Clinical Consultant

IRCO • Portland, OR

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Consultant provides clinical consultation and case-focused guidance to the IRCO Foster Care team, serving as an advisor within the Home Visiting sector. The role gives frontline family advocates working with complex, high-needs child welfare cases a professional space to reflect on their work and manage occupational stress and compassion fatigue. The consultant applies advanced clinical insight and supports fair, respectful service delivery while helping staff identify family safety risks and promote ethical case practices.

The position provides at least monthly individual and group consultations using reflective-practice frameworks; supports staff wellness and self-awareness; guides risk assessment and case practices; and offers coping strategies and appropriate referrals to team members. The consultant also prepares concise monthly consultation summaries and trend reports for the Division Director, maintains confidentiality and professional boundaries, and collaborates with the Division Director on emerging program needs and crisis interventions as directed.

The role is based at IRCO’s Main Office in Portland, Oregon, with a hybrid schedule. It is an on-call/casual position without benefits, classified as non-exempt and professional. The program provides home-visiting services to foster parents referred by the Oregon Department of Human Services who live in Portland and care for foster children or youth ages 0–24. The position requires an Oregon Department of Human Services background check and an LCSW license. The work schedule may occasionally fluctuate with organizational or customer needs.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work.
• At least four years of clinical-field work experience using trauma-informed principles and working with families involved in child welfare.
• Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license; required.
• Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) background check.
• Experience using computers and Microsoft products, including Microsoft 365, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Ability to use CRM/Apricot 360.
• Ability to communicate regularly and professionally inside and outside the organization to exchange ideas and gather information.

Nice To Haves

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication in a professional manner.
• Training or experience facilitating groups and managing group dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Provide at least monthly individual and group clinical consultations to Foster Care team members using reflective-practice frameworks.
• Provide staff with a professional space for self-reflection, behavioral regulation, and processing stress-related impacts or compassion fatigue.
• Guide direct-service staff in identifying and mitigating safety risks in complex, high-needs families involved in the child welfare system.
• Help staff recognize professional responses, including transference and countertransference, and consider how these affect their fieldwork.
• Offer mental-health and emotional-well-being guidance, coping strategies, and appropriate service referrals to Foster Care team members.
• Prepare and submit concise monthly consultation summaries and trend reports to the Division Director while maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Collaborate proactively with the Division Director on emerging program needs, institution-driven challenges, and crisis interventions as directed.
• Read required IRCO communications, including weekly and monthly all-staff emails, newsletters, memorandums, and other communications.
• Attend required IRCO All-Staff Meetings in person or virtually, as appropriate.
• Participate in recommended professional development and assigned or required training activities.

Benefits

• The position is explicitly described as casual without benefits; the posting separately advertises the following benefits for IRCO staff: flexible working arrangements and schedules.
• 3 to 6 weeks of paid time off per year.
• 401(k) match of over 100% on the first 5%, with immediate vesting.
• 3% match for student loans or college savings.
• 12 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday.
• Medical and dental insurance options with 90% coverage for employees and families, with no deductibles.
• Employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level