DSHS CSTC Psychology Associate

State of Washington•Pierce County – Lakewood, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our team at the Child Study and Treatment Center (CSTC) within Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration (BHHA) as a Psychology Associate. You will be responsible for family therapy and family group programming, serving as the therapist for a caseload of approximately 10 families and contributing to CSTC’s family group programming. You will also be responsible for supporting Program Directors in designing and implementing group treatment interventions, contributing to treatment plans, and supporting milieu programming. You will provide formal and informal psychological consultation regarding psychiatric disorders, treatments, and care strategies to other direct care counselor staff who are assigned to the cottages. You will work with an Interdisciplinary team and actively collaborate with cottage psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, recreation therapists, and youth counselors to provide treatment by BHA, CSTC, TJC, and CMS guidelines. Join us today in our mission of helping our community shape their own lives! Pierce County employees are eligible to receive an Orca Card for transportation needs.

Requirements

A master’s degree in psychology, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy from an accredited institution of higher education
Registration as a WA State Agency Affiliated Counselor or professional licensure in the State of Washington

Responsibilities

Use evidence-based practices and state-of-the-art therapeutic strategies to provide family, individual, and group therapy and outreach program services for children and adolescents with diverse and complex diagnostic presentations.
Participate in treatment team case formulation and interventions to effectively implement individual treatment plans.
Assesses and documents patient progress toward treatment goals.
Understand and apply established treatment models to patient care.
Provide family therapy sessions to address treatment targets determined by the treatment team.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment team members, including psychiatry, social work, nursing, and other hospital staff.
Provide clinical consultation on psychological principles, to youth counselor staff in the application of proposed treatments for patients.
Participate in continuing education in ethics and other topics relevant to the practice of therapy.
Maintain current annual training and certifications as mandated by facility policy.