Therapeutic Training & Support - In Home Therapy

Job Summary

In-Home Therapy (IHT) is a structured, consistent, strengths-based therapeutic relationship between a clinician and the youth and family for the purpose of meeting the youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her/their healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance the family’s capacity to improve the youth’s functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, residential treatment facility or other treatment setting.

Fall River, MA 02724

Hourly: $20.50 - $24.25. $1 per hour Language Differential for eligible languages (Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL). Salary may vary based on experience, education, certification, etc.

• Work in collaboration with team members and the entire family, or a subset of the family, to assist with implementation of focused, structural, or strategic interventions and behavioral techniques to enhance problem‑solving, limit‑setting, risk‑management/safety planning, and communication; build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals, or improve ineffective patterns of interaction; identify and utilize community resources; and develop and maintain natural supports for the youth and parent/caregiver(s) to promote sustainability of treatment gains.
• Maintain positive working relationships with the IHT team, including supervisor and clinician, and other collateral contacts and community providers.
• Support implementation of the clinician’s treatment plan to assist the youth and family in achieving the goals of that plan.
• Attend and assist with facilitating family therapy sessions.
• Facilitate individual sessions with clients.
• Assist the clinician in implementing the therapeutic objectives of the treatment plan designed to address the youth’s mental health, behavioral, and emotional needs.
• Maintain production expectations and record‑keeping requirements; attend and participate in appropriate clinical and administrative staff meetings.
• Engage in effective care coordination and collaboration.
• Participate in independent education and training opportunities.
• Utilize clinical skills involving knowledge of the DSM‑5.
• Provide psycho‑education and advocacy as appropriate.
• Maintain consistent communication with supervisor and team members – remain available via work cell phone and by reading and responding to work‑related emails daily.
• Remain up to date with all paperwork and documentation needs within the IHT program.
• Maintain all scheduled sessions with youth and families; maintain regular contact and consistently meet program expectations, including 75% of hours worked.
• Attend and actively participate in clinical supervision and team meetings.
• Adhere to the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) Values and IHT Practice Profile.
• Practice cultural relevance by acquiring an understanding of how the values, beliefs, attitudes, and traditions of various groups influence behavior and by acknowledging differences and similarities in power and privilege among groups.

Not an exhaustive list; duties may change at any time with or without notice.

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a related human services field (e.g., LSW). If the staff has a non‑related Bachelor’s degree, life experiences may be considered in place of a related degree. Related experience can be considered without a Bachelor’s degree with HR and program approval.
• Cultural
  
  Competency:
  
  Awareness of personal attitudes, beliefs, biases, and assumptions; knowledge of diversity dimensions; acknowledgement of different cultural perspectives; cultural knowledge of key populations to address disparities; positive attitudes towards cultural differences; communication skills across cultures.

Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that meets the CFS Driver Policy. Travel is required to provide services in different settings and to attend agency meetings, events, and trainings.