CLINICIAN

The Clinician has primary responsibility for the therapeutic components of the program. He conducts assessments, develops service plans, and provides multifaceted clinical therapy and/or rehabilitative services to youth residents and their families. The Clinician provides clinical consultation to team members.

The Clinician works under the general direction of the Program Director.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES RELATED TO THIS POSITION

As a result of the therapy, supervision and support provided by the Clinician, the youth assigned to her program will:
  • Make steady progress toward the achievement of their service plan goals;
  • Know they are valued and are worthy of respect;
  • Reside in a safe, healthy, clean and well maintained living environment;
  • Be held accountable for their actions in a constructive, positive manner; and
  • Be prepared for their discharge from the program and return to the community.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Education & Training: A Master’s degree (or higher) in a direct clinical practice human services field (e.g., Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy). Knowledge of the juvenile justice and social service fields. Some knowledge of and ability to use computers.
  2. Other: Must be at least 25 years of age. Must not have a criminal record, or must obtain a criminal history clearance via Idaho Department of Health & Welfare licensing rules and IYR criminal history policies and procedures.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. Work Schedule: The Clinician work schedule is primarily built around the time of day when families are available for therapy. The Clinician is normally scheduled to work during the afternoon and early evening, but may occasionally work, or spend some time at work, during other times to: observe the implementation of treatment strategies, documentation, reporting to Community Treatment Teams and to respond to crisis situations. The Clinician may have on-call responsibilities. The Chief Clinician will do his best to maintain the work schedule he gives the Clinician when he is hired, but he cannot guarantee an employee’s schedule won’t change.
  2. Travel: The Clinician may be required to attend occasional organizational meetings or training sessions that require overnight travel and that may last for several days.

TREATMENT / SERVICE TASKS

  1. Resident Orientation: The Clinician warmly welcomes new residents and helps them feel at ease. As opportunities present themselves, she assists new residents with understanding and following resident rules and their daily schedule. She plays the important role of helping residents understand the change process and therapeutic expectations.
  2. Resident Supervision: The Clinician has responsibility to provide direct supervision to individual youth or groups of youth during his shift. He is responsible for medication management. He responds appropriately to individual and group crisis, abiding by IYR behavioral management policies and practices. If he observes or learns of harassment or abuse by youth or staff, he intervenes immediately, takes appropriate action to stop it, reports the incident to his supervisor and takes any other steps required by agency policy.
  3. Therapy: The Clinician formulates and implements treatment strategies for each youth resident. She participates in the service plan process, provides individual, group and family therapy sessions and completes all required documentation. She is well versed in the program’s different treatment modalities and associated curriculum. She directs team members in how to implement treatment strategies and provides them with constructive feedback.
  4. Balanced Approach Restorative Justice (BARJ): The Clinician is well versed in BARJ. She ensures that all program employees apply BARJ practices in their work with youth residents. She is supportive of a youth’s efforts to restore their victim(s), because of the importance restoration plays in the treatment process. She supports program measures that manage, reduce and alleviate the risk youths pose to themselves, within their program, homes and the larger community.
  5. Reintegration: The Clinician is aware of the reintegration plans of each individual youth in his program. He understands that residential care is a transition period for youth. From day one, he encourages residents to begin thinking about what changes they need to make in their lives in order to have lasting success when they return to their homes/communities.
  6. Performing Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs): The program has SOPs that prescribe the specific way that tasks are to be performed. The Clinician must carry out his duties and tasks in accordance with his program’s SOPs.

SALARY & BENEFITS

The Idaho Youth Ranch offers competitive salary & benefits. For a summary of those benefits, please click on the “Employee Benefits” tab.

INSTRUCTIONS

Send cover letter and resume highlighting relevant experience and skills to:
Hays Shelter Home7221 Poplar, Boise, Idaho 83704,
Attention: Steve Fields, Program Director or submit electronically to sfields@youthranch.org, or fax to 208-322-3905.
Application materials will be accepted until the position has been filled. The Idaho Youth Ranch is an Equal Opportunity Employer.