Intensive Services Therapist

Bilingual differential for qualified candidates. Intensive Services differential associated with role for 24/7 on-call schedule.

Intensive Services Therapists provide Intensive in-home mental health treatment to children and families within the context of a Child and Family Team that includes Assessing, Treatment Planning, Diagnosing, and Safety Planning. The Therapist works in collaboration with the child, Parents/Guardians, foster parents, informal supports, Child and Family Specialist, Parent Partners, Facilitators, Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles County Probation and the Department of Mental Health.

The Therapist monitors Child Safety and are available after-hours for mental health crises on a 24/7 basis for assigned clients.

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency:
  Foothill Family empowers children and families on their journey to achieve personal success.
• Works with the different members of the Child and Family Team, convenes the Team and ensures the continuity of care and that all identified services are documented and provided as agreed upon by the team.
• Acts as a Lead Clinician for all Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) funded families assigned to their caseload.
• Conducts initial diagnostic or multidisciplinary assessments with clients and makes clinical recommendations based on assessment outcomes.
• Serves as the contact point for assigned families, service providers and the community and provides Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) for all EPSDT funded families assigned to their Child and Family Team only as needed.
• Completes all required documentation, including charts, reports, client files and billing, within 24 hours of service delivery and in accordance with Agency policies.
• Ensures documentation meets quality assurance, compliance, scope of practice and billing requirements independent of supervisory review.
• Keeps abreast of all legal and ethical standards.
• Actively engages families in the treatment planning process as defined by meeting the family where they are at and with what they want to work on.
• Works collaboratively with the rest of the treatment team to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Monitors progress towards goals, updates goals at least every six months, or as needed, and reassesses the case annually, completing all required documentation according to the timelines set for each intensive program.
• Drives or arranges transportation for clients, as appropriate and necessary, to ensure service needs are met.
• Drives to clients' home, school, community or Agency offices to provide field-based services to clients and families as assigned and based on the families' needs and availability.
• Provides trauma-informed care and focuses on building Protective Factors of Parental Resilience, Social Connections, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children.
• Ensures all outcome measures (i.e., OMA, CANS, YOQs, etc.) specific to each intensive program are completed.
• Monitors children and families to ensure child safety and is available 24/7 for crisis response.
• Provides care or services to minors or comes into contact with minors as part of their job duties.
• Provides services relating to the administration of public funds or benefits, including eligibility for public funds or public benefits.
• Actively identifies risk factors for child abuse or neglect, develops treatment plans to lower the risk to children and report any cases of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by California child abuse reporting law.
• Maintains current professional licensure
• Attends in-person meetings and events at various locations within the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas.
• Works in close harmony with management teams accepting direction and implementing policies and procedures reflective of this direction.
• Displays sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomics characteristics.
• Performs work in a safe manner at all times and ensures that other individuals do not put themselves or others at risk.
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