The Specialized Program at Plymouth Meeting is rooted in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and serves youth who identify as female ages 11 to 14 who have acute challenges due to experienced loss, unexpected challenges, and/or significant trauma, and whose behaviors are presently extremely dysregulated. The program includes daily skill acquisition, mindfulness and behavioral feedback with 24-hour access to skills coaching. Youth and families both learn DBT skills though skills groups and have weekly family therapy while youth have weekly individual therapy.
This specialized program will have a small staff to youth ratio of 2:1 during awake hours. All youth will have a single room. All staffing for this program will need to participate in an extensive training. Knowledge, skills or training in DBT is strongly preferred for all positions. All staffing for this program is expected to attend weekly trainings as a team and participate in ongoing skill building as needed.
All staff for this program are expected to execute the fundamentals of DBT, trauma-informed care and individualized treatment programming for the youth served.
Salary range: $45k-58k depending on experience
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Clinical Services Director has primary responsibility for implementing skills groups as part of the Residential Program. The skills therapist is responsible for assisting the program staff with development of activities. Occasionally may assist with development activities related to special events. This position is full time second shift from 2:00pm to 10:00pm and includes weekend hours.
Qualifications:
Education/Training: Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
Skill(s):
Experience: Two (2) years of related experience preferred. Prior experience working with children and adolescents preferred.
Gemma Services is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Gemma Services was formed in November 2019 by the merger of two longstanding nonprofits, Silver Springs – Martin Luther School and theVillage. Representing more than 300 years combined of providing vital services to individuals in the Philadelphia region. Today Gemma is guided by the vision of a world where every person knows they matter. Gemma accompanies people of all ages through life’s challenges using individualized, data-informed support. With three locations in the Greater Philadelphia region, Gemma provides community-based and residential mental health programs, foster family care, adoption and permanency services, special education through an Approved Private School for K-12 students (Martin Luther School), and prevention programs. More than 3,000 individuals and families participate in Gemma’s programs each year.
