This position will cover the following cities: Effingham, Vandalia, Shelbyville, Champaign, Urbana, Mattoon, Charleston, Paris, Marshall, and Casey.

Bethany is changing the world through family. We began our work by serving one child more than 75 years ago. Today, Bethany is an international Christian nonprofit partnering with communities in more than 30 states and in several countries around the world. We strengthen and preserve families, support displaced people fleeing danger, and find safe, loving families for children who need them. Bethany is at the forefront of creating and implementing solutions to meet the growing needs of vulnerable children and families in the U.S. and around the world.

The Child-Parent Psychotherapist is primarily responsible for providing therapy and clinical support to program participants and clients with a wide range of issues to include mental health in accordance with federal, state, and agency requirements. This individual will also be responsible for providing assessment and screening for program clients on an as needed basis. This position utilizes the Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) evidence-based model with assigned families, while working to implement it to fidelity and demonstrate its effectiveness in improving parent-child relationships to reduce recidivism in the child welfare system.

This position is expected to function effectively with moderate supervision while following the guidelines given on procedures, along with agency, federal, and state regulatory requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide individual counseling sessions to clients while utilizing the Child-Parent Psychotherapy model;
• Conduct the appropriate work activity monitoring to ensure efficient operations and timely processing;
• Facilitate weekly Child-Parent Psychotherapy groups with referred families;
• Provide regular feedback to staff writing professional reports, including clinical depth and breadth of service and concrete clinical progress and goals;
• Coordinate outside professional consultations, to include communication with DCFS case workers, intact case workers, court personnel, and other partners;
• Receive, answer, and route phone calls appropriately;
• Effectively utilize appropriate information management systems in accordance with time- bound expectations based on contract requirements, agency expectations, and program policy;
• Attend and actively participate in events, trainings, staff meetings, and similar settings, as required;
• Complete and report on position specific documentations in a timely manner and in accordance with agency standards;
• Stay abreast of all agency, federal, and state regulatory requirements related to Intact Families and therapeutic interventions to include CPP revisions;
• Complete other duties as assigned.