Child and Adolescent Therapist

Who are we?

Chosen is a faith-based nonprofit that helps children heal from trauma due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment. We strengthen foster, kinship, adoptive and reunified family systems using a holistic, trauma-responsive approach. Chosen has a special culture that encourages and provides deep, core values-based work and spiritual growth of team members. Our team is fast-paced, professional, passionate, growth-oriented and innovative. We are committed to best business practices and tools for mission fulfillment.

Who are you?

You are a dedicated, hard worker who is passionate about putting families on a path of healing. You value work and family, the location independence of a remote position, and less commute stress. You want to work for an organization where your team values you. You don’t think outside the box, because you don’t believe in the concept of the box in the first place.

Position Title:

Child and Adolescent Therapist

Location:

Remote in San Antonio Area

Compensation:

Negotiable based on experience

Reports to:

Program Director

Employment Status:

Full-Time

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Mission

We help children, youth, and families prevent and heal trauma from maltreatment through healthy relational connections.

Vision

Our vision is to see trauma-responsive care and relational connection as the standard in the child and family well-being system.

Core Values

Our core values are rooted in faith and shape the way we go about fulfilling our mission, how we behave, and what we expect of each other.

Excellence – We operate with a growth mentality and go the extra mile.

Service – We work diligently & own the part we play with a commitment to do whatever it takes.

Compassion – We are active listeners and seek what is important to the speaker.

Integrity – We show up with authenticity, adhere to honest practices and use candor with kindness.

Stewardship – We use resources with multiplication in mind as one in charge of God’s resources.

The Position 

The Child Therapist offers integral support for our Model of Care through child and adolescent therapy. Working directly with children and teens, this position performs various modalities, including but not limited to EMDR, TBRI, and TF-CBT. This position works under the supervision of the Program Director and in coordination with Care Managers to ensure holistic healing and care.

Job Responsibilities

• Process client therapy applications
• Enter and maintain client contact and demographic data in CMS
• Complete client assessments as needed
• Create actionable plan for the client
• Conduct trauma-informed therapy through telehealth or in person, as applicable
• Coordinate with Care Manager to meet needs
• Attends supervision
• Completes clinical documentation in a timely manner
• Provides crisis support/management as needed
• Collaborates in a multidisciplinary approach with the child welfare system

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related field from an accredited university
• LCSW, LPC, or LMFT licensure in good standing with 2-4 years related experience completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans and clinical case notes
• Comfort and familiarity working with high acuity needs youth
• Trust-Based Relational Intervention® Practitioner strongly preferred
• Trauma-Informed training or certification
• Knowledgeable in Complex Childhood Trauma is preferred
• Solid working knowledge of current child welfare or children’s court industry norms and challenges
• Technically competent with Microsoft Office suite
• Bilingual skills preferred
• Quiet workspace and high-speed internet and phone connection to support telehealth services and video conferencing

Abilities/Characteristics

• Ability to sit for long periods of time at a desk or other work area
• Ability to type and verbally communicate with staff, clients, and other stakeholders
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds
• Proactive, resourceful and a problem-solver
• Strong personal integrity
• Tenacious in follow up
• Firm grasp and complete embrace of ministry vision and mission
• Highly reliable & dependable
• Efficient with time/resources available to meet program goals/initiatives
• Extraordinary amount of compassion
• Heart of excellence to serve
• Willingness to walk alongside hurting families and help put them on a path of healing
• Reliable transportation to travel in Bexar County to provide in home therapy is required

Chosen Care, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.