Kaiser Permanente·Clackamas, Oregon
Provides diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and their families using individual, family, and group modalities. Collaborates with psychiatrists and allied health professionals to develop and implement comprehensive treatment and safety plans.
Provides diagnostic evaluations and subsequent psychotherapy for outpatient services utilizing individual, family, and group modalities. Collaborates with child psychiatrist, and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.
Evaluates and provides therapeutic interventions for children (under 12), adolescents (13-18), and their families requesting mental health services. Assessment performed with complete formulation, differential diagnosis, treatment and safety planning. Therapy will consist of evidenced based approaches for intervention and management strategies, including individual, family and group therapies. Communicates effectively with parents, collateral contacts, outside agencies, school systems, and/or outside providers regarding treatment plans. Consults with staff child psychiatrists regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients. Maintains appropriate and timely documentation of clinical services and related clinical contacts. Consults with appropriate medical providers regarding the patients symptom presentation, treatment plan, response to interventions and treatment recommendations.
Prefer past experience with child and adolescent intensive outpatient programs, partial day hospitalization program, residential program or most major components of these programs (to include exposure to group evidence-based treatment such as DBT, Mindfulness, etc.). Experience with documentation utilizing an electronic medical record. Documented training/experience in areas of CBT, DBT, family therapy, parent management training, and/or Collaborative Problem Solving. Specific training in Autism Spectrum Disorder interventions. Emphasis/specialization in child, adolescent and family dynamics including knowledge of emotional, cognitive and social development. LCSW, PsyD, PhD preferred.
Requires a Master's degree in a relevant field and at least two years of post-master's clinical experience, including one year with a pediatric population. Candidates must obtain or hold clinical licensure in both Oregon and Washington.
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