Therapist - Youth and Young Adult Services

Position Summary:

The Therapist provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive clinical mental health services to transition-aged youth (ages 18-25) with lived experience in foster care and/or homelessness. Services are delivered in outpatient settings, client homes, and community-based locations such as shelters, drop-in centers, or virtually-wherever youth feel most safe and supported.

Responsibilities include completing clinical intakes, assessments, diagnoses, and individualized treatment planning; providing ongoing therapeutic support using evidence-based practices; and coordinating care across systems. The therapist plays a key role in helping youth build stability, emotional resilience, life skills, and long-term wellness through both individual and group therapy.

Responsibilities:

• Provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strength-based therapeutic services to transition-aged youth who have experienced homelessness, complex trauma, and barriers to engagement.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of DEI concepts including working with individuals who identify as BIPOC & LGBTQ.
• Complete comprehensive intake assessments, clinical diagnoses, and individualized treatment plans using appropriate Evidence-Based Practices tailored to youth with lived experience instability and marginalization.
• Deliver services in a variety of settings, including the office, virtually, and in the community (e.g., confidential settings in community that the client identifies as safe and comfortable).
• Facilitate therapeutic and educational groups focused on topics such as emotional regulation, coping skills, goal setting, healthy relationships, self-advocacy, and independent living skills.
• Collaborate with youth to develop meaningful, youth-led treatment goals that build on their strengths, reflect their cultural identity, and support personal growth.
• Ensure documentation is completed accurately and within the required 24-hour timeframe, maintaining compliance with program, agency, and contractual guidelines.
• Maintain productivity expectations of 60% of the employee's time in direct service of clientele while balancing engagement-focused strategies and rapport-building with hard-to-reach youth.
• Participate actively in individual and group clinical supervision, multidisciplinary team meetings, and case consultations, sharing insights and learning from peers.
• Coordinate care with external supports such as case managers, housing navigators, primary care providers, schools, and community-based resources.
• Engage in Continuous Quality Improvement activities to support service excellence and adherence to clinical standards and contractual goals.
• Observe and uphold strict confidentiality across all program activities and client interactions, in compliance with HIPAA and organizational policies.
• Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with community mental health providers, housing agencies, drop-in centers, and referral partners.
• Work autonomously as supervisor will be working from a remote location
• Solutions Focused mindset, driven by thinking creatively to engage and support program participants
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support the mental health and wellness of youth participating in the program.

Physical Requirements:

This position normally requires the physical demands of standing, walking, bending, lifting or performing other work requiring low physical exertion, talking and hearing on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 80% of the time. Position also requires ability to drive with adequate vision.

Non-Physical Requirements:

Education

• Master's degree in social work, counseling, clinical psychology, or a related field leading to eligibility for clinical licensure

Experience

• Three years of experience working with adolescents and young adults in a professional outpatient setting
• 1 year case management experience

Special Skills

• Operate from a strengths-based perspective
• Possess good verbal and written communication skills and excellent documentation skills
• Ability to provide service in a culturally sensitive manner
• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with referral sources
• Ability to represent the agency in a professional manner within the community

Licensure, Registration, Certification

• Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA), Independent Clinical Social Work Associate (LICSWA): Required.
• Valid Washington Driver's License and minimum required liability insurance for WA State
• Must be deemed insurable as determined by Catholic Charities liability insurance provider

Travel

• Willingness to drive to program participants in community to complete therapeutic session, intakes and groups in company vehicle.
• This could be up to 50% of practitioners time, but not limited to (in community)

Employment is conditional upon:

• Being cleared by criminal background check and fingerprinting when required
• Compliance with the attached Addendum regarding Disclosure of Outside Employment for purposes of evaluating potential conflicts

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm

Wage Range: $80,000 to $90,000 per year, depending on experience

Benefits:

• 13 paid holidays, 12 days of vacation, 12 days of sick leave per year
• Health insurance including medical & prescription coverage, with optional dental and vision insurance plans. Majority of premiums paid by Catholic Charities
• Retirement 403(b) Plan: employee contributions commence upon employment; Catholic Charities contributes 2% of monthly income and matches up to 4% of employee contributions following 6 months of employment
• Basic Life Insurance paid 100% by Catholic Charities
• Flexible Spending Account eligibility following 6 months of employment
• Education Assistance Program reimbursing up to $5,250 per year for approved continuing education after 6 months of employment
• Additional voluntary insurances including supplemental life, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), critical illness, long term disability, accident, and ID theft
• Employee Assistance Program includes 3 counseling sessions per year, legal consultations, financial coaching, and other wellbeing tools
• Annual longevity awards begin at 5 years of employment

Addendum to Job Description

Disclosure of Outside Employment

Although Catholic Charities does not prohibit Child & Family Therapists from engaging in outside employment. The agency does require that the employee's activity and conduct away from the job must not compete, conflict with, or compromise its interests or adversely affect job performance or the employee's ability to fulfill all job responsibilities, including reasonable scheduling requirements. Please see the Agency's policy on Outside Employment for additional information.

To assure that any outside employment or business does not create a conflict of interest, compromise the interest of Catholic Charities, or otherwise adversely affect job performance, the Youth and Young Adult Services Therapist - MHP must disclose any outside employment or businesses to Human Resources. Outside employment includes, but is not limited to, any private practice or any therapy related services, regardless of whether the employee receives any benefit from such activities.

Human Resources will evaluate and discuss the situation with the employee and determine whether any particular measures may be available to avoid any potential conflicts of interest.