Educational therapist job description

Job DescriptionSalary: $42K to $45K

Job Title: Residential Therapist/Education Advocate

Qualifications: Master's Degree in social work, counseling or related field with clinical licensure (LPC, LISW-CP, LMFT, LPC-A, LMFT-A, LMSW) active in South Carolina. Experience working with child victims of trauma/child welfare field and a minimum of two years’ experience providing individual and/or group therapy. Experience advocating for children especially in an education setting preferred along with above credentials.

Job Description: This position reports to the Director of Clinical Services and offers support to the therapy team to ensure highly responsive and appropriate assessment, clinical intervention, resource linkage and trauma debriefing for children served in HCFC residential programs, as well as occasionally caregivers of these children and HCFC staff. This includes appropriate documentation of all services provided per organization policies, contract standards and established best practices. This position also serves as the liaison to schools and provides education advocacy for youth served in HCFC programs.

Positions Supervised: None

Responsibilities:

• Provide a thorough assessment with treatment recommendations on all children as assigned by the Director of Clinical Services.
• Use valid, reliable assessment tools and document assessments as trained.
• Assist with coordination of treatment and education needs.
• Lead mindfulness groups to help children and youth develop additional coping skills.
• Provide trauma informed therapy for children who are victims of abuse or neglect.
• Facilitate family or other group therapy as needed.
• Ensure that all services provided are sensitive to the culture and individual needs of each child and that treatment plans developed for each child are as well.
• Prepare timely progress notes of each visit
• Prepare reports as needed for partner agencies
• Participate in treatment planning meetings and staff team meetings
• Participate in educational planning meetings and attend school meetings as necessary.
• Maintain all services in compliance with organization and contract standards.
• Provide support for practitioners as they debrief from vicarious trauma.
• Support the overall program team as directed/requested.

Necessary characteristics: Must be committed to positive changes in children. Must be able to develop strong relationships with children, colleagues and stakeholders. Must exhibit a desire for professional growth as evidenced by accepting and responding to constructive feedback. Strong customer service, team leadership and critical thinking skills are essential.

Under the supervision of the Manager of Educational Therapy, provides direct and indirect educational services to children with learning difficulties. These services include psycho-educational evaluation and assessment, diagnostic and prescriptive interventions to remediate specific auditory and visual processing disorders, various academic challenges, provide educational advocacy support and coordination of school/home/therapy continuity and
coordination.

Essential Responsibilities:

+ Provide direct and indirect educational services and support to children and adolescents with learning disabilities or difficulties, one to one and in group settings, utilizing various learning methodologies and modalities.

+ Administer diagnostic evaluations, analyze and interpret educational data to develop student's learning profile.

+ Develop and implement prescriptive learning plans to address outlined learning objectives established through various forms of assessment.

+ Maintain on-going progress monitoring notes and evaluation to determine student's response to interventions.

+ Educate and assist parents or guardians in advocating for appropriate educational placement, instruction and services, utilizing both state and federal special education laws.

+ Relate and communicate with children, parents, school personnel, and other allied professionals as it pertains to social emotional well-being and prevailing educational needs.

+ Provide formal trainings and presentations to small and large, internal/external audiences.

+ Provide community outreach and consultation within the purview of core competencies to schools, and/or community organizations.

+ Maintain Educational Therapy/ Professional (ET/P) level designation.

+ Perform other duties to assist in implementation and execution of the Center's mission and vision as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

+ N/A

Education

+ Eligible candidate must achieve and maintain Educational Therapy/Professional (ET/P) designation within 18 months of employment

+ Master's Degree in Special Education, Educational Therapy, or Reading Instruction or

+ Reading Specialist Certification (this certification also requires a master's in education) or

+ Pupil Personnel Service Credential in School Psychology (this credential also requires a master's in education, educational psychology, or school psychology)

+ OR

+ Master's Degree in a related field with Educational Therapist/Professional (ET/P) designation

License, Certification, Registration

+ N/A

Additional Requirements:

+ Bilingual may be required- - if so, must pass QBS1 with a passing score..

+ Eligible candidate must pass or have passed the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) Written Examination as a condition of employment

+ Eligible candidate must clear health screening report, Livescan clearance, child abuse index check, criminal record statement.

+ Ability to organize and implement multiple projects, tasks and learning opportunities

+ Experienced in administering both formal and informal academic assessments for K-12 population within the last two years.

+ Experienced in prescribing and administering evidenced-based reading interventions for K-12 population within the last two years.

+ Knowledge of various learning methodologies and modalities.

+ Knowledge of both state and federal special education laws.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Board Certified Educational Therapist (BCET)

+ Two (2) years of Educational Therapy experience

+ Five (5) years experience working as a special education teacher, resource specialist, reading specialist or intervention teacher

+ Master's Degree in Special Education with Educational Therapist/Professional (ET/P) designation

+ Bilingual preferred (Spanish).

Notes:This position may require working some evenings and Saturdays.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Educational Therapist

LOCATION: Los Angeles, California

REQNUMBER: 1080496

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.