Reach Therapist

Pace Center for Girls I Do Matter • Pensacola, FL

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About The Position

The Reach Therapist provides community-based prevention and early-intervention behavioral health services to girls ages 11–17. The role helps girls build resiliency and reduce risk-related behaviors through a holistic clinical framework. Services may be provided in schools, homes, communities, or a center. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Pace Center for Girls is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985. It provides academic and counseling programs using girl-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed approaches. Its Reach program brings support to girls in their local schools, communities, or homes.

The therapist provides direct clinical care, family support, group services, crisis intervention, and wrap-around case management. The role also contributes clinical expertise to care planning, collaborates with schools and community agencies, advocates for girls, and supports program outcomes and data collection. The position requires a relevant master’s degree and an applicable clinical license or eligibility for licensure under state requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related field.
• Licensed in the applicable state as a Mental Health Counselor, Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Clinical Social Worker, or eligible for licensure as an associate, intern, or supervised clinician under the applicable state licensing board’s supervision requirements.
• At least two years of experience; experience with at-risk youth and families is preferred.
• Current driver’s license.
• Knowledge of case-management practices, community behavioral-health systems, and laws pertaining to youth and families.
• Experience using personal computers and basic office equipment.
• Ability to oversee students visually and audibly to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Ability to complete and participate in required trainings and drills.
• Ability to align with Pace’s mission, values, and guiding principles, maintain ethical standards, and comply with its policies and procedures.
• Ability to satisfy the required Level II pre-employment background screening under applicable Florida statutes and Department of Juvenile Justice policy and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with at-risk youth and families.

Responsibilities

• Uphold professional ethics and state statutes to help ensure the safety of program participants, families, and the organization.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with participants, families, caregivers, and Pace employees.
• Address risk factors through holistic assessments, goal-plan development, and targeted interventions guided by the Pace Therapy Logic Model.
• Use the Transtheoretical Model of Change to match interventions appropriately and timely, taking trauma history and girls’ strengths into account.
• Apply Relational-Cultural Theory while considering structures that shape relational patterns.
• Provide at least weekly therapy services using evidence-based and research-informed interventions in settings such as schools, homes, communities, or a center.
• Provide at least monthly family support or counseling with caregivers to encourage progress in the change process and engage girls’ natural support systems.
• Conduct girl-centered psychoeducational and therapy groups focused on life-skill development.
• Provide wrap-around case management, including transportation when needed, coordination with outside entities, schools, and community providers, referrals, and resource advocacy.
• Complete and submit required documentation accurately and on time in accordance with Pace policies and procedures.
• Maintain caseload requirements and productivity standards outlined in the Pace Therapy Logic Model and responsive to program needs.
• Provide crisis intervention as warranted, including risk assessments and family support.
• Build protective factors at individual, family, and community levels to increase girls’ resiliency.
• Empower girls and families by improving relationships, increasing self-efficacy, encouraging self-advocacy, and supporting healthy, productive decision-making.
• Engage in clinical supervision.
• Use consultation to support sound clinical decision-making.
• Contribute clinical knowledge to the care-planning team.
• Provide advocacy within the community.
• Collaborate with schools and community agencies to support girls’ change processes.
• Contribute to program outcomes and data collection.
• Complete other duties as assigned.
• Oversee students visually and audibly to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Participate in and complete required trainings and drills.
• Align with Pace’s mission, values, and guiding principles, maintain ethical standards, and comply with organizational policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Subject-specific instructional coaching.
• Full-time team members accrue 10 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 2 personal days annually, with additional PTO earned based on length of service.
• 14 paid national holidays and 5 additional days off during Wellness Week.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, critical illness coverage, accident coverage, legal and identity theft protection, and a 403(b) retirement plan for eligible full-time team members.
• Team members working 30 or more hours per week are eligible for medical, dental, FSA, HSA, and the 403(b) retirement plan; those working fewer than 30 hours per week are eligible for the 403(b) retirement plan.
• Wellness resources, including wellness rewards, counseling sessions, leadership coaching, and mindfulness resources.

What This Job Offers

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