Clinical Counselor - Family Intensive Treatment Team

Clinical Counselor - Family Intensive Treatment Team

Job Category
:
Behavioral Health/Clinical

Requisition Number
: CLINI
002287

• Posted:
  December 29, 2025
• Full-Time
• On-site
• Salary: $55,000 USD per year

MF Administrative Office
711 NW 1

St
Gainesville, FL 32601, USA

Since opening our doors in 1902, CHS became a part of Florida's history.

CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we’re changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families' lives for generations to come.

Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!

Striving to make a meaningful difference in the lives of families impacted by co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, the Clinical Counselor - Family Intensive Treatment (FIT Team) provides responsive, evidence-based, therapeutic mental health and substance abuse crisis-oriented services, focusing on the strengths and resources needed for the goals of client recovery and overall wellbeing. This involves providing immediate access to treatment in the community, providing appropriate individual, family and group therapy, and supporting clients in exploring multiple pathways to recovery.

The goal is to help parents and caregivers make lasting therapeutic changes that will positively impact the lives of children, reducing the number of out-of-home placements and re-entries into the child welfare system. Overall, the Clinical Counselor - Family Intensive Treatment (FIT Team) contributes to the CHS high performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that position CHS as the leader in delivering proactive solutions for children and families.

• Make an impact in your community and become a part of Florida's history!
• Growth and professional development opportunities
• Opportunity to make a positive difference in children and families within your own community!

Primary Job Functions

1. Provide responsive, evidence-based, therapeutic mental health and substance abuse crisis-oriented services, focusing on the strengths and resources needed for the goals of client recovery and overall wellbeing.

Clinical Services (50%)

• Provide immediate access to substance use and co-occurring mental health treatment in the community, managing a caseload of no more than 15 patients, consistently achieving established productivity goals.
• Use evidence-based practices to respond to mental/behavioral health challenges and to reduce the potential for future crises.
• Provide continued crisis stabilization and care coordination as indicated; coordinate services with first responders, when needed.
• Provide appropriate individual, family and group therapy, supporting clients in exploring multiple pathways to recovery, including harm reduction, medication assisted treatment (MAT) and abstinence.
• Identify family-driven pathways to recovery and promote sustained recovery through cultural and gender-sensitive treatment and involvement in recovery-oriented services and supports.
• Oversee the behavioral program or treatment interventions associated with the client’s treatment plan; promote increased engagement and retention in treatment.
• Make collateral contacts to assess client progress and functioning.
• Engage in community networking and support to build relationships with law enforcement, community resource organizations, behavioral health organizations and local agencies.
• Rotate weekend on-call crisis management with other team members.
• Ensure appropriate processes are followed for informed consent and HIPAA compliance.

Child Welfare-Related Services (30%)

• Facilitate concurrent planning between child welfare case planning and treatment plan goals, to integrate the family's strengths and needs with their dependency case plan.
• Collaborate with Case Managers and Peer Support & Recovery Specialists to provide therapy, advocacy and relapse…