Rehabilitation Therapist

Community Partners in Action•Hamden, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Community Partners in Action (CPA) is seeking a Rehabilitation Therapist for the REGIONS-Site Secure Residential Treatment Program for Male Youth. This program provides a home-like, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, gender-specific, linguistically appropriate, strengths-based, and relationship-driven environment for up to 16 male youth. The goal is to improve their social, physical, and emotional well-being, therapeutically intervene in the cycle of offending, reduce risk factors, and prevent transition into the adult justice system. The treatment philosophy is individualized to help youth develop a positive self-image, learn coping skills, gain confidence, build positive relationships, achieve behavioral changes, and re-enter their communities successfully. The youth served are high-risk, likely with a history of violence, and may present with complex needs and poor treatment amenability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree related to rehabilitation/recreation therapy and experience in a residential treatment program.
Equivalent work experience and training in therapeutic rehabilitation with children and adolescents with emotional or mental challenges will be considered.
Understanding and knowledge of gender-specific, trauma-informed, culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate issues and needs.
Knowledge of behavior motivation and psychosocial interventions.
Knowledge of child psychology and development.
Strong emotional intelligence.
Ability to interact with multi-cultural populations.
Crisis management skills.
Leadership, decision making, communication, interpersonal and organizational/prioritization skills.
Adaptability, flexibility and resourcefulness.
Must share the belief that people can change and individuals in need deserve quality services and an opportunity to succeed.
Familiarity with relevant state and federal laws.
Must have and maintain a valid CT driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Selected candidates will be required to complete and pass a mandatory 120-hour training curriculum within their first year of employment.
Thereafter, employees must complete a minimum of 40 hours of training annually.
The training program includes Safe Crisis Management, which involves both verbal de-escalation techniques and physical restraint methods used to maintain the safety of both youth and staff during crisis situations.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
Candidates with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Develop and supervise specialized programs that target individualized treatment goals.
Collaborate with clinical and operations staff on the development and delivery of programs.
Oversee the implementation of therapy programs.
Monitor client progress to determine appropriate therapeutic modality.
Analyze and evaluate the accomplishment of program objectives.
Perform quality assurance audits to ensure program compliance with all standards.
Establish and maintain professional boundaries with all staff, youth and providers.
Serve as a role model to youth and staff modeling pro-social behaviors.
As necessary, utilize approved verbal and/or physical de-escalation techniques to eliminate youth's harm to self, harm to others, significant property/program destruction and escape, maintaining communication with necessary parties.
Work collaboratively with internal and external providers.