Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) Clinician
About The Position
Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) is a new service within JRI's Community Service Agencies that provides a combination of medically necessary intensive family therapy, robust care coordination, and Family Partner engagement for eligible youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families. The FIT Clinician will focus on improving the youth’s mental health concerns, while strengthening the family structure and support. Our staff provide the FIT service in home and community settings and facilitate a consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationship with the families we serve. This is a salaried position with a designated number of families to work with; it does not have a unit-based productivity requirement in the FIT Support Worker role.
Requirements
- Must be 21 years of age.
- Minimum Master’s degree or above in the mental health field.
- Must be licensed or license eligible (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC or LMFT).
- Ability to create and implement treatment/service plans that demonstrate a clear understanding of the client’s background.
- Proven ability to form therapeutic relationships with people from different backgrounds.
- Must be willing to maintain a flexible work schedule and to participate in an on-call schedule.
- Knowledge of or ability to learn electronic medical record software and basic computer functions including the Microsoft Suite.
- Clinical experience with children/adolescents is required.
- Good written and oral communication skills are necessary.
- Must have daily access to reliable, insured vehicle and active Driver’s License.
- Background and driving record checks will be performed.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with trauma informed models of treatment preferred.
- Experience with community mental health programs or providing family therapy preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Provide intensive family therapy, crisis intervention, treatment planning, and assessments.
- Design and deliver focused, strategic, evidence-based interventions and behavioral techniques to build skills, safety planning, strengthen family dynamics, and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, psychiatric residential treatment facility, or other treatment setting.
- Serve as a vital member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team that works together to find the best and most effective methods of guiding and supporting youth and their families.
- Develop a structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationship with the youth and families to help improve the youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote their healthy functioning within the family.
- Provide trauma-informed, confidential clinical services to guide care for the youth.
- Provide consultation to collaterals including schools and medical service providers to help the youth navigate their lives with more support.
Benefits
- Salaried position
- $2,000 bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language other than English
- Reimbursement for professional license registration costs and annual fees
- Blue Cross medical benefits
- Delta Dental benefits
- 401K matched up to $800 a year
- Pension after 5 years of employment
- Tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year
- Discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities
- Free CEUs and training opportunities focused on evidence-based practices
- Access to employee engagement groups
- Self-care resources
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
