Functional Family Therapist (Merraine Group) (1411)

Together for Youth • Malone, NY

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Functional Family Therapist/Clinician provides intensive home based family therapy services including strength-based assessments, treatment planning and coordination, family treatment, and discharge planning and intervention work with client support systems. This position offers a $5,000 Sign On Bonus. This position does require evening hours .

Requirements

• Preferred licensed Clinician with any of the following: LMHC, LMSW, LMFT, LCAT or Limited Permit Eligible
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience working with at risk youth and families in the Mental Health, Counselor, Counseling, Human Services and Healthcare field.
• Must be willing to work in a Community Based position.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule with variable hours including day, evening, weekend, holiday and possibly occasional on-call hours.
• Must have a current and valid driver's license with acceptable driving history to the Agency. Travel is required.
• Ability to coordinate and plan travel for visits and appointments in efficient manner.
• Ability to work with economically and culturally diverse population.
• Skills: Organizational and prioritization skills including the ability to complete reports and paperwork in a timely manner

Responsibilities

• Provide home based family therapy services to at-risk youth and their families.
• Complete rapid assessments during intake process to assess relational and hierarchical functioning within the home.
• Rapidly engage youth and family members into therapy to begin working toward behavior change techniques which will target risk factors.
• Implement treatment planning which focuses on behavior change techniques to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors.
• Create Relapse Prevention Plan to assist family with future difficulties
• Assist families with managing crisis situations without the need for outside intervention including on-call hours.
• Coordinate with other collaterals involved with cases to ensure all providers are aware of treatment plan for family.
• This position offers the opportunity to be trained in Functional Family Therapy. (FFTLLC)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed