Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) Clinician
POSITION SUMMARY
The Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) Clinician is a master’s-level clinical role within the HOPE First Episode Psychosis (FEP) program, requiring licensure or eligibility for licensure in New Hampshire. This position provides structured, recovery-oriented individual therapy using the Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) model within a Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) framework.
The IRT Clinician functions as a core member of an interdisciplinary FEP team and is responsible for delivering manual-informed, skills-based interventions that support illness self-management, resiliency development, relapse prevention, and progress toward personally meaningful goals. The role is grounded in recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and evidence-based practices consistent with the NAVIGATE model and CSC principles.
The IRT Clinician collaborates in shared assessment, treatment planning, and ongoing clinical decision-making while maintaining a distinct individual therapy scope of practice within the team-based model.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) Responsibilities
- Provide structured Individual Resiliency Training sessions consistent with CSC and NAVIGATE model principles.
- Tailor IRT modules to participants’ goals, stage of recovery, cultural context, and clinical presentation.
- Deliver skills-based interventions focused on:
- Understanding psychosis and recovery
- Stress management and coping strategies
- Early warning signs and relapse prevention
- Medication decision-making support
- Goal setting and resiliency development
- Utilize motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches to enhance engagement.
- Support participants in identifying and pursuing educational, vocational, relational, and wellness goals.
- Assessment, Treatment Planning & Team Collaboration
- Engagement, Crisis Support & Risk Management
- Documentation, Compliance & Quality Assurance