Behavioral Health Clinician - Child Guidance Center, Stamford

Overview

The Child and Family Therapy (CFT) program Clinician is a talented clinical social worker or psychotherapist with a passion for and commitment to working with children age 3‑18 and their parents and/or caregivers. This clinician demonstrates an understanding of child development and has the expertise and flexibility to provide therapeutic interventions, based on the needs of each child and family. An unlicensed clinician ("Clinician I") works under the close supervision of a licensed clinician;

a licensed clinician ("Clinician II") provides clinical services with a greater degree of independent functioning and may supervise trainees, but continues to receive clinical supervision to promote continued professional development, support and quality clinical services. A licensed clinician with the requisite experience ("Clinician III") also supervises other clinicians.

• Conduct comprehensive child and family assessments with diagnoses and clinical formulations.
• Deliver psychotherapeutic services to children utilizing a range of interventions, including individual, family, and group therapy modalities.
• Provide guidance to parents and/or caregivers using a family engagement framework and help families access needed services and supports.
• Provide assessment and treatment services to victims and witnesses of crime and other potentially traumatic events.
• Provide clinical supervision to and conduct performance evaluations of trainees (Clinician II) or trainees and staff (Clinician III), promoting excellence, professional development, and job satisfaction.
• Actively participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning team meetings, supervision, and other staff development activities.
• Maintain positive collaborative relationships with referral sources and key community providers.
• Utilize the agency's electronic health record (EHR) system to ensure proper and timely completion of all required clinical documentation, program statistics, and outcome data.
• Perform other related activities as needed.

• A Master’s degree in clinical social work or community counseling (e.g., MSW, MFT) or another license‑track mental health profession.
• License in a mental health profession in Connecticut, or eligibility to become licensed immediately (Clinician II and III).
• For Clinician II and III: the ability to model and promote high‑quality clinical practice, appropriate professional boundaries, compliance with administrative responsibilities, and development of knowledge and excellence.
• Minimum experience:
  
  one year providing clinical assessments and psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and families (Clinician I); two years post‑degree (Clinician II); three years post‑degree (Clinician III).
• Minimum one year of experience providing supervision (Clinician III).
• Demonstrated understanding of core theoretical concepts including child development, cognitive‑behavioral, attachment, and systems approaches, resilience, and trauma‑informed diagnosis and treatment.
• Demonstrated solid grounding and experience in at least one relevant orientation to treatment: psychodynamic, CBT, TF‑CBT, family systems, or play therapy.
• Verbal and written fluency in English required; bilingual fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or another widely spoken language in the community highly desired.
• Experience working with patients from culturally diverse backgrounds and ability to demonstrate cultural competence and sensitivity.
• Computer skills required; familiarity with EHR systems a plus.

• Hours will vary; schedules range Monday‑Friday 7 am‑7 pm and Saturdays.
• Minimal physical effort. Must be able to operate computer and telephone continuously. Regular regional travel as necessary.

Location:

CGC – Child Guidance Center of Southern CT – Shippan Ave, Stamford, Connecticut.

Time Type:
Full time

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