Wellpoint Care Network's mission is to facilitate equity, learning, healing, and wellness by restoring the connections that help children and families thrive.

Wellpoint Care Network - a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplaces in 2021 and the 2021 BizTimes large non-profit of the year - is seeking a competent, compassionate, and career-oriented professional to serve as our Clinical Therapist.

Wellpoint is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children, and our goal is to strengthen and support families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus. Our mission is to facilitate equity, learning, healing, and wellness by restoring the connections that help children and families thrive.

Job Purpose:

Our next Clinical Therapist will expand our work in treating children and youth through play therapy, early childhood mental health services, and general mental health treatment at Wellpoint Care Network while collaborating and learning with other providers interdepartmentally .

Duties:

• Provides effective, evidenced based clinical services to caseload of clients.
• Develops and effectively implements treatment plans in conjunction with the client, and his/her parent(s) if applicable.
• Demonstrates client progress on treatment plan goals.
• Employs a trauma informed care perspective in treatment.
• Demonstrates family investment and participation in treatment planning and ongoing treatment.
• Assists families in crisis resolution and de-escalation through developing appropriate crisis plans.
• Maintains a consistent productivity standard as defined on employment.
• Helps the individual and family negotiate access to services and resources in the community and minimize barriers.
• Reviews the regulatory standards of DHS 35, DHS 95 and S 51.61 and abides by all standards
  
  Qualifications:
• Master's degree in social work or equivalent, LCSW or LPC required.
• Willingness to train the right individual ,two years post masters experience providing individual, child, group and family therapy preferred.
• Experience in early childhood mental health preferred or made available.
• Training in evidence-based play therapy modalities preferred or made available.
• Experience working with children under the age of 8 preferred
• Must be honest, dependable, and able to meet deadlines; Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record, reliable transportation, and meet agency auto insurance requirements.
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, detail oriented, highly effective verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate an ability to effective understanding and practice of cultural humility and ability work and communicate respectfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Proficient in the usage of computer software; demonstrate an understanding of computer file systems and databases, e.g., Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Teams, ADP, etc.

Position Details & Extras:

• Full time.
• Hybrid work is available with reliable broadband connection.
• Moderate exposure to noise.
• Subject to frequent interruptions with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the cultural differences among diverse groups and the need to adapt service provision to match these differences in respectful ways.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) - Wellpoint employees may be eligible for loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Interaction with personnel, clients, family members, visitors, volunteers, interns, and vendors under all conditions and circumstances.
• Fast paced, flexible work schedule includes evenings and some weekends to accommodate program need.
• Physical exam, drug screen, motor vehicle report, and background checks are required for this position.

Organizational Information:

Wellpoint is a Wisconsin provider of family-centered care and educational services. As a 2021 Top Workplace of Southeastern Wisconsin and national leader of Trauma Informed Care, a philosophy and practice that acknowledges the profound effects of trauma on the developing brain, we are passionate about delivering quality, evidence-informed care to help children and families overcome trauma and thrive.

Wellpoint provides a rich continuum of services, including:

• Child Welfare and Foster Care
• Support for youth who have aged out of care
• Care Coordination and Wraparound services
• Mental health therapy and supports such as The Clinic @ Wellpoint, Family Preservation, Caregiver Support, Integrated Community Treatment
• Professional education and clinical consultation (for organizations, schools, and individual/family)

Interested parties please submit a cover letter and resume online. We are committed to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion and strongly encourage minority candidates to apply. For more information, visit our website www.wellpointcare.org.

*To protect the health and well-being of our employees, clients, and community members we come in contact with on a daily basis, Wellpoint has decided to mandate the COVID vaccine for all employees or be approved with a qualified exemption. Please note that job candidates must be partially vaccinated within thirty (30) days of hire, and fully vaccinated within sixty (60) days of hire or approved for an exemption. *

Equal Opportunity Employer

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