Child First Clinician I - $6,000 Sign-On Bonus
About The Position
UCFS is seeking a Child First Clinician I to provide intensive, home-based intervention with children, prenatal through age five, and their caregivers. The role focuses on strengthening the caregiver-child relationship by facilitating play and improving the caregiver’s capacity to reflect on the meaning of the child’s behaviors. This position is part of the Child First program, an evidence-based, relationship-focused, two-generation, home visiting approach that partners with families, infants, and young children from pregnancy through age 5, to enhance strong, loving relationships. The program aims to support caregivers and their children by processing life stresses and traumas and enhancing healthy patterns of interaction. It intentionally considers structural inequities and the impact of past and present trauma, including historical trauma, oppression, and structural racism. The goal is to identify children at the earliest possible time so families can be connected to needed services and supports within their communities. The Clinician partners with a Care Coordinator to support families, engaging with both caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner to foster a protective, nurturing, and responsive caregiver-child relationship. Therapeutic intervention focuses on healing from trauma, helping caregivers understand developmental challenges, increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior, supporting caregivers’ problem-solving, and helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and caregiver response to the child. The Clinician may also provide consultation to teachers in early care and education settings as needed.
Requirements
- Master's degree (M.A., M.F.T., M.S.W.)
- One year of clinical experience
- Must hold a CT state LMSW, LPCA or LMFTA
- A valid driver’s license and state mandated levels of auto liability insurance required.
- Enrollment in CPP training within the soonest available cohort
- Eligibility for CPR/First Aid Certification
- Access to transportation for 75% travel to New London, Windham, and Middlesex counties (DCF Region 3)
- Ability to work two late nights per week and possibly weekends
- Familiarity with Microsoft Suite and ability to learn new technological platforms
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-awareness and critical thinking skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with EHR preferred
Responsibilities
- Assess, evaluate, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral difficulties in young children and families based on clinical standards of practice.
- Formulate treatment plans and treatment plan reviews based on assessments.
- Engages actively in all aspects of the Child First learning collaborative including in-person or live remote training, distance learning curriculum, specialty training, and clinical conferences.
- Collaborates with relevant providers and community partners to support treatment and strengthen the program’s community presence.
- Respond to client crises during work hours and on-call to support family stabilization.
- Maintains up-to-date case records on each client family, including weekly contact reports, service agreements, evaluations, treatment plans, and termination summaries, as well as timely data entry to meet funder requirements.
Benefits
- Yearly Performance Merit Increases
- Gain Share Program
- Local & Online Discounts
- 401(k) Plan + 6% Employer Contributions
- Employer Paid Life & Disability Insurance
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Decompression Spaces
- Generous Paid Time Off Starting at 3 Weeks Vacation, 4 Floating Holidays, 10 Sick Days, 8 Federal Holidays
- Employee-Led Committees
- NHSC Loan Repayment Opportunities
- PSLF Eligibility
- Career Path Ladders
- Employer Paid Learning & Development Programs
- Appreciation, Education, and Team-Building Events
- $6,000 sign-on bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
