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DBT Therapist at Essensa Treatment Families – Hybrid Team Halmstad/Göteborg

Do you want to make a real difference for children and young people?

Essensa Treatment Families is now looking for an engaged and competent DBT Therapist to join our growing hybrid team in Halmstad and Gothenburg. Here, you will have the opportunity to work closely with children, young people, foster homes, and families in a business where quality, evidence-based methods, and long-term relationships are in focus.

About the Position

As a DBT Therapist, you work with treatment and skills training for children, young people, and families within foster care, outpatient care, and treatment families. The work is carried out both digitally and on-site, providing great flexibility and the opportunity to meet clients where they are.

The position is a hybrid role based in Halmstad or Gothenburg, involving travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Individual DBT treatments for children and young people
• Skills training according to DBT
• Psychoeducational interventions for children, young people, and guardians
• Supervision and support for treatment families and foster homes
• Collaboration with social services, schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (BUP), and other actors
• Documentation, treatment planning, and follow-up
• Participation in method development and teamwork

We are looking for you who

• Are a licensed psychotherapist, psychologist, social pedagogue, social worker, or have other relevant higher education
• Have training in DBT and experience working with the method
• Have experience working with children, young people, and families
• Are self-reliant, structured, and confident in the therapist role
• Have good collaboration skills and thrive in a team environment
• Hold a valid driver's license (Category B) and have access to a car

Meritorious

• Experience in foster care
• Training in CBT, TMO, attachment, or Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NPF)
• Experience working with trauma, self-harm behavior, and emotional instability
• Experience with digital treatment

We Offer

• An engaged and experienced treatment team
• Regular method supervision
• Flexible hybrid work
• Opportunity to influence and develop the business
• Competitive conditions
• A workplace where quality, engagement, and development are at the center

About Essensa

Essensa Treatment Families offers qualified treatment interventions for children, young people, and families. We work with evidence-based methods such as DBT, TMO, CBT, and psychoeducational interventions. Our goal is to create sustainable changes through close collaboration between therapists, foster homes, guardians, and commissioners.

Application

Selection is ongoing.

Send your CV and cover letter to: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Mark your application: DBT Therapist Halmstad/Gothenburg

You are welcome to become part of Essensa and contribute to creating security, development, and hope for the future for children and young people.