What are the responsibilities and job description for the FSRI - Clinician Masters position at The City of Providence?
FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!
Position Summary: Responsible for providing diagnostic assessments, short and long-term Trauma Systems Therapy treatment approach that addresses both the systems that impact children and the families who have experienced trauma as well as the wellbeing of individual children through counseling services for clients and their biological and foster families. Provides support and guidance to foster families. Provides TST services to DCYF referred clients that are not currently in foster care. Provides emergency crisis intervention/assessment as needed. Participates in the Agency’s on-call emergency service provision as scheduled.
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Perform diagnostic assessments
- Per DCYF contract, provide clinical and case management services to foster parent and children as outlined in treatment plans utilizing TST model, including individual, group and family therapy, among others
- Participates in planning and presenting trainings for foster families.
- Ongoing evaluation of treatment interventions
- Meet or exceed Agency productivity expectations
- Maintain professional and accurate documentation, including assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and outcome evaluative tools
- Build and maintain positive, working relationships with community organizations and providers
- Participates in weekly case consultation and presents cases on a rotating basis.
- Collaborates with other service providers to ensure clients/family’s needs are being met.
- Provides emergency crisis intervention services with, and on behalf of, clients and families as needed.
- Maintains confidentiality of clients and families.
- Transports clients and families as needed.
- Provides sensitivity to clients and families cultural, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic issues and diversity.
- Serves as a positive role model to clients and colleagues.
- Completes all professional and administrative documentation and forms in accordance with agency standards and within established guidelines and timeframes.
- Participates in administrative supervision as scheduled.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree and RI License in human services (psychology, social work, marriage/family, etc.) required.
- For Licensed Clinical Social Workers, LICSW required within 2 years of hire.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and auto insurance required.
- Bilingual skills preferred
- Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
- Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.
Physical Requirements: This position requires residential and community visits, employees in this position must have the ability to:
- Travel to and from clients’ residence, community locations and office site, which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators.
- Ability to lift up to 20lbs.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!
We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.
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Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.
Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.