Are you looking to build a career where you'll make a real impact in the lives of others? Your interest in mental health, human services, or related life experience is valuable to us! We welcome you to join our team of caring, passionate and motivated individuals as a Youth Residential Therapist. Acenda's expert team helps each individual, family and community move forward in their journey toward health and happiness.

About Acenda Integrated Health

As a non-profit organization, we are solely committed to our mission of moving lives forward. Acenda provides over 100 life-enhancing programs and services to individuals, families, and communities throughout New Jersey. By bringing together our bright teams, innovative services, and understanding, caring hearts, we as an organization are moving upward to move lives forward. We join together to provide a wide range of mental health, crisis services, parenting support, family-focused therapy, and residential programming.

How you can make an Impact

Our Youth Residential Program is an intensive therapeutic community home in which youth ages 11-17 receive 24-hour supervision and intensive treatment services in a trauma-informed treatment milieu, with a goal of transitioning to a lower level of service or reunification. The Therapist will provide individual and group therapy, attend treatment team meetings, provide appropriate intervention strategies, and adjust services accordingly. You will effectively engage and interact with clients, continually assesses clients' needs and develop and implement treatment and crisis plans development/debriefing with family/residents. The Youth Therapist will work collaboratively with coworkers and agency staff to effectively communicate and problem-solve.

What we provide

• An Innovative culture that encourages you to grow and learn with the agency
• Career advancement opportunities including participation in an Acenda leadership development program
• Mission-driven core
• Health, Vision and Dental coverage for you and your family
• 401(k) with up to a 5% employer match
• Generous time-off
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• License Reimbursement
• CEU's and free training programs
• Year-end performance bonuses

What you'll bring to the team

• Masters degree in counseling, social work, psychology or a related field and an active NJ license in good standing in one of the following: LAC, LSW, LAMFT, LPC, LCSW or LMFT
• Professionalism and a commitment to excellence in care
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

Are you ready to join Team Acenda?

Join Team Acenda and enjoy the remarkable opportunity to make an impact on the lives of those living right here in our community! To learn more about how our Youth Therapists play an important role in our agency, please visit our website: https://acendahealth.org/

Acenda's Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Acenda Integrated Health considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Acenda's support of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) brings together a diverse workforce to successfully achieve our mission of moving lives forward in the community. We aim to create a productive workplace, where all workforce members feel engaged and valued. As part of Acenda, you play an important role in supporting our commitment to DEI throughout the organization.