Department: Infant Mental Health (IMH)/Family Services

Position: IMH/Family Therapist

Reports to: IMH/Reflective Practice Coordinator

Status: Full-time, Exempt

Schedule: Monday-Friday, weekends as needed

JOB SUMMARY: In collaboration with the IMH and Family Services Coordinator, the IMH and Family Therapist performs direct clinical services, including dyadic assessments, family goal planning, individual and family therapies, psychoeducation and counseling groups, and other children’s, parenting, and family engagement services. The therapist collaborates with greater treatment & support teams and community partners around specialized clinical care for the infant/parent and family in all FTS programs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Regular attendance is required for this position.
• Participates regularly in Reflective Supervision and Consultation (RSC) with supervisor.
• Completes Comprehensive Developmental Evaluations on residential dyads with support of clinical team and other staff/interns as needed.
• Works with team to develop Individualized Family plans and strategies to include, but not limited to:
• Reunification and visitation support
• Father and extended family engagement
• Child development and sibling support
• Coordinates IMH and Family Services with greater clinical team
• Provides Family Therapy, Play Therapy, Individual Parenting Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and/or Child/Parent Psychotherapy
• Care coordination with external services providers associated with child, including Child Welfare Services and Resource Caregivers
• Infant Mental Health Interventions including:
• Preventative check-ins with new moms
• Prenatal and postpartum support
• Staff coaching and support in specialized areas.
• Dyadic brief interventions (in any/all of SAFTS’s programs, residential and outpatient)
• Participate in weekly department meetings, residential treatment team and/or outpatient treatment team meetings.
• Attend Family Education and Pa’ina as scheduled.
• Facilitate psycho-educational parenting and relationship groups and/or classes.
• Document service plans and service delivery according to FTS policy and procedures (ensures and/or delegates services entries into electronic medical records system).
• Correctly and promptly follow specified agency procedures required for the appropriate handling of all Emergency Response Codes
• Perform other related clerical duties as may be required or assigned.
• Maintains work area in a neat, orderly and sanitary manner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)