School Based Therapist - Elementary School (Bloomington)

Washburn Center for Children is a leading children’s mental health center, caring for a wide variety of children’s needs associated with anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties and trauma.

The 142-year-old nonprofit offers critical mental health intervention to help children - and their families - realize hope. Washburn Center for Children serves nearly 4,800 children ages 0-18 and approximately 11,000 family members each year. Washburn Center’s three office locations – Brooklyn Park, Edina, and Minneapolis – serve the entire Twin Cities metro area. The nonprofit also offers in-home services, and its school-based program serves 65+ schools in the Eden Prairie, Bloomington, District 191, Columbia Heights, Centennial and Minneapolis school districts. 

The demand for therapeutic care has skyrocketed. Join our team to help children through the setbacks of life and create a better future. To learn more about how we do that work in homes, schools and clinic-based services, visit us online.

Washburn Center has an opening for a full time School Based Therapist at an elementary school in Bloomington.

Our compassionate, experienced therapists support children and their families through challenging times by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns, including school adjustment problems, depression, anxiety, difficulty dealing with loss or family changes, abuse, traumatic events, attention problems, parent-child conflicts and acting-out behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a child’s strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home, in school and in the community.

As a school-based mental health clinician you focus will be on assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation and training for the school staff at Bloomington Elementary School.

It is strongly preferred you hold independent licensure at LICSW, LPCC, LP, or LMFT and be able to demonstrate your skill in children’s mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment.

Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development.  During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.

Provide school-based mental health assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and families as well as consultation and training for school staff through collaborative program within Columbia Heights Middle School. Provide both direct billable services and non-billable training, consultation, and early intervention/prevention services. Participate in meetings, data collection, and coordination related to the program with Washburn Center and school staff and coordinators. Independent Licensure at LICSW, LPCC, LP, or LMFT required. Skilled in children’s mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment

Clinical Treatment - Clinicians will provide a combination of the following school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community, as agreed upon with the school staff and the Washburn Center supervisor, including:

* Conduct diagnostic assessments

* Develop and implement a treatment plan with the family based on a diagnosis

* Provide individual and family therapy

* Participate in IEP meetings

* Care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child

* Create a discharge plan

***All school-based clinicians will be expected to maintain monthly services consistent with budgeted quota expectations, an average of 15 billable sessions per week.

Ancillary Services - Clinicians will also provide ancillary services as agreed upon with the school staff and the Washburn Center supervisor, including:

* Conduct child group therapy, skills training, and/or prevention groups

* Provide care coordination, including collaboration with parents, school staff, and other agencies

* Participate in classroom observations

* Provide teacher consultation and training

* Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff, program directors, and grant coordinators 

to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development 

and the coordination of the program at the school

Documentation - Clinicians will be expected to maintain required documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual, including:

* Diagnostics assessments

* Treatment plan for each client

* Daily progress notes

* Completion of screening instruments (SDQ) and any other required outcome instruments

* Discharge summaries

* Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services as defined

* Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program

All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.

Supervision and Professional Development - Clinicians are expected to:

* Attend weekly supervision and team meetings, present case information and formulation, and identify questions for team meetings and supervision

* Receive regular clinical supervision as required under Rule 29

* Provide clinical and administrative supervision for interns as approved by the program supervisor based on licensure and experience and assist with providing training, feedback, and learning experience for program interns

* Maintain required CEUs

As Washburn Center for Children serves the community it is important that our therapists are able to demonstrate cultural humility and responsiveness in their therapeutic process and in their interpersonal relationships.  Our work environment requires professionals that can adapt and be flexible within multiple workplace cultures.  Our clinicians work independently but will always have a team and supervisor to support them and guide them when needed.

Washburn offers benefits to Full-Time benefit eligible employees comprehensive Dental, Vision, Health, Life and Long-term disability insurance.  Additionally, we offer a 403b retirement plan and a flexible benefit option (FSA). 

Vacation:  Paid Vacation accrues at 10 hours of vacation per month - up to 15 days / 120 hours annually.

Sick Leave:  Paid sick leave accrues at 6.68 hours of sick per month - up to 10 days / 80 hours.

Holidays:  There are 2.5 days/20 hours of floating holidays per year in addition to the eight standard holidays.

***Please note that Internships, Part-Time (less than 30 hours/week) and Temporary positions are NOT eligible for all of Washburn Center's benefits***

Washburn Center for Children is an EEO/AA employer: women, minorities, people with disabilities, people that hold different gender identities and expressions and veterans are encouraged to apply. Cultural responsiveness and advancing equity are essential to achieving our mission. Our core values guide how we actively heal, learn and work.

To learn more about life at Washburn and how we work together, visit us online.