Therapist (Adoption Competent)

Paths for Families•Greenbelt, MD

About The Position

Founded in 1990, Adoptions Together is a nonprofit child placement agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. At Adoptions Together we believe that family is a human right. Welcoming Every Child, Every Family, Every Step of the way, our mission is to build healthy, lifelong family connections for every child and to advocate for the continuous improvement of systems that promote the well-being of children. Our vision is that every child will have lifelong connections to a caring, nurturing family. Achieving our mission and fulfilling our vision propels us to be proactive in all areas. In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Adoptions Together transitioned to a virtual workforce in response to the pandemic. Our dedication to children and families continued as we provided all services virtually through our well-built technological infrastructure and our adapting, devoted staff. Adoptions Together has navigated (and will continue to navigate) these 'unprecedented times' with flexibility, compassion, and grace. Overview The Therapist provides individual, family, and parent counseling and clinical case management to families. The Therapist will offer intake assessments, adoption/permanency competent, trauma informed counseling services to adoptive and guardianship families, crisis intervention, and case management.

Requirements

Master's degree in social work with a current Maryland social work license.
Professional experience in child welfare or as an adoption/permanency-competent, attachment-focused, trauma-informed clinician is highly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the clinical issues associated with adoption, foster care, kinship care, attachment disruption, and in trauma informed care.
Knowledge of the impact of trauma and trained in therapeutic interventions and treatment for children, youth and families involved in child welfare in varying levels of permanency, including adoption, guardianship, foster care, and reunification.
Experience in providing attachment focused, trauma informed, and permanency competent therapeutic services.
Excellent interpersonal, clinical, and organizational skills.
Ability to work in a team and independently.
Ability to prioritize and problem solve.
Proficiency in Microsoft office suite of products and database case management.
Ability to communicate and express ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work cooperatively with others, both clients and colleagues.
Administrative ability to manage cases and maintain client files/case notes.

Responsibilities

Provide therapeutic services (individual, family, group) to a caseload of approximately 16-18 children, adolescents and/or families in an adoption competent, trauma focused, and permanency competent manner. Specific services include initial intake assessments, intensive counseling, crisis-intervention, and case management to families.
Sessions will include support and education around the following (but not limited to): loss and grief; trust and attachment; identity formation; effects of early childhood trauma; mental health, physical health, and development delays; school issues; foster care to guardianship; open adoption; foster care to adoption; transracial and/or transcultural adoption; and LGBT adoption.
Secondary responsibility for providing support to parents when they contact the warmline either through phone or chat.
Other Duties: Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.