​​Title: Sexual Assault Therapist

​Schedule: Hybrid; Must be available evenings.
Location: Plano, TX
Reports To: Clinical Manager

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Summary:
The Sexual Assault Therapist will provide culturally responsive individual therapy and group therapy to survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rape, sex trafficking, and other forms of sexual violence. The role emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally humble treatment planning tailored to clients' unique cultural backgrounds and lived experiences. The Sexual Assault Therapist will also contribute to agency learning through presentations and participate in all clinical and agency-wide trainings to enhance inclusive care. The Sexual Assault Therapist is responsible for triage and evaluation of client treatment goals, trauma-informed collaborative treatment planning, ongoing standardized assessments of client symptomology and progress, and finding appropriate resources and referrals for client(s). The Sexual Assault Therapist will also facilitate learning within the agency via presentations and participate in all clinical and appropriate agency-wide trainings and events. Fluency in Spanish and/or experience working with bilingual and multilingual populations is highly valued, as is familiarity with diverse cultural and community contexts, especially within BIPOC communities.

 

The effective Sexual Assault Therapist will:

• Demonstrates active listening skills with a strong emphasis on cultural responsiveness, empathy, and humility, providing validation to clients of various ethnic and social backgrounds, values, and attitudes.

• Practice self-awareness, honesty, and cultural humility when working with different ethnic and social backgrounds, values, and attitudes.

• Use open-ended questions to help clients identify stressors, triggers, growth-limiting beliefs, and gain understanding of symptomology and needs.

• Consistently adjust the style and tone to communicate effectively and non-judgmentally to clients.

• Utilize silence strategically to encourage clients to expand their understanding and responses.

• Actively seek feedback from clients and staff about performance and make changes efficiently and responsibly.

• Independently manage time with reliable organizational and planning skills.

• Embody professional ethics in mentorship with student interns.

 

Duties:

1. Deliver culturally responsive in-office and telehealth counseling services to survivors of sexual assault via crisis intervention, individual therapy, group therapy, and therapeutic workshops, ensuring a welcoming environment for clients from diverse backgrounds.

2. Maintain timely and appropriate service and case documentation on all clients, including

      session date, progress notes, follow-up services, and assessments.
3. Participate in regular current training on impact of trauma and treatment for sexual assault

      survivors to advocates, staff, organizations, and community groups.
4. Provide culturally informed trauma education to advocates, staff, and clinical interns,

     integrating perspectives on how trauma impacts individuals and communities across different

     backgrounds and cultures. 
5. Complete monthly and quarterly reports.
6. Provide coverage for advocacy schedule as needed.
7. Provide ongoing mentorship to one assigned clinical student.

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Physical Demands and Work Environment:
With reasonable accommodation, this position requires:

• The ability to work 40 hours per week in an office setting with varying clients and staff, with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• The ability to consistently regulate one’s nervous system for up to 8 hours per day, with reasonable breaks, while working with chronically traumatized clients.

• The manual dexterity to sufficiently operate phones, computers, and other office and medical equipment.

• The ability to communicate clearly and accurately to convey information using the English language, both verbally and in writing, and possess visual acuity capable of drafting, editing, reviewing, and/or comprehending materials in a standard typeface size 10 font or above.

• Be able to intermittently push, pull, or lift 15 pounds at times.

• Occasional exposure to adverse working conditions, including exposure to safety hazards, loud noise, traffic, inclement weather conditions.

• Must pass all required criminal history background checks; have a valid Texas driver’s license and provide Department of Public Safety proof of driving record acceptable to agency insurers for the past three years; and must submit to pre-employment drug screen and TB test as well as random drug screens when directed.

• Occasional travel between hospitals and community agencies.

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Requirements:

1. A Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in counseling or social work is

    required.
2. Current licensure (or eligibility for licensure) in Texas as LPC, LPC-A, LMSW, or LCSW is

    required.
3. Fluency in the Spanish language is highly preferred.
4. You must have an existing Clinical Supervisor if you are not fully licensed in Texas.
5. Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches for the treatment of acute and chronically

    traumatized crime victims is highly preferred.
6. Experience facilitating therapeutic groups as a clinician is strongly preferred.
7. Passion for learning and adapting practices that support the well-being of clients from diverse

    and underserved communities.

8. High energy and desire to learn alongside other staff therapists and agency members to offer

    highest quality of care to clients served.
9. Ongoing attention, practice, and assessment of physical, emotional, and psychological self-

    care is required. This may include individual therapy, internal and external coping skills, and

    a working support system.
10.Must complete 40 hours of mandated OAG Sexual Assault Advocate training during

   upcoming quarterly cycle of training. If training is more than one month in the future, informal

   training will begin before OAG scheduled training.