Outreach Clinician - Family First in Education

Overview: 

Family Centers Inc., a private non-profit organization offering education and human services to children, adults, and families living in Lower Fairfield County, seeks a highly qualified and passionate Outreach Clinician to support our Family First in Education program.   This program works toward closing the Achievement Gap via academic enrichment and wrap around supports. The Outreach Clinician provides wraparound services and clinical interventions to clients/families via home visits (virtual as needed).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage an average caseload of 20 families that includes biweekly and/or monthly visits.
• Perform assessment of parent-child interactions and family functioning.
• Link parents to community resources and maintain collaborative relationships with primary care providers, community services and Greenwich Public Schools.
• Maintain accurate records of all client contacts
• Participate weekly in after-school program 
• Assess children for clinical needs, address behavioral concerns, and utilize homework time to elicit student worries.

Qualifications:

• Education: A master’s degree in social work, human services or related social science field is required. 
• Experience: experience working with low-income and at-risk families preferred
• Job requirement/Skills: 
• Bi-lingual Spanish
• CT state driver’s license, access to a reliable car, and liability insurance as required 
• Ability to work weekend and/or evening hours to attend functions or meeting with families;

Preferred

• Current CT License in social work, professional counseling or marriage and family therapy preferred.

About Family Centers:

Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering health, education and human service program to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. Our team includes 300 professionals and over 500 trained volunteers collaborate to provide our communities with a wide range of responsive and innovative services. Through our comprehensive network of services, more than 26,000 children, adults, families and communities receive the care, encouragement and resources needed to realize their potential. 

Family Centers is a United Way, Community Fund of Darien and New Canaan Community Foundation partner agency and is a member of the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies and the Alliance for Children and Families. The agency is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), The Joint Commission, licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, and is a Department of Children and Families-licensed child psychology center.

Rewards:

Salary commensurate with experience. A suite of benefits including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life and AD&D insurance. Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, wellness services, tuition assistance, and retirement savings.  The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and a perfect 100 Encompass rating by Charity Navigator 10. 

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.familycenters.org/  or on our LinkedIn page

Family Centers is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees as indicated in applicable federal and/or state laws.