Acute Response Family & Child Therapist (Allina Hospitals)

Acute Response Therapist

All are welcome! People of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply!

Washburn Center for Children is a leading children's mental health center, caring for a wide variety of children's needs associated with anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties, and trauma.

The 141-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves almost 4,000 children ages 0-18 and approximately 9,000 family members each year. Washburn Center's three office locations - Brooklyn Park, Edina, and Minneapolis - serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers in-home services, and its school-based program serves 50+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Savage, Burnsville, and Eagan school districts.

The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes, schools, and clinic-based services, visit us online.

Job Description

• Take on referrals from the Emergency and Inpatient units and collaborate with hospital staff to set up intakes with families for WAARM therapy services.
• Follow up with families to determine if they are interested in participating in short-term services through the program.
• Complete an intake and assess to ensure that short-term services are appropriate for the client's immediate needs.
• Provide specialized direct services to children and their families in their homes, schools, clinic, and communities.
• Complete a diagnostic addendum used in conjunction with records provided by the treating hospital.
• Develop and implement treatment plans, safety planning, and goal setting based on the diagnosis.
• Provide individual and family therapy designed to improve the functioning of the child in daily and community living.
• Provide parent psychoeducation.
• Coordinate care of social and other services designed to help the child and family gain access to all service providers and interdisciplinary services.
• Provide consultation with school, recreation, and other community programs to encourage the child's successful participation.
• Create a discharge plan.

Supervision and Professional Development

• Attend weekly supervision and case consultation, present case information, and create and identify questions for consultation and supervision.
• Provide and receive support from other team members.
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision for interns as approved by the program assistant supervisors based on licensure and experience.
• Maintain required CEUs.

Requirements

• Master's Degree with licensure at the professional level in Social Work, Counseling, Family and Marriage Therapy, or Psychology required.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families required.
• 2 - 4 years of experience with severely emotionally disturbed children and their families desired.
• Valid Driver's license required.
• Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional (LICSW/LPCC/LMFT/LP) desired.

Salary

Salary bracket: $65,000 - $78,000 (Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to licensure, work experience, and education).

Benefits

Washburn offers benefits to full-time benefit eligible employees including comprehensive dental, vision, health, life, and long-term disability insurance. Additionally, we offer a 403b retirement plan and a flexible benefit option (FSA).

• Paid vacation accrues at 10 hours of vacation per month - up to 15 days / 120 hours annually.
• Paid sick leave accrues at 6.68 hours of sick per month - up to 10 days / 80 hours.
• There are 2.5 days/20 hours of floating holidays per year in addition to the eight standard holidays.

Please note that internships, part-time (less than 30 hours/week), and temporary positions are not eligible for all of Washburn Center's benefits.

Washburn Center for Children is an EEO/AA employer: women, minorities, people with disabilities, people that hold different gender identities and expressions, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Cultural responsiveness and advancing equity are essential to achieving our mission. Our core values guide how we actively heal, learn, and work.

To learn more about life at Washburn and how we work together, visit us online.