Family Based Therapist
Exciting News!!! Now through December 2024, Child and Family Focus is offering a $250 sign on bonus* to be paid following 6 months of successful employment!
Do you want great clinical experience while directly impacting the lives of children and families?
Family Based Services is for you! Child and Family Focus has full-time, salaried, Masters level Therapist positions available in Chester county that give clinicians autonomy and flexibility in a clinically rich environment, with the support of experienced leaders.
CFF’s Family Based Services assign a team of one Master level clinician and one Bachelor level case manager to work closely with clients in the home, school and community to address the child’s emotional struggles as well as the larger systemic issues contributing to troublesome behavior. The flexibility of meeting young people and families within the home and the community allows therapists to address the root of the struggles and create long-term positive change.
This position has a competitive starting salary range of $48,000-50,000!
Responsibilities:
- Work in two-person clinical teams to deliver quality family therapy and resource coordination.
- Use creative ways to engage young people and their family members to address complex family-systems issues
- Maintain a caseload of 6 to 8 young people (ages 4-18) and their family members
- Attend training in Eco-Systemic Family Therapy.
- Attend weekly supervision with licensure supervision hours provided at no cost.
- Meet with clients and their families at least twice a week to provide individual, and family therapy with sibling and couples/parent treatment provided as needed.
- Make referrals for appropriate supportive services.
- Maintain client files including timely completion of case notes and treatment plans to ensure that the licensing and Child & Family Focus, Inc.’s standards are upheld at all times.
- Provide paid emergency on-call duties as scheduled in rotation with other team members.
- Use and implement the 5 core values of Trauma-Informed Care in all work practices - Safety, Trustworthiness, Choice, Collaboration, & Empowerment.
Required Qualifications:
Must meet one of the following criteria:
- Have a graduate degree in psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, education, rehabilitation or in the field of human services, plus at least 2 years of experience in a CASSP system program.
- Be a licensed registered nurse (RN) with at least 5 years of experience, including at least 2 years of experience in a CASSP system program. Plus have a certification by the Department's Office of Mental Health (OMH) as a mental health family based worker.
- Have a bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, rehabilitation, education, pre-med, theology, anthropology or in the field of human services. Plus have a certification by OMH as a mental health family based worker (such as have an ESFT certification).
This position works M-F and offers flexible scheduling for client sessions.
Work schedule may vary based on client needs and requires at least 3 evenings per week.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive Starting Salary range of $48,000-50,000
- 9 Paid Holidays
- 17 days of Paid Time Off with additional days added through years of service
- Annual Salary Increase and Bonus
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Medical and Vision Benefits offered on first day of employment, 3 plan options offered by Independence Blue Cross
- Dental Benefits offered on first day of employment, 2 plan options offered by Guardian
- Ancillary Benefits offered on first day of employment, such as Accident, Critical Illness, Cancer, Short Term Disability
- Employer Paid Long Term Disability and $50,000 Life Insurance Policy
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401K plan with company match and profit sharing
- Mileage and Expense reimbursement for travel and training
- Clearance Reimbursement
- Reimbursement for On-Call Rotation
- Monetary reward structure for exceeding monthly unit requirement
- Supervision for licensure included in job
- Participation in intensive family therapy training of Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy Model
- Build strong clinical skills in individual and family therapy
*Eligibility Requirements apply,
*Bonus amounts could be prorated based on number of hours worked
Child and Family Focus is an equal opportunity and drug free employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.