Unit Therapist

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Milwaukee, WI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Unit Therapist will provide intensive individual sessions and multi-family group therapy to justice-involved youth in a secure setting, utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) framework. This position is essential to the Milwaukee County Center for Youth serving as the primary clinician for an assigned caseload.

Requirements

Current resident of Wisconsin
Valid Wisconsin driver's License and access to a reliable insured vehicle; maintained throughout employment.
Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or in a closely related field is required.
At least one (1) year of recent experience working with Youth providing counseling or therapy services.
Able to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25lbs as needed.
Must be available for evening and weekend shifts.

Nice To Haves

Certification as a Social Worker in the State of Wisconsin preferred
ASPW, CSW, LCSW, LPC or LPC-IT
Experience delivering Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary therapist and deliver structured individual DBT.
Apply the DBT target hierarchy, behavioral chain, solution analysis, and skills coaching to reduce high-risk, treatment-interfering, and quality-of-life interfering behavior.
Complete intake, diagnostic, risk, behavioral, trauma, substance-use, and other required assessments.
Develop and evaluate individualized treatment and safety plans integrating strengths, responsivity needs, court requirements, family priorities, MCCY phase goals, etc.
Provide family therapy and caregiver engagement using DBT validation, behavior-change, communication, contingency-management, and skills-coaching strategies.
Prepare youth and caregivers for home passes, aftercare, and community reintegration.
Provide in-the-moment DBT skills coaching, behavioral consultation, and clinical crisis response in the secure milieu.
Assist staff to recognize vulnerability factors and prompting events, respond consistently to target behaviors, as well as reinforce skill use.
Lead or participate in multidisciplinary treatment reviews.
Communicate clinical recommendations to youth, caregivers, MCCY staff, education and health providers, advocates, as well as ancillary team members.
Complete timely clinical records and reports for courts and authorized partners.
Participate in weekly DBT consultation team, clinical supervision, case review, required training, fidelity and outcome monitoring.
Use data and consultation to strengthen adherence.
Performs other duties as assigned.