Functional Family Therapy; FFT Therapist

JOB TITLE:

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Therapist

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:

Full-Time

LOCATION:

Hybrid – 2-3 days in office (Downtown Brooklyn office)

REPORTS TO:

Functional Family Therapist (FFT) Supervisor

SALARY: $68,000-$70,500/annually

For over 30 years, theArab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) has proudly served immigrants and refugees. We help children stay safe, familiesremaintogether, and newcomers navigate life in New York City. While our doors are open to all, AAFSC hasexpertisein serving Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, Muslim, and South Asian communities.

To provide functional family therapy to high-risk families referred by the Administration for Children’s Services.

This families may be experiencing a wide range of challenges, including personal/marital/relationship problems, financial stressors, acculturation issues, family destabilization, and/or parent/child conflict. The Therapist provides intensive preventive services to avoid foster care placement and ensure the safety and welfare of children in the home. He or she provides the family with services according to ACS standards and requirements. The Therapist follows the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model.

FFT works with youth between the ages of 11 to 18 who struggle with behavioral and/or emotional problems and have been referred by the juvenile justice, mental health, school, or child welfare system. As a strengths-based model, FFT focuses on acceptance and respect and uses assessments and interventions to determine risk and protective factors in relation to the family and youth’s development.

• Manage assigned caseload (typically 8 active cases at any given time, though number may fluctuate) and provide direct clinical home-based treatment using methods compatible with Functional Family Therapy.
• Conduct assessments including reviewing referral information, identifying, and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized case planning goals.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote and demonstrate compliance with FFT model.
• Participate in all model trainings, supervision, consultation activities, and staff meetings.
• Build relationships with community stakeholders (e.g., child protection services, Guardiansad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure cooperation among service providers.
• Manage the extensive documentation requirements to successfully comply with various mandates from FFT, ACS, OCFS, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Document contacts and case progress in the Care4 system in a timely manner.
• Adopt a strength focused approach with families, stakeholders, and within the program/treatment team.
• Accompany families/clients to psychiatric appointments and other provider/community appointments.
• Attend weekly supervision, consultations, and on-call meetings.

• Provide case work/case management services to families receiving FFT services, which includes but is not limited to providing supportive casework, coping skills, parenting, etc., focusing on service goals, and child welfare laws, and improving family relationships and bonding, etc.
• Conduct home visits and office visits to assess for child safety and risk complying with ACS requirements. Face-to-face contacts should be conducted e visits may be required. Casework contacts occur at least weekly in the home; in instances of imminent risk front loading three sessions in ten days must occur; families with children under six months of age/two visits monthly until child 6 months of age and all children in the household must be seen at least once per month.
• Ensure joint-home visits are conducted within 5 business days from the date of referral, in collaboration with the Conference Facilitator, Supervisor, and Program Director. Usher along decision for service within
  10 days.
• Evaluate and assess the current family functioning including child safety and home safety (e.g., assessing other adults in the home, ensuring safe sleep, working fire alarms, window guards, etc.), and formulating goals and a service plan with the family.
• Ensure…