Therapeutic Treatment Home Licensing Specialist

Job description

Presbyterian Hospitality House, Alaska's leading adolescent residential treatment program is seeking a Therapeutic Treatment Home Licensing Specialist and Case Manager for our Wasilla location. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Applicant should have a bachelor’s degree in social work, behavioral sciences or related social sciences, preferably with two years post-qualification experience in a behavioral treatment or clinical mental health program within a community-based setting. Six years of combined continued education/training and work in the human service field may substitute for a Bachelor’s Degree. A sound understanding of clinical mental health issues and treatment approaches, most notably behavioral and cognitive methodologies, and the knowledge and skills to work with dysfunctional families and adolescents, often in situations impacted directly or indirectly by substance abuse and/or codependency issues is a must. The applicant must also have a functional knowledge of Alaskan Native and other minority cultural issues. FUNCTION: BENEFITS: - Knowledge of therapeutic treatment foster care and licensing protocols as well as applicable laws. - Ability to establish rapport with co-workers, p...