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Immediate Opening

Position title: Apprentice Therapist

Date of Posting: May 31, 2019. Applications accepted until the position is filled.

Supervised by: Clinical Director

Persons supervising: N/A

Status: Salaried / Exempt

Summary:

Reporting to the Clinical Director, apprentice therapists are responsible for maintaining an active clinical caseload in the Hadden Clinic, participating as instructors in outreach programs, and assuming intake responsibilities as needed.

Key Result Areas:

Key Result Area 1:

• Maintain active clinical caseload in the Hadden Clinic
• Maintain an increasing case load in the Hadden Clinic while under the supervision of a senior clinical staff member
• Actively engage in professional development reading as assigned by supervisors to increase skills as a psychoanalytic therapist
• Attend all agency wide training opportunities and meetings and participate as an active member of the Hanna Perkins Staff
• Maintain all paperwork required for clinical cases in the Hadden Clinic

Key Result Area 2:

• Participate as instructor for outreach programs
• Shadow current Hanna Perkins instructors to learn methods of teaching Hanna Perkins materials to outside agencies
• Over the course of the year, develop one original workshop to be offered to community therapists to further their understanding of psychoanalytic treatment of children

Key Result Area 3:

• Providing intake services for the Hadden Clinic
• Respond to calls from patients seeking services through the Hadden Clinic, including:
  • Verification of insurance coverage
  • Calling patients and completing intake calls
  • Entering demographic data into the electronic medical records system
  • Presenting the case for review with the clinical director for assignment to agency therapists

Skills/Knowledge: 

• Beginning skills necessary to act as a therapist with patients ages 0-26
• Demonstration of investment in practicing as a therapist from a psychoanalytic perspective
• Capacity for thoughtful work with parents under stressful life circumstances
• Openness to constructive feedback from supervisors and instructors
• Effective management of time when unsupervised to engage in continuous learning and professional development
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, customers, vendors, and other employees of the organization
• Collaborative working style – developing effective give-and-take relationships with others; and recognizing and effectively balancing the interests and needs of one’s own group with those of the broader organization
• Results driven results – conveying a sense of urgency and driving issues to closure; persisting despite obstacles and opposition
• Commitment to work – setting high standards of performance, pursuing aggressive goals and working hard to achieve them
• Confidence in handling day-to-day work challenges – willingness and ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change; showing resilience in the face of constraints, frustrations, or adversity; demonstrating flexibility
• Ability to operate a variety of standard business machines, such as a computer and the job-related software, a keyboard, calculator, telephone, FAX, photocopier, etc. 

Qualifications:

Education/Job-related Experience:

• Applicants must hold a minimum of a Masters degree in a clinical field such as MSW, LPCC, PHD, or PSYD
• Completion of field experience necessary to receive licensure in their respective field

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Please forward COVER LETTER and RESUME with salary requirements to:
Email: kbell@hannaperkins.org
www.hannaperkins.org

Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development is an Equal Opportunity Employer