Children’s Center of Wayne County (TCC) The Children’s Center, founded in 1929, provides evidence-based clinical therapy to children who deal with mental, behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental health and educational challenges or may have experienced trauma.

School Community-Based Partnerships: We partner with K-12 schools and community organizations that serve children to provide clinical therapy, counseling, psychological services, and psychiatric evaluations, treatment & interventions.

Child Welfare: In addition to the clinical therapy programs offered, The Children’s Center places children in licensed foster homes, and supports them throughout their time in the child welfare system.

Child Well-being Family Success: We operate an onsite family success center that promotes child-wellbeing and offers children and youth from all walks of life to access relevant mental health crisis prevention and child abuse and neglect prevention services.

Advocacy: We champion child and youth well-being for those experiencing poverty-related issues, those within the child welfare system, and those in need of evidence-based, clinical therapy. 

TCC’s mission is to help children and families shape their own futures. If as many children as possible, and their families can easily access comprehensive, evidence-based, clinical therapy that is integrated into and supports their everyday lives then, children will experience an improved quality of life where they have a true sense of agency and empowerment in their lives.

 We embrace and demonstrate a set of Core Values as the foundation of our culture. They define how we do what we do, and what we value in our work with each other and our community. Daily demonstration of these values, in mindset and behavior, is required to be successful as a TCC team member.

• Dedicated-We are devoted, dedicated and always willing to pitch to accomplish our mission.
• Passionate-We are passionate about what we do and helping the people we serve.
• Accountable-We do what we say and accomplish all aspects of our responsibilities.
• Can Do Attitude- We approach our responsibilities with a positive attitude.
• Respectful- We always treat co-workers, donors, children and families with the utmost respect, courtesy, and patience.

Job Summary

The part time clinician will work from 8 to 20 hours per week. This clinician is responsible for providing therapy services to children and families on an ongoing basis. This clinician will also provide urgent therapeutic services when families walk in with an immediate need. The clinician implements interventions that facilitates progress towards specific goals and objectives; participates in multi-disciplinary case consultation; conducts individual, family and group therapy sessions in accordance with professional standards and empirically supported treatments; collaborates with appropriate agencies and community partners; and performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree in mental health related field such as social work, psychology, or/and counseling.
• Must have a license in the state of Michigan for the coordinating degree and maintain license throughout employment (Full or Limited License - MSW, Professional Counselor, or Psychologist; Full License preferred).
• Meet and maintain eligibility criteria to be credentialed per the MDHHS Qualifications Guidelines.
• CAFAS or PECFAS Certification a plus.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in a program that diagnoses, evaluates, and treats minors and their families in a community-based setting as needed.
• Prior experience in providing and managing mental/behavioral health services and Evidence-Based Practices preferred.
• Knowledge of person-centered planning and family centered practices and prior experience or the ability to work with a variety of service providers employing a system-of-care philosophy.
• Previous experience using an electronic medical records system preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate basic computer skills related to windows navigation, Microsoft Office, and general office equipment.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and with an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to effectively manage time, information, and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to provide clearance that there is no record and/or convictions as a perpetrator of child abuse and/or neglect in the State of Michigan Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry and other states of residency over the past 5 years.
• You must be able to provide proof of having a current, valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and current automobile insurance.

Essential Functions

• Provides psychotherapy or counseling to children, teens, and families.
• Interviews clients to gather and interpret social, personal, environmental, and health information.
• Evaluate and treat problems within their scope of practice.
• Utilize the ICD and/or DSM to diagnosis and appropriate assessment tools, such as CAFAS/PECFAS as programmatically indicated.
• Utilize a Family Centered Planning model, coordinate and monitor delivery of services and implementation of behaviorally specific treatment goals and objectives for assigned clients including the assessment, treatment, coordination of referrals and additional of services with outside providers.
• Maintain a flexible schedule to appropriately deliver services to meet client needs in the home, school, community, or agency and by working evening and weekends.
• Maintain clinical records, reports, case notes, and all other client documentation in the appropriate electronic record systems, meeting all agency, contractual or billing requirements and deadlines.
• Monitor overall service plan implementation, making recommendations for services, level of care and discharge as needed.
• Maintain ongoing communication and follow up with assigned clients and other providers to facilitate treatment.
• Provide transportation assistance and/or transport clients as needed.
• If certified in a clinical model of practice, staff must maintain certification in and participate in all training and program requirements to assure model fidelity for any Evidence Based, Promising and/or Best Practice Models.
• Support the values of the family, The Children's Center Mission and the commitment to the ongoing safety and family stability.
• Always collaborate and maintain professional and ethical standards while conducting agency business.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Key Performance Indicators

Caseload Maintenance

• 100% of active community-based clients have a scheduled appointment monthly using the metric of unique clients seen.

Core Values

• Uphold the agency’s core values and will have no more than two disciplinary actions related to core values concerns.

Documentation Compliance

• Ensure that progress notes and SALS (including treatment plans and assessments) are completed with less than 3 infractions per month in accordance with the policy.

Required Supervision

• Active participation in supervision, no less than on a bi-weekly basis, or consistent with regulatory standards.

Schedule Hours 

• Adheres to department standard for minimum weekly scheduled hours.

Additional Functions

• Contribute to a positive workplace culture that demonstrates evidence of high accountability, inclusivity, and collaboration. 
• Demonstrate a commitment to anti-racist practices, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Actively support and encourage creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive administrative and service delivery environment.
• Adhere to best practices, ethical standards, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations. 

Physical Requirements

• Ability to traverse stairs and other uneven terrain to gain access to and to maneuver throughout offsite locations including residential homes, office buildings and special event locations.
• Ability to prepare and inspect documents in hard copy or electronic format. Ability to tolerate exposure to computer screens and operate computer/keyboard and other office equipment on a frequent and/or continuous basis.
• Ability to receive and exchange information and accurately and effectively communicate and converse with others.
• Ability to lift up to 10 Lbs.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Other

• Attend the required Agency and regulatory training and additional trainings based upon your position.