Milieu/Program Therapist
About The Position
Help create a safe, supportive environment where healing happens every day. As a Milieu/Program Therapist, you'll play an integral role in guiding patients through their treatment journey by facilitating psychoeducational groups, supporting therapeutic meals, building meaningful therapeutic relationships, and fostering a structured, compassionate treatment environment. Working alongside a multidisciplinary clinical team, you'll help patients develop the skills, confidence, and resilience needed for lasting recovery. This is an excellent opportunity for clinicians who are passionate about behavioral health, enjoy working in a collaborative team setting, and want to make a meaningful impact while continuing to grow their clinical skills.
Requirements
- Must have a basic understanding of the therapeutic process that patients experience during program hours, understand confidentiality laws, and have a strong knowledge of professional ethics.
- Must be able to demonstrate leadership abilities and be able to work with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds.
- Must demonstrate tact, resourcefulness, independent thinking, enthusiasm, and non-judgmental attitude.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and practice of effective counseling skills.
- Demonstrates ability to build therapeutic rapport.
- Master’s degree in behavioral health field preferred; or enrollment in a MA counseling program required.
- CPR Certification within 90 days of hire required.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of six months experience working in therapeutic milieu preferred.
- Good oral and written communication skills preferred.
- Clinical conceptualization of the treatment of eating disorders and dual diagnoses preferred.
- Treatment orientation and approach that aligns with that of EDCare, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide and maintain structure for Intensive Outpatient Program as well as the Partial Hospitalization Program.
- Conducting psycho-educational groups.
- Facilitating meals and meal processing.
- Encouraging a therapeutic milieu.
- Facilitates meals with patients in a fashion consistent with the treatment philosophy of EDCare; Models appropriate eating behaviors during assigned mealtimes with patients.
- Contributes clinical information and observations about patients in weekly staffing.
- Facilitates integration of new patients into the program by demonstrating knowledge of all aspects of the clinical program and complete orientation for new patients as assigned.
- Facilitates groups with expertise, demonstrating ability to engage, set limits and monitor the group process.
- Maintains group curriculum for psychoeducational groups according to EDCare clinical standards.
- Is creative in therapeutic interventions to maintain a safe, supportive, clinically sound milieu.
- Is present and available for patient requests and needs.
- Provides outreach to patients when necessary.
- Maintains daily program structure.
- Conducts check-ins and check-outs with patients.
- Facilitates therapeutic outings.
- Timely completion and accuracy of clinical paperwork: progress notes, group notes etc.
- Takes responsibility for opening and/or closing the facility.
- Manage the Milieu Phone to contact patients as needed for attends and/or order transportation for patients as needed.
- Other job duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
