Behavioral Support and Crisis Intervention Specialist - LTFC - Bilingual Preferred

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains • Fort Collins, CO

19d • Onsite

About The Position

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a nonprofit, human services agency where you have the opportunity to provide support to children and families across the Rocky Mountain region. We are passionate about what we do and dream of inspiring community through our commitment and mission. We are a welcoming agency that believes that ALL people from the newborn to the elderly are valued members of our communities. If you want to make a difference where you live while serving alongside other amazing professionals, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains invites you to apply.

The Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC) program at Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (LFSRM) provides care and support to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in federal custody as they wait for their immigration case to be resolved so they can transition to a more long term program or living arrangement. UCs are placed with licensed foster families and attend public school while they are in the program, allowing them to have more normalized experiences in family based environment.

Requirements

• Familiarity with social work practice, human development, child welfare system, and family systems, including appropriate local, state, and federal regulations.
• Familiarity with assessment, care planning, facilitation, coordination, and advocating for supports on behalf of and in collaboration with an individual.
• Experience with crisis management, problem solving, and mediation best practices.
• Familiarity with the legal system as it applies to child welfare.
• Skills and sensitivity in working with youth and families from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds with a variety of challenges.
• Ability to communicate professionally and cooperate with members of the other professions involved with the youth.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology or other related field.
• Minimum two(2) years' experience working with children and/or adolescents.
• Must maintain a valid driver's license and carry personal auto liability insurance at the level of $100,000/300,000/100,000.
• Frequent local regional travel. May be required to transport clients in personal vehicle.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred.
• Experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assisting program staff in providing stabilization of UCs, teaching social skills, and works with UCs on existing behavioral concerns in collaboration with the therapist.
• Participate in the UC's case and case progress and shares updates and recommendations with care provider staff to ensure a holistic treatment plan.
• Provide intensive, strengths based, one-on-one support to clients in collaboration with the therapist and reflective of the youth's mental health treatment plan.
• Establish relationships with youth, foster families, biological families, case managers, and other providers in order to deliver comprehensive services.
• Customize behavioral and safety plans for individual clients.
• Provide interventions for foster parents and care provider staff.
• Provide feedback to clients, foster parents, and care support staff on behavior plan.
• Identify skills, support, and resources that could be used to enhance youth's wellness, including internal and in the community.
• Assist in the education and supervision of those in group sessions and activities as needed.
• Maintain ongoing client documentation as required including progress notes, treatment planning, and assessments.
• Transport and accompany youth to appointments as assigned.
• May participate in on-call rotation.

Benefits

• Proof of immunization or immunity (within 120 days of hire) to the following diseases: Varicella, MMR, Tdap, and annual Influenza; or an approved exemption from Human Resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level