In Home Therapy Clinician

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC • Hyannis, MA

21d • $33 - $36 • Hybrid

About The Position

In-Home Therapy (IHT) is a structured, consistent, strengths-based therapeutic relationship between a clinician and the youth and family for the purpose of meeting the youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her/their healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance the family’s capacity to improve the youth’s functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, residential treatment facility or other treatment setting. Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right. $1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL) Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated. Hybrid schedule/WFH details: All sessions with clients are done in person. After an initial training period, employees have the flexibility to start their workday from home before going out into the community to begin sessions. Employees in this program will be expected to report to the office for staff meetings, supervisions, and to complete administrative tasks. Please note that work from home is a privilege that is based on meeting performance expectations. MA LEVEL GRADUATES ARE WELCOME TO APPLY NOW! Offers can be made pending verification of MA degree

Requirements

• Master’s degree in psychology, Social Work or a related field from an accredited educational institution. Experience/interest in child/adolescent/family and intensive home-based family interventions with the ability to provide clinical care and support toward effort to prevent hospitalization and maintain youth safely in community.
• Awareness of personal attitudes, beliefs, biases, and assumptions about others
• Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, and ethnicity
• Acknowledging that people from other cultural groups may not share the same beliefs and practices or perceive experiences in the same way
• Cultural knowledge of key populations that will be served to address disparities in service delivery
• Demonstrates positive attitudes towards cultural differences by showing respect and openness towards people whose social and cultural background is different from one's own
• Demonstrates skills for communication and interaction across cultures, including the ability to recognize and manage personal behaviors, moods, and impulses to create an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming climate within the agency
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that meets CFS Driver Policy. Travel is required to provide services in different settings and to attend agency meetings, events, and trainings.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with team members and the entire family, or a subset of the family, to implement focused, structural, or strategic interventions and behavioral techniques to: enhance problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management/safety planning, and communication; build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals, or improve ineffective patterns of interaction; identify and utilize community resources; and develop and maintain natural supports for the youth and parent/caregiver(s) in order to promote sustainability of treatment gains.
• Provide Family Therapy in a home-based and community-based setting.
• Maintain positive working relationships with IHT team, including supervisor and (Therapeutic Training and Support staff) TT&S, in addition to other collateral contacts and community providers.
• Develop and update required assessments and treatment planning documentation with youth and families within timeline per agency and program expectations.
• Utilize diagnostic skills involving practical knowledge of the DSM-5 and assessment tools.
• Provide diagnostic and treatment consultation to other agency programs and community agencies.
• Maintain production expectations and record keeping requirements.
• Participate in appropriate clinical and administrative staff meetings.
• Engage in effective Care Coordination and Collaboration.
• Participate in independent education and training opportunities.
• Provide psychoeducation and advocacy as appropriate.

Benefits

• Benefit eligible at 20+ hours per week
• Medical – Harvard Pilgrim/HealthPlans Inc.
• Dental – Delta Dental of MA
• Vision - EyeMed
• Wellworks for You (Employee Wellness)
• 2 weeks’ vacation accrued over 1st year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 5 years and 5 weeks after 20 years
• 12 Sick Days, 10 Paid Holidays, and 2 Personal Days per year
• Tuition reimbursement – Up to $1,500 per calendar year
• Professional Licensure reimbursement (LICSW, LMHC)
• Flexible spending accounts – save on medical expenses and dependent care!
• 401K – CFS matches first 1% at 100%; 2%-6% of annual earnings are matched at 50%
• 100% Employer paid Life Insurance
• 100% Employer paid Long Term Disability and AD&D
• 24-hour travel assistance, mileage reimbursement, discounted Healthtrax gym membership, and employee appreciation events!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level