Description

Lotus is Kentucky’s designated Children’s Advocacy and Sexual Violence Resource Center for the Purchase Region. Lotus’s mission is to support victims-survivors, strengthen families, and empower communities.

Lotus so perfectly symbolizes the exceptional courage, strength, and resilience of survivors. We see the goal of recovery as not only surviving trauma but also opening up to the possibilities of hope, healing, and growth. And like the lotus flower, under the right conditions, the possibilities for growth are limitless. We seek to create a safe, nurturing sanctuary where each survivor and family is met with a clear path to the specialized care and holistic resources they need in order to truly heal and reclaim their lives. At Lotus, our shared values of resilience, empowerment, partnership, and belonging drive all that we do.

Position Purpose: Therapist serves to facilitate healing and recovery from interpersonal violence for all-age victim-survivors as well as their supportive family members through the provision of specialized, trauma-informed mental health services.

Responsibilities:

-Provide specialized mental health services and support to in person and via telehealth.
-Create mental health focused resources for victims-survivors to promote resilience and strengthen protective factors.
-Collaborate with advocacy staff to provide comprehensive case management.
-Ensure documentation of services.
-Engage in feasible professional development opportunities to ensure the highest quality of care to clients is being provided.

Requirements

Prior Education & Training Requirements:

-Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a mental health discipline.
-Licensure in the state of Kentucky to practice in a mental health discipline.
-2 years post-degree counseling or clinical experience.
-Knowledge in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of clinical assessment measures.

Prior Qualifications & Special Skills Required:

-Therapist should possess the knowledge and experience to provide assessment-based and empirically supported specialized outpatient treatment to all-age victim-survivors of sexual violence and their family members.
-Good understanding of trauma-informed treatment, neurological effects of trauma and integrated treatment for interpersonal violence is recommended.
-Evidence of good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all types of people.
-Ability to work with people in crisis situations
-No prior history of criminal behaviors is a requirement