Therapeutic Specialist; Child

Description

Devereux-Arizona’s Therapeutic Foster Care Program (TFC) serves children and adults with significant behavioral and emotional needs. Individuals are referred to Devereux via Arizona behavioral health networks and several tribal entities. Therapeutic foster parents are extensively trained to address each individual's intense needs and work with them toward their treatment goals.

Reporting to the Foster Care Coordinator, Therapeutic Home Specialists (Child care) supervise and support therapeutic home providers in maintaining and delivering high quality behavioral health services to TFC individuals who have a wide range of social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Position specifics:

• Therapeutic Home Specialists have a caseload of 10 individuals placed across 5-7 licensed therapeutic foster homes

• Each foster home receives a home visit at least once every two weeks with homes spread out across the county

• Therapeutic Home Specialists participate as an active member of the treatment team by: conducting assessments, facilitating service/treatment plan development, review and implementation, developing, supporting, and monitoring behavioral interventions, and performing crisis intervention/stabilization through consultation, support, and coordinating services.

Additional Details:

• Pay Range: $20/hr - $22hr

• Schedule:
  Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

• Work in-office, home, community settings, and throughout Devereux Arizona premises

• Ability to commute throughout Maricopa County utilizing your own vehicle (with mileage reimbursement)

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required;
  Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred

• Four (4) years related experience with a high school diploma/GED OR one (1) year experience with a Bachelor’s degree

OTHER:

• Ability to attend full time new hire orientation (paid)

• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)

• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check

• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)

• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results

• Current Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice: If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit HERE.

Benefits and Rewards

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• ASCEND, career accelerator program and tuition assistance. Learn more HERE

• Retirement,eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance): 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults – and their families – every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives – by unlocking and…