Youth & Family Therapist

CONTRIBUTION TO MISSION & CONTINUUM OF CARE

The goal of Dawn Farm is to remove the barriers that people with addictions face to entering into recovery. Youth and Family therapists at Dawn Farm further this mission by engaging with families to provide assessments, educational information, and therapy services to reduce the risk of future substance use.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completes youth and family assessments
• Develops individual recovery plans with clients
• Facilitates group therapy sessions as needed
• Provides individual therapy
• Provides multidimensional family therapy, as needed
• Provides crisis intervention services
• Provides integrated case management services
• Maintains complete record of client's treatment
• Administers substance testing throughout course of treatment
• Participates in all required trainings, staff meeting, inservices, and special events
• Interacts with other community agencies regarding treatment progress and referrals, as needed
• Assists and trains new employees and interns
• Monitor funding for treatment services (self pay record, public-funding, etc)
• Maintains and reports applicable statistics regarding programs and client services
• Completes other duties, as required by program coordinator
• Completes and documents emergency drills and site inspections

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

ALL DAWN FARM EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrates Dawn Farm mission and core values into daily functions
• Familiar with recovery principles and the philosophy and practice of 12-step recovery
• Pursues continuing education to improve job knowledge and maintain licensing/certification, as applicable
• Able to interact with a wide variety of people in a cordial, professional manner, both independently and as part of a team
• Able to interact with clients and family members in an empathetic manner while maintaining professional boundaries

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

CREDENTIALS

• Master’s degree in Social Work or related field strongly preferred
• CAADC or plan for certification
• CPR certification

RECOVERY

• At least eighteen months of continuous sobriety, if in recovery from addiction.
• If ever a client in any Dawn Farm program, at least one year since the date of last service.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For all Dawn Farm employees

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and listen.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to write, type, use phone, and to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, and walk.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

Additional demands specific to this job

None

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

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