In-Home Therapy Clinician ($5000 Sign-On!)

Company: Child & Family Services Inc
Location: New Bedford
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

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 youths behavioral health needs, including improving the familys ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her/their healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance the familys capacity to improve the youths functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youths 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.**$5000 full-time Sign-On! (half at 3 months; half at 6 months)**$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)***MA LEVEL GRADUATES ARE WELCOME TO APPLY NOW! Offers can be made pending verification of MA degree***Minimum Qualifications:** Masters Degree in psychology, social work or mental health counseling from an accredited educational institution* Passion for working with children and their families* Valid drivers license and reliable transportation*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.*Cultural Competency Qualifications** 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*Benefits:** Benefit eligible at 20+ hours* Medical Harvard Pilgrim/Health Plans - 75% employer paid for full-time employees* Dental Delta Dental* Vision - Eye Med* 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 per year (accrued monthly); 2 personal days per year* 10 paid holidays* 401K CFS matches first 1% at 100%; 2%-6% of annual earnings are matched at 50%* Tuition reimbursement Up to $1,500 per calendar year* *FREE* Clinical Supervision towards licensure & Professional Licensure reimbursement (LICSW, LMHC)* *FREE* CEU's and Trainings- up to 1,000 trainings available!* Flexible spending accounts save on medical expenses and dependent care!* 100% Employer paid Life Insurance* 100% Employer paid Long Term Disability and AD&D* Mileage Reimbursement of .62 cents/mile & Employee Discount Program* *FREE* Employee Assistance Program and AbilitiCBT Mental Health program for employees & their family*Child and Family Services, Inc. values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages applicants from the BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AAPI, Hispanic, Latinx and Veteran communities to apply for employment. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, gender, sex,( including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy) disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.*Job Type: Full-timePay: $30.00 - $31.50 per hourEducation:* Master's (Required)License/Certification:* Driver's License (Required)Work Location: In personby Jobble

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