Therapist - SI Family Services FAP MST Program

All Staten Island programs are allotted a $4,420 commuter differential that is applicable to anyone who currently works or is hired to work on Staten Island who doesn’t live in Staten Island in addition to the base salary or hourly wage.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide Child welfare Preventive services exclusively or primarily within the client’s home and community
• Learn and implement the brief strategic family therapy based model to children ages 6 – 18 years old and their families to keep them safe in their communities and to create healthier family functioning
• Provide services to all members listed in the household composition
• Integrate case management services with an assigned evidence based model to help families meet their basic needs to promote stability and reduce stress
• Collaborate and coordinate services with all providers working  with the family to ensure the family’s needs are being adequately addressed
• Identify and evaluate all risks
• Conduct assessments including review of referral information, identify and engage key participants, identify strengths and weaknesses and collaboratively develop goals
• Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement
• Adhere to the fidelity of the model to ensure optimal service outcome is achieved
• Work within the model’s structure, regarding length of treatment, case contacts, interventions, supervision, and documentation
• Participate in consultations with the model developer
• Audio/Video record sessions for training and supervision purposes as needed
• Maintain clear and concise documentations in CNNX case record including progress notes of treatment efforts and Family Services Assessment plans, enter data in PROMIS
• Work hybrid schedule based on program needs

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE:

• Family systems theory and application

• Substance use/abuse theory (for MST-SA) and behavioral approaches to SA treatment

• Social ecological theory and application

• Behavioral therapies theory and knowledge

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy, pragmatic family therapies theory and application

• Social skills assessment and intervention along with child development research and its application in treatment

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working in the client’s home.

• Experience working in a Child Welfare, JJI, or Adolescent Focused program.

• Experience and /or knowledge of Evidence-Based Models, Motivational Interviewing and Solution- Focused work.

• Experience of working within diverse communities.

• Direct practice with families using a family therapy model.

• Bilingual/bicultural preferred

• Comfortable with group supervision and commitment to work on professional development goals to improve adherence.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or a related subject area
• LCSW, LMSW, LMHC Current Professional NYS Licensure preferred not required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

Bilingual/Bicultural