Clinician/Therapist at Mount Prospect Academy
Bennington, VT 05201
About the Job
Vermont Permanency Initiative
Job Title: Clinician/Therapist
Reports to: Clinical Director
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Salary $53,000.00 and up commensurate with experience.
Job Title: Clinician/Therapist
Reports to: Clinical Director
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Salary $53,000.00 and up commensurate with experience.
Ready for a New Adventure? We're hiring in scenic Bennington, Vermont, and offering a sign-on/relocation bonus for 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.
Take this opportunity to advance your career and experience the beauty of New England. Apply now and start your exciting New Journey with us!
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.
Why Choose VPI:
Take this opportunity to advance your career and experience the beauty of New England. Apply now and start your exciting New Journey with us!
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.
Why Choose VPI:
- Quarterly training and professional development
- Comprehensive training in CBT, DBT, and EMDR within the first 18 months
- Supervision hours toward licensure
- VPI covers the cost of license exams
- Strong clinical and leadership team support
- Dynamic work environment
Summary:
The primary responsibility of the clinician is to provide clinical services and supports that are and individualized, youth-guided, trauma informed, aligned with the permanency goals of youth, and strength-based. These services include, but are not limited to individual, family, group counseling, case management, and case consultation and collaboration.
Supervision and Support:
Clinicians report to directly the Clinical Director. Support and oversight of relevant operational functions of the role also fall under the purview of the Director of Operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide individual, group, family therapy and case management services.
- Maintain data related to clinical services and submit to Clinical Director as requested.
- Participate in treatment, permanency and discharge planning with student, family and agency personnel involved with students.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records and associated documentation including but not limited to psychosocial reports, ITP's, case notes, CAFAS reports and other required assessments, correspondence with relevant stake holders and monthly reports.
- Collaborate with consulting psychiatrist 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.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Master's Degree or higher in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field license eligible field
- Valid driver's license and 21+ years of age
- Satisfactory completion of background and pre-employment checks
Joining VPI means access to a range of benefits, including:
- Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
Ready to make a meaningful difference? Apply now and become an integral part of the Vermont Permanency Initiative family!
*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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