Counselor Baby Cat

Directions for Living•Largo, FL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a professional clinical position providing counseling and services adults and families in the Baby CAT program under the Families First Division. BabyCAT is a community service program that works in-home with parents that are seeking to understand their children's behaviors, keep their children safe, reduce the potential of incurring child welfare, DJJ, or other involuntary or court system involvement and focuses on parents or caregivers that have at least one child age 0-5. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team is a position providing clinical interventions directed at safety concerns that bring the parent or caregiver to the attention of child welfare, and utilizing natural supports, community supports, and input and resources from other community partners or professional agencies. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team functions as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT) consisting of the Counselor, a Behavioral Health Case Manager, and an IDT facilitator. In additional to clinical interventions, the Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team is responsible for ensuring the youth and family have an individualized treatment plan that is strength based and built collaboratively with each member of the IDT team during the IDT session. The treatment plan, risk level, and clinical interventions are developed by the Integrated Decision Team that consists of the family, natural supports, and formal supports that care about and know the youth and family best. Each IDT member, including the parent and caregiver, contributes valuable knowledge, expertise and perspective that informs the treatment plan and clinical response. In addition, the Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team is responsible for reporting and discussing at IDT's the youth or families progress/lack of progress, barriers, interventions, safety issues, or any other information important in resolving the safety concerns that bring the youth and family into treatment. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team ensures services are delivered using standards of trauma informed care principles, and that plans and clinical interventions address issues regarding how trauma impacts family functioning, and that plans and interventions use trauma resolution skills. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team ensures that services are Culturally & Linguistically Competent and are tailored to the unique culture of the child and family. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team will ensure that clinical services occur in the community at a place convenient and comfortable for the family. This is a field position. The Counselor for Baby Children's Action Team is responsible for meeting an annual client facing client care number of 1,316 hours. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly and annual client facing client care hours is an essential function of this positon. Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions for Living employees must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.

Requirements

Master's degree in counseling, Psychology, Social Work or related field required.
Must take the Wraparound for Clinicians Training (3-hours) within 30 days of employment.
Sufficient clinical knowledge to provide clinical intervention with adults and children who manifest a range of psychopathology, utilizing various treatment approaches including individual, family, play, and group therapy, individual psychopathology and normal childhood development.
Sufficient clinical knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused- CBT and other evidence-based treatments.
Must acquire knowledge of community resources.
Experience with families and children.

Nice To Haves

CAP certification preferred.
Preference will be given to individuals who have taken the 3-hour Wraparound for Clinicians training.
Early Childhood Education Experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Providing counseling and services to adults and families in the Baby CAT program.
Working in-home with parents to understand children's behaviors and ensure safety.
Reducing the potential for child welfare, DJJ, or other involuntary or court system involvement.
Providing clinical interventions directed at safety concerns.
Utilizing natural supports, community supports, and input from community partners or professional agencies.
Functioning as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT).
Ensuring the youth and family have an individualized, strength-based treatment plan built collaboratively with the IDT.
Reporting and discussing client progress, barriers, interventions, and safety issues at IDTs.
Ensuring services are delivered using trauma-informed care principles.
Ensuring plans and clinical interventions address how trauma impacts family functioning and use trauma resolution skills.
Ensuring services are Culturally & Linguistically Competent and tailored to the unique culture of the child and family.
Ensuring clinical services occur in the community at a place convenient and comfortable for the family.
Meeting an annual client-facing client care number of 1,316 hours.
Being willing and able to provide vital support and essential services in emergency situations.