Mount Prospect Academy
Trauma-Informed Clinician/Therapist
Job Location
Bennington, VT, United States
Job Description
Vermont Permanency Initiative
Job Title: "Trauma-Informed Clinician/Therapist with Comprehensive Training Opportunities"
Reports to: Clinical Director
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Salary $58,000.00 and up commensurate with experience.
Job Title: "Trauma-Informed Clinician/Therapist with Comprehensive Training Opportunities"
Reports to: Clinical Director
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Salary $58,000.00 and up commensurate with experience.
Bring Your Talent to VPI!
As a Clinician/Therapist at Vermont Permanency Initiative (VPI), you will provide individualized, youth-guided, trauma-informed, and strength-based clinical services and supports. Your responsibilities will include individual, family, and group counseling, case management, and case consultation and collaboration. You will maintain clinical records, participate in treatment and discharge planning, and collaborate with consulting psychiatrists on medication management. Additionally, you will ensure compliance with VPI's administrative structure and policies, and perform other job-related activities as requested.
We're hiring in scenic Bennington, Vermont, and offering a sign-on/relocation bonus for a limited time to help you make the move. Enjoy significant savings on your relocation from nearby states—Vermont's lower cost of living and affordable housing mean you'll stretch your dollars further. Embrace the charm of a tight-knit community, breathtaking landscapes, and a welcoming environment.
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree or higher in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field license eligible
- Valid driver's license and 21+ years of age
- Satisfactory completion of background and pre-employment check
Why Choose VPI?
- Quarterly training and professional development
- Comprehensive training in CBT, DBT, and EMDR within the first 18 months
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): In-depth training on CBT principles and techniques, focusing on identifying and challenging cognitive distortions, developing coping strategies, and enhancing problem-solving skills.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Training covers the four key modules of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, with practical applications for clients with emotional dysregulation and complex trauma.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Training includes the eight phases of EMDR therapy, from history-taking to desensitization and reprocessing traumatic memories, with advanced techniques for complex trauma cases.
- Supervision hours toward licensure
- VPI covers the cost of license exams
- Strong clinical and leadership team support
- Dynamic work environment
Responsibilities:
- Provide individual, group, and family therapy and case management services.
- Maintain data related to clinical services and submit to the Clinical Director as requested.
- Participate in treatment, permanency, and discharge planning with students, families, and agency personnel involved with students.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records and associated documentation, including but not limited to psychosocial reports, ITPs, case notes, CAFAS reports, and other required assessments, correspondence with relevant stakeholders, and monthly reports.
- Collaborate with consulting psychiatrists as it relates to medication management, including the incidence of side effects.
- Maintain clinical license or status on state registry.
- Understand and adhere to the administrative structure, chain of command, and program philosophy of VPI.
- Follow all company policies and procedures.
- Perform other job-related projects and activities as requested.
About Us
At Vermont Permanency Initiative (VPI), we are dedicated to providing individualized, comprehensive services to children and adolescents who have often experienced complex developmental trauma. Our youth may present with distressing symptoms such as self-harm, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, aggression, suicidality, and disordered eating. We believe that every youth who comes to us deserves a safe and secure environment where they can find hope and healing. Our programming fosters growth-promoting experiences through secure relationships, helping youth self-regulate and optimize feelings of safety, confidence, and competency.
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Take this Opportunity to Advance your Career and Experience the Beauty of New England. Apply now and start your Exciting New Journey with us!
Vermont Permanency Initiative is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
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Location: Bennington, Vermont, US
Posted Date: 11/28/2024
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