Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

This position's area of specialty is prefferably mixed martial arts.

The Licensed Experiential Therapist guides clients through various activities that seek to engage, challenge, and enact change through their area of specialization. Develops and facilitates weekly therapy groups and individual sessions in area of specialization. Supports the program with assessments, crisis management, and other clinical functions as required.

Essential Duties:

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive 12-week therapeutic curriculum in their area of specialization.
• Facilitate group and individual sessions, in area of specialization, as assigned and as needed.
• Collaborate with Treatment Team when an experiential modality is an appropriate medium for clients to access and process trauma.
• Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to the therapy and communicate with resident’s treatment team to ensure continuity of care.
• May conduct assessments or crisis management as needed.
• Assess milieu needs and adjust therapeutic interventions as needed based on client needs.
• Collaborate with Clinical Director on program development and scheduling therapeutic services and group activities.
• Coordinate with Counselor experiential stage outings.
• Responsible for timely completion of clinical documentation (progress and group notes) according to established standards.
• Attend weekly treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and clinical supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in clinical or expressive arts discipline required.
• Licensed or ability to transfer license in Marriage Family Therapy, Counseling, Social Work, or Clinical Psychologist in the state in which services are provided required.
• Board certified in area of specialization preferred.
• Experience providing group and individual therapy with adolescents and young adults in residential setting preferred.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.  Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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