Child Welfare DVI Clinician

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Clinician (Domestic Violence) | Wayne County | Individual and Group Based

Clinical Services Department

Clinical Supervisor (Supervisor of Outreach Programs)

The DVI Clinician is responsible for providing therapeutic services to families in Wayne County who have come to the attention of MDHHS/CPS due to experiencing or having experienced domestic violence. Eligibility includes families with an open MDHHS Child Protective Services case, Prevention Case, Foster Care or Delinquency case. Clinical sessions are offered weekly and may be delivered virtually, in‑office, home‑based, or community based, with home visits at least once per quarter.

The clinician will provide assessment, individual, family, and group therapy using modalities such as AF‑CBT, motivational interviewing, and other evidence‑based models. The DVI Clinician is also responsible for maintaining accurate case files, documenting all therapeutic contacts, and creating and updating treatment plans.

• Therapists must have a minimum of a master’s degree and be certified or licensed in the State to provide individual, group, marital, or family counseling or psychotherapy.
• Demonstrated ethical practice, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and cultural humility.
• Flexibility in scheduling to meet client needs.
• Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence training and experience.

• Certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional or equivalent.

• Strengthen the bond between child and non‑abusive parent.
• Identify and alter self‑defeating behavior.
• Teach appropriate family roles.
• Teach survivors how to protect against further victimization.
• Reunite the nuclear family when appropriate.
• Monitor visitation.
• Change inappropriate family roles.
• Facilitate adaptive family and interpersonal roles.
• Teach about the effects of violence and healthy communication.
• Alleviate guilt or depression resulting from victimization.
• Develop effective personal and interpersonal problem‑solving methods.
• Resolve individual and/or family dysfunction identified through assessment.
• Recognize and address perpetrator patterns of coercive control and their impact.
• Recognize and build on the survivor’s protective capacities.

• Provide intensive in‑home and/or community‑based treatment interventions for children and families.
• Deliver competent individual and family psychotherapy based on treatment needs.
• Provide competent group therapy as scheduled and clinically appropriate.
• Maintain current competence and provide therapeutic services within licensure.
• Coordinate in‑home services and collaborate with case management and inter‑agency partners.
• Give clinical guidance to external providers such as DHHS workers, courts, and referral sources.
• Develop awareness of community‑based referral sources.
• Complete comprehensive assessments within 48 hours of initial contact.
• Prepare a master treatment plan within two weeks of initial contact and update it regularly.
• Write clinical summaries and maintain accurate documentation.
• Attend team meetings, case consultations, and required supervision.
• Provide testimony in court as required.
• Assist with departmental projects and act as field instructor to student interns as assigned.