Mobile Therapist (Part-time/PRN) - Bachelor's Level
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DELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
Seaford, DE, US
Summary
The clinician provides behavioral health support and psychoeducation to children and families within community settings to facilitate care transitions. They are also responsible for maintaining clinical documentation, collaborating with community resources, and participating in regular supervision.
Job Description
Summary/objective
The Intensive Community Services TSF Clinician is responsible for providing clinical behavioral health services in the community to DGS Clients. Therapists in this program will provide mental and behavioral health support to clients and their families, assisting them in being able to step-down to a less intense level of care.
Essential Functions:
Clinical
- Attends and actively engages in weekly individual supervision and monthly group supervision
- Provide psychoeducation to children, adolescents, and their families; and collaborate with DPBHS and other area providers as needed
- Assess clients needs and risks by utilizing crisis intervention skills and/or services
- Apply knowledge related to developmental factors, family and community systems in order to develop and implement treatment planning
- Maintains an assigned caseload in compliance with agency standards related to direct clinical care
- Teach, practice and support ongoing skill building in the home, school and/or community to increase resilience in children, adolescents, and families
- Provides feedback and suggestions for program improvement
Administrative & Clinical Documentation
- Engages and collaborates with community resources, make appropriate referrals, and consult with other agencies on behalf of clients
- Collaborates with school staff regarding behavioral health services for students
- Complete required documentation for clinical records within established timeframes.
- Participates in scheduled supervision with the direct People Leader
General
- Interpersonal skills/relationships/teamwork
- Participates in relevant professional development and learning activities
- Adheres to professional code of ethics and conduct
- Communicates effectively and professionally with all stakeholders
- Demonstrates continuous commitment to DGS’ core values
- Hold a valid Driver’s License
Competencies/ Capabilities:
- Knowledge and application of behavioral interventions
- Clinical Judgment/decision making/problem solving
- Crisis intervention skills
- Effective Practice Management
- Adaptability/continuous improvement
Supervisory responsibilities: None
Work environment: Community settings as assigned, ability to utilize office locations as needed, partial telecommuting
Physical demands:
- Prolonged periods of driving possible, sitting and working on a computer for documentation and possible telehealth
- May be requested to lift up to 15 pounds at times
- May need to engage in physical activities with clients as part of increasing their skill building in the community settings
Travel required: Daily travel based on seeing clients in their homes and schools, taking them into the community, etc.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work or a related field
- Provide a minimum of 10 hours of service per week
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters Preferred (in a license eligible degree)
- ABA
- Bilingual
EEO:
Delaware Guidance Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Other responsibilities:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, tasks, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Activities, tasks, or responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
About Delaware Guidance Services
DGS is the largest non-profit provider of outpatient behavioral health services for children and families in Delaware, and the only statewide organization of its kind continuously accredited by The Joint Commission since 1999. Our vision for Delaware—resilient families nurturing children’s well‑being—flows from our mission to provide high‑quality, trauma‑informed therapeutic services that strengthen social, emotional, and behavioral wellness.
Each year, DGS serves an average of 3,500 children and youth through a clinically excellent continuum of care that includes outpatient therapy, community‑based services, school‑based supports, mobile crisis response, and short‑term youth crisis stabilization. Our clinical lines operate 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, ensuring that children and families have access to timely, flexible, and culturally responsive care wherever it is needed—at home, in school, in the community, or at one of our five office locations across Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Lewes, and Seaford.
If you want to learn more about Delaware Guidance Services, please go to https://www.delawareguidance.org/about/ ;
Why Work at Delaware Guidance Services?
DGS strives to build a collaborative, flexible, and client-focused work environment. Employee wellness is a top priority. A flexible work environment is a plus allowing you the ability to make your own schedule with a minimum of 10 hours dedicated to DGS per week.
Delaware Guidance Services for Children & Youth, Inc. (DGS) has been serving Delaware’s families since 1953 and is the largest not-for-profit provider of behavioral health services for children and youth in the state. We serve approximately 10,000 children and their families annually with a continuum of mental health programs offered through clinics in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Lewes and Seaford. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), we are also a member of Delaware’s Division of Child Mental Health Services system.
DGS mission is to “provide quality therapeutic services to children, youth, and their families to increase their social, emotional, and behavioral wellness” and its vision for Delaware is “resilient families nurturing children’s well-being.” DGS accomplishes its mission using a strength and family-based approach that seeks to understand and address the effects of trauma by building resiliency and intervening at the individual, the family and the community level. DGS delivers services in the setting that best meets each client’s needs including in the office, home, school or other community setting.
DGS is the largest provider of outpatient behavioral health services to children and their families in the State of Delaware. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) since 1976, DGS serves over 10,000 Delaware children through over 100,000 visits each year. The families we serve come from diverse backgrounds (38% African-American, 57% Caucasian, and 5% Hispanic), over 80% receive Medicaid and approximately 90% have household incomes under $30,000.
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Wilmington, Delaware
Delaware Guidance Services for Children & Youth, Inc. (DGS) has been serving Delaware’s families since 1953 and is the largest not-for-profit provider of behavioral health services for children and youth in the state. We serve approximately 10,000 children and their families annually with a continuum of mental health programs offered through clinics in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Lewes and Seaford. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), we are also a member of Delaware’s Division of Child Mental Health Services system.
DGS mission is to “provide quality therapeutic services to children, youth, and their families to increase their social, emotional, and behavioral wellness” and its vision for Delaware is “resilient families nurturing children’s well-being.” DGS accomplishes its mission using a strength and family-based approach that seeks to understand and address the effects of trauma by building resiliency and intervening at the individual, the family and the community level. DGS delivers services in the setting that best meets each client’s needs including in the office, home, school or other community setting.
DGS is the largest provider of outpatient behavioral health services to children and their families in the State of Delaware. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) since 1976, DGS serves over 10,000 Delaware children through over 100,000 visits each year. The families we serve come from diverse backgrounds (38% African-American, 57% Caucasian, and 5% Hispanic), over 80% receive Medicaid and approximately 90% have household incomes under $30,000.
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Wilmington, Delaware