Job Description

A senior staff clinician provides individual, couples or group therapy to a diverse outpatient population. They participate in weekly staff meetings and peer supervision, attend staff retreats and may supervise graduate students. The Child and Family Specialist is a psychotherapist who works primarily with children, adolescents and families and has the clinical skills to diagnose and formulate treatment for a broad range of childhood disorders.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Diagnosis, clinical formulation and treatment planning
2. Individual and/or systemic psychotherapy skills
3. Clinical staff participation
4. Center administration and development

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Professional Services

• Providing the number of agreed upon clinical hours
• Maintaining electronic clinical records in keeping with Center policies and procedures
• Working with the administrative staff to set and collect appropriate fees
• Representing the standards and practices of their primary professional field

Clinical Staff Participation

• Working cooperatively with staff colleagues, consultants, and referring professionals
• Actively participating in clinical staffing and case consultations
• Attending administrative staff meetings, staff retreats, and other team building activities

Center Administration and Development

• Participating in the development of the Center’s referral network
• Performing administrative and development tasks as assigned
• Participating in the Center’s programs of education, consultation, and community relations

Education and/or Other Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s or doctor’s degree in mental health counseling, psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, pastoral counseling or equivalent
• Licensed as a mental health provider by New Hampshire, or soon to be licensed

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• Mastery of a coherent theory and practice of therapy
• Mastery of child and family therapy
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents and recognize systemic problems
• Ability to utilize play therapy and expressive therapies such as art or sand-tray therapy
• Ability to network and coordinate care with schools and other child agencies
• Ability to use the language and methodology of differential diagnosis and familiarity with the contributions of various diagnostic tests
• Ability to assess a client’s therapeutic needs, to establish a therapeutic relationship, and to conduct, complete, terminate, and evaluate that therapy
• Ability to relate the contributions of various disciplines to the therapeutic task and to make appropriate use of inter-professional collaboration
• Ability to integrate spiritual beliefs and practices with the therapeutic process
• Ability and willingness to develop and cultivate his/her own caseload by representing the Center in the community and relating to referral sources
• Ability to establish and maintain appropriate personal and professional relationships and boundaries both within and outside the Center
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