Job Title: Licensed Foster Care Clinical Counselor

Department: Foster Care

Reports to: Director of Therapeutic Clinical Services

Created: July 2024

Summary:

Provide individual counseling services to clients and significant others with at-risk behaviors and/or behavioral needs within the foster care department. In addition, provide intake assessment, case management, referral, and intervention services.

Primary Performance Objectives:

• Establish and maintain a sustainable caseload
• Maintains the confidentiality of all client records and information
• Develops and maintains a positive relationship with clients
• Develop service plans and conduct reviews as needed throughout the duration of treatment

Job Task Summary:

• Conduct individual counseling with foster children and foster parents.
• Maintain treatment files and other records in accordance to agency policies and procedures along with maintaining records with State and Federal regulations.
• Develop, implement, and update individual treatment plans in conjunction with input from persons served.
• Monitor progress of persons served in treatment.
• Provide for quality and appropriateness of treatment to each person's individual needs through inter/intra agency staffing.
• Make referrals as appropriate.
• Provide each person served with a transition plan.
• Make each client aware of local self-help and/or support groups and encourage participation where appropriate.
• Provide crisis intervention as necessary.
• Keep other clinicians regularly informed as to the status of the progress of persons served in treatment.
• Assist other staff members in assuring the safety and health of all consumers and persons served while in the facility.
• Serve in on-call rotation.
• Perform Peer Review and Medicaid Review of Clinical records.
• Obtain monthly clinical supervision, unless your certification/licensure requires increased level of supervision.
• Maintain all state, federal, and agency rules and regulations pertaining to confidentiality and ethics.
• Deliver evidence-based practices with fidelity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must have an understanding of children, adolescent, adults and family treatment as well as the ability to deliver evidence based practice with fidelity
• Good written and oral communication skills required.
• LPC, LMFT, LISW-CP or LPC-A, LMSW, LMFT-A and under supervision required
• At least one-year of counseling experience is preferred
• Prior work experience with Medicaid clients preferred
• Must be able to pass standard background checking, including: drug screen, employment physical, SLED, DSS Central Registry, and Sex Offenders Registry.
• Has a belief system and engages win faith practices that are compatible with those of the United Methodist Church.

Personal Attributes and Skills:

• Excellent organization skills with an ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and a variety of demands of a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented, with strong organizational, analytical, and planning skill.
• Initiative and independence in carrying out responsibilities.
• Strong self-motivation and the ability to work as a team member.
• Commitment to maintain confidentiality and a high degree of accuracy in client records.
• Detailed and nuanced communication skills to present complex messages clearly and skillfully.
• A proven ability to work positively and professionally with diverse groups of individuals.
• Must be able to work in an environment of constant demands and frequent interruptions.
• Must be able to travel during and after typical business hours, including occasionally over multiple days.