Interventionist, Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Hands Across The Water Inc•Livonia, MI

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About The Position

The BSFT Interventionist provides Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) services to children, adolescents, and families referred through the MiFamily Together program. The role delivers structured, evidence-based therapeutic interventions intended to improve family functioning, reduce conflict, strengthen caregiver-child relationships, and decrease risk factors associated with child welfare involvement, family disruption, and placement instability. The Interventionist works with families experiencing elevated conflict, behavioral challenges, and complex family dynamics using a family systems approach that engages the entire family unit. Services are delivered in family homes, community settings, or through approved virtual platforms, consistent with model expectations and program requirements. The role requires strong clinical skills, sound judgment, flexibility, fidelity to a structured evidence-based treatment model, and close collaboration with MiFamily Together staff, MDHHS, and community partners. This is a three-year, state-funded contract with the possibility of extension. The position reports to the MiFamily Together Program Manager and has no supervisory responsibility. The estimated start date is September 7, 2026.

Requirements

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field.
Experience providing therapeutic or clinical services to children, adolescents, and families.
Experience delivering family-based or systems-oriented interventions within child welfare, prevention, reunification, or related settings.
Experience working with families experiencing elevated conflict, behavioral challenges, or risk of child welfare involvement.
Demonstrated ability to engage entire family systems and intervene using structured therapeutic techniques.
Experience working within evidence-based or manualized treatment models.
Ability to utilize required technology platforms and video-recording systems in accordance with program expectations.
Strong clinical, organizational, communication, and engagement skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in community-based settings.
Valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, and proof of automobile insurance.
Must not have been convicted of child abuse or neglect, or a felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual within the 10 years immediately preceding the date of hire.
Must not be listed on the central registry as a perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect.

Responsibilities

Provide Brief Strategic Family Therapy services to children, adolescents, and families referred through MiFamily Together.
Support transition planning and referrals to ongoing therapeutic services when clinically appropriate after completion of BSFT services.
Collaborate with MiFamily Together staff to complete FAST assessments and coordinate family-centered intervention planning.
Maintain a BSFT caseload consistent with program and fidelity expectations.
Assess family strengths, needs, interactional patterns, and barriers to stability and functioning.
Develop and implement individualized treatment goals in collaboration with families and program partners.
Monitor family progress and adjust interventions in accordance with clinical judgment and model expectations.
Participate in case consultation and treatment planning with supervisors and interdisciplinary team members.
Use evidence-based and family systems approaches to support prevention, reunification, placement stabilization, and family preservation goals.
Participate in required BSFT workshops, consultation sessions, practicum activities, and fidelity review processes required by the model developer and training purveyor.
Maintain adherence to BSFT model expectations, documentation standards, competency requirements, and certification expectations.
Collaborate with MiFamily Together Advocates, Parent Partners, supervisors, MDHHS staff, and community providers to support coordinated service delivery.
Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, staffing discussions, and collaborative planning activities.
Represent the agency professionally in community and family interactions.
Complete required clinical documentation, assessments, service notes, treatment records, and reports according to agency policy, BSFT model expectations, contractual requirements, and program timelines.
Follow and uphold the agency’s Mission and Vision Statements, including its commitment to strength-based services, inclusion, and diversity.