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• Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing MST-SA Model and Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model

• Works on a team of 3 therapists, 1 supervisor, 1 employment/education specialist, and one care navigator.

• Manage caseload of 4 to 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model.

• • Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation

• Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing MST-SA Model and Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model

• Works on a team of 3 therapists, 1 supervisor, 1 employment/education specialist, and one care navigator.

• Manage caseload of 4 to 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model.

• Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation

• Conducts 2 to 3 sessions with each family a week with youth and their families who are at risk of entering the Juvenile Justice System to prevent system entrance

• Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation

• Builds relationships with community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure collaboration among service providers

• Travels throughout assigned borough to conduct sessions with families. Each program serves families throughout the entire borough. Travels to 5 boroughs when needed during treatment.

• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor and attends weekly individual supervision.

• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning and conducts intakes as applicable.

• Completes timely, clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts, case contacts and model adherent clinical progress.

• Willingness to incorporate supervisor, consultant and peer feedback into case documentation and conceptualization

• Manages multiple databases to comply with all stakeholder requirements, including ACS, MST model and OMH.

• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.

• Participates in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and group coaching and staff meetings.

• Adheres to MST-SA model expectations and implement with fidelity.

• Willingness to meet families and clients in the community and/or places that meet their schedules; which may include accompanying them to psychiatric, school or other community appointments.

• Attends weekly on-call meetings.

• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable

• Consistently meets all program and model Key Performance Indicators (including session pacing, required casework contacts, successful client outcomes, timely completion of Family Assessment Service Plans, data entry, etc.).

• Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary.

• Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and Family Assessment and Service Planning (FASP) that demonstrate compliance with the MST-SA model and supervisory review feedback.

• Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, ACS and model.

• Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed.

• Ability to make and manage own schedule (client sessions, completing paperwork and managing other stakeholder meetings)

• Other duties as assigned.

Organizational expectations include:

• Regular and punctual time and attendance.

• Consistent demonstrated commitment to The Foundling’s BHAG, mission, vision and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).

• Adherence to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations or bargaining agreements.

Please specify area of study:

Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or a related subject area.

Other Requirements:

Preferred experience:

• Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches

• Substance abuse treatment for adults and children using behaviorally-based approaches

• Behavioral therapy targeting behavioral change in children at home and school

• Trauma treatment for adults and children using exposure and cognitive therapies

• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the family’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

  Preferred Knowledge:

• 2-3 years of accumulated experience (internships through post-graduate) providing direct services to youth and their families in their homes and communities

• An understanding and commitment to complying with the New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect protocol (requirements to report any suspected abuse, maltreatment or neglect of any child).

• Experience with and willingness to work with culturally diverse population

• Experience in managing direct service providers who engage with the identified populations or similar population in high-risk court-involved youth either in Family Court or Adult Court, Child-Welfare programs.

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies.

• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

• Family systems theory and application

• Social ecological theory and application

• Behavioral therapies theory and application

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application particularly in the areas of trauma treatment and anger management

• Exposure based cognitive behavioral trauma treatment

• Pragmatic family therapies theory and application

• Research on child physical abuse and neglect

• Social skills assessment and intervention

• Strong understanding and the ability to implement the following:

• Family safety planning

• Risk and Safety assessments

• Crisis Management

• Incident Reporting

• Creating and following a Treatment Plan

Preferred Core Competencies:

• Ability to engage clients

• Willingness and ability to be strength focused

• Ability to problem solve and make decisions

• Willingness to advocate for caregiver, youth, and family

• Ability to manage stress and self-care

• Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness

• Ability to receive and execute feedback in a timely manner

• Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally sensitive

• Ability to work well as part of a team

• Good time management skills

Qualifications

Education

Required

• Master's Level Degree or better in Psychology

• Master's Level Degree or better in Counseling

• Master's Level Degree or better in Social Work

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• Limited Permit

• LMHC

• LMFT

• LCSW