child welfare system, maintains a client caseload, and coordinates scheduling and communication. Services may be provided in private homes, community settings, and PPCH offices. The position requires operating a private practice and may occasionally involve responding to emergency calls after normal business hours.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in counseling, social work, mental health, or a similar human services field.
- Colorado licensure as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or equivalent.
- Must operate a private practice.
- Successfully complete required PPCH training.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office or similar software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills, including when non-traditional communication is used.
- Ability to maintain a client caseload and schedule sessions in PPCH offices, community locations, or client homes.
- Ability to respectfully address significant health and safety issues while supporting an individual’s choices.
- Knowledge and understanding of legal and ethical considerations regarding client rights.
- Ability to administer, interpret, and evaluate psychological assessments.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to constructively receive and provide feedback with clients, families, colleagues, and leadership.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to meet PPCH driving and insurance requirements.
- Regular driving throughout the Denver Metro and I-25 corridor.
- Occasional lifting and carrying of approximately 15 pounds.
- May be required to physically assist others, including pushing or pulling individuals using wheelchairs.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of 2 years of professional, directly relevant experience is preferred.
- Training or education in trauma-informed therapies is highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide supervised and therapeutic supervised visits to youth and families involved with the child welfare system.
- Use appropriate internal and external resources to arrange additional services or interventions when needed.
- Prepare reports and behavioral plans.
- Assist with therapeutic mental health and counseling services for adults, adolescents, and children with I/DD, traumatic brain injury, mental health conditions, or other diagnoses in homes, community settings, and PPCH offices.
- Maintain a caseload of clients, including regular communication and scheduling.
- Assist with treatment plans, discharge plans, and follow-up care plans.
- Help ensure individuals receiving services are healthy, safe, and valued by others.
- Regularly assess living environments, community locations, activities, and PPCH vehicles, and report concerns to a supervisor.
- Comply with PPCH, state, federal, and other applicable guidelines and regulations.
- Establish and maintain respectful, professional relationships with individuals receiving services, related professionals, staff, guardians, family members, and team members.
- Attend meetings and staffings as needed or requested.
- Participate in internal and external audits as needed.
- Perform administrative tasks as needed.
