What are the responsibilities and job description for the FSRI- Clinician position at The City of Providence?
FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!
Position Summary: The clinician works as part of a trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary team alongside Peer Support Specialists and Community Health Workers to provide intensive clinical and family-based support to youth and families facing complex challenges. These may include developmental disabilities, serious medical conditions, behavioral health needs, or a combination of all three. The role involves conducting diagnostic assessments and delivering clinical treatment using the Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) model, which addresses both the individual and systemic impacts of trauma. The clinician also provides therapeutic support, guidance, and emergency crisis intervention as needed, and participates in the agency’s on-call emergency service rotation.
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Perform diagnostic assessments, complete treatment plans and provide ongoing clinical treatment to youth and families in the program
- Per DCYF contract, provide clinical and case management services to clients and families as outlined in treatment plans utilizing TST model, including individual, group and family therapy, among others
- Utilizes treatment modalities as appropriate if TST is not an appropriate match for client and family.
- 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, diversity and socioeconomic status.
- 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:
- Masters 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 drivers 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.
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!
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
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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.