Therapist Trainee - Internship/Practicum Student Opportunity (Unpaid)

POSITION SUMMARY

Therapist Interns or Practicum Students are responsible for coordinating and providing individual, group therapy and biopsychosocial assessment services to clients as well as group, individual and family counseling for clients within the treatment facility. The intern or practicum student works with the treatment team to plan and coordinate the client’s progress through the continuum of care.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions:

• Uphold and enforce First Steps Recovery standards, policies and procedures, client rights, and professional code of ethics and conduct.
• Ability to utilize agency comprehensive assessment tools in KIPU (biopsychosocial, initial treatment plan, individual therapy notes, suicide risk assessment, PHQ9, GAD7, BAM, or other outcome measurements used.
• Identify and prioritize individual needs and problems of the client.
• Prepare comprehensive interpretive clinical summaries.
• Develop person-centered care plans, including prioritized problem lists, client-reported goals, measurable and achievable objectives, and interventions.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy sessions utilizing evidence-based practices.
• Document client progress toward treatment plan goals and objectives weekly.
• Prepare effective care level step-down transition notes.
• Prepare clinical documentation accurately and within agency time frames.
• Intervene during crisis intervention situations.
• Cooperate with health insurance clinical utilization reviews by providing detailed clinical notes to assist with UR’s.
• Participate in weekly clinical treatment team meetings.
• Participate in the agency’s orientation training, staff meetings, and in-service training.
• Provide accurate assessment and referral when appropriate
• Provide appropriate treatment interventions relative to the specific needs of each client.
• Adhere to code of ethics, legal aspects of clinical practice, professional standards, duty to warn, abuse and neglect reporting policies and procedures, and exercise professionalism at all times.
• Exercise awareness in cultural competency, client satisfaction, quality of services, client needs, and overall health and safety staff and clients.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Competencies:

• Ability to perform duties as a therapist with respect to screening, assessment, individualized treatment planning, crisis intervention, group and individual counseling, referral, discharge summaries, clinical documentation, and professional ethics.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with fellow staff, supervisors, managed health care clinicians, medical and mental health professionals.
• Ability to positively interact and develop rapport with clients and their families.