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Carissa Griffith
Therapist
Posted: 02/15/25
2025-02-15
2025-03-17
Employment Type:
Permanent
Job Category: Therapist
Job Number: 106433
Pay Rate: $60,000 - 70,000
Job Description
The Trauma Therapist is responsible for providing trauma informed individual and group therapeutic services to support survivors who have experienced sexual violence; adults and adolescents who have experienced intimate partner violence and children who have witnessed IPV as well as supporters. The Trauma Therapist is expected to independently manage a case load (up to 24 individual clients) to ensure that all clients receive timely services.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Knowledgeable about best case practices in intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault.
- Proven experience with trauma informed counseling.
- Knowledge of issues of sexual trauma and gender-based violence.
- Demonstrates cultural competency in working with a diverse population.
- Under the direction of the Clinical Supervisor, develop appropriate diagnostic impressions and treatment plans for all clients in a timely and culturally competent manner.
- Provide direct client services through individual and/or group treatment services.
- Refer clients to appropriate therapeutic or case management services, in support of client’s optimal functioning.
- Document therapeutic services and service delivery via proper client paperwork, initial assessment forms and progress notes, according to agency standards.
- Follow agency protocols around typical clinical risk management issues, to minimize risk to the client and to the agency.
- Communicate with referral source or outside service provider, in order to coordinate care in support of client’s optimal functioning.
- The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Thrives in a dynamic environment.
- Obtain necessary Continuing Educations Units (CEUs) in accordance with license/ certification.
- Assistance with quarterly grant reporting
CLINICAL DUTIES:
- Incorporate trauma-informed care philosophy, practices, and strategies in all activities.
- Provide trauma-informed and culturally competent, individual, and group counseling for survivors of sexual trauma and crisis counseling as needed.
- Provide therapy for adults, children, and adolescent survivors of sexual violence, and their non-offending family members, partners, guardians or loved ones.
- Facilitate survival support groups.
- Maintain caseload of up to 24 individual clients.
- Implement training for professional groups and organizations.
- Completes data collection, data entry, and required reports and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with the program timelines and standards.
- Attend internal and external meetings with staff.
- Promote, support, and demonstrate TurnAround’s mission, vision, and values through both behavior and job performance and adhere to policies, procedures, and standards on a day-to-day basis.
- Effectively coordinate client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care as needed.
- Work in collaboration with caregivers of children to problem solve; assist caregivers with behavioral management technique.
Job Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum Master's Degree in Social Work or related field
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Valid Clinical License in Maryland (LCSW-C, LCPC)
- Must pass criminal background screening/CPS background check
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
- Ability to write treatment plans, business correspondence, and reports.
- Ability to respond and communicate effectively with clients, support family members and referral sources.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of clients, collaborative agencies, or employees of the Agency.
- Ability to speak other languages ie: Spanish is a plus
REASONING ABILITY AND TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Ability to operate personal vehicles to drive to community-based sites for work-related meetings or to provide therapeutic services, (occasional).
- Sufficient computer skills to operate email, Internet, Microsoft Office, and Apricot software.
- Ability to apply principles of logical or therapeutic thinking to a wide range of clinical and practical problems.
- Judgment when to seek supervisory consultation.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position is predominantly in a standard office environment with potential for some remote work on an agreed upon schedule with approval of direct supervisor. Ability to provide therapy at least two evenings weekly is required.
TRAVEL: Some local and state travel is required.
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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
BENEFITS:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
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Meet Your Recruiter

Carissa Griffith
Project Manager
Amateur house flipper and DIY enthusiast. Always planning my next vacation destination. Proud Dallas Cowboys fan. I enjoy getting to know people and finding the right career for them.
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