Community Based Clinician (FFT Therapist)

Job Description

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for Clinicians

Location: Ontario County, NY

Pay: $62,500 - $75,000 annually (Based on education/license/experience)

Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong, life changing relationships. Cayuga Centers is seeking clinicians who are passionate about strengths-based, trauma-informed, youth-and family-centered work to work with youth and families in their homes, community or foster care settings. Our clinicians utilize therapeutic skills to help children, youth and families.

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

About The Programs And Positions

Cayuga Centers, a leading provider of evidence-based programs, is seeking clinicians to join our Functional Family Therapy program and Children and Family Support program.

• Functional Family Therapy (FFT). Utilizes a nationally researched and evidence-based model of home-based therapy with the entire family unit to prevent out-of-home placement of youth. The goals of the program are to increase coping skills, increase problem solving skills, reduce the rate of out of home placement, improve family functioning, and decrease mental health problems for youth.
  
  

How you get to use your skills…

• Apply and develop your clinical assessment, evaluation, and family therapy skills.
• Utilize a strengths-based and trauma-informed practice to help children, youth, and families identify their strengths and needs,
• Learn internationally utilized evidence-based treatment models.
• Demonstrate an inclusive practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture.
• Contribute to a multidisciplinary team that shares your passion for children and families.
• Develop individualized service plans that will drive the provision of services and deliver in a manner that is trauma-informed and strengths-based.
• Enhance the functioning of youth and their families while helping them build stronger relationships for their future.
• Become a support in helping children/youth and families respond and intervene in crises.
  
  

Schedule:

• We are looking for an applicant who is willing to work a flexible schedule that suits the youth and family needs. This is a full-time, 40-hour-a-week position that will require evening and possibly weekend hours. Occasionally, may have to respond to crises which may occur at any hour of any day.
  
  

Why Cayuga Centers?

• Certified Great Place to Work ®
• Workplace Wellness Award Finalist
• Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
• Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
• Committed to employee professional development and advancement
• We embrace change, innovation and opportunities
• Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
• Large and growing national footprint
  
  

Experience And Skills

• Masters degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling with experience in strength-based family and children’s services.
• Licensed Clinicians or those with a Limited Permit preferred, Masters level applicants will be considered case by case.
• Experience working with children and families in a community-based or "in-home" setting.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning.
• Knowledge and experience formulating clinical diagnoses and/or impressions.
• Ability to engage families who may have been unsuccessful in clinic settings.
• Knowledge of the Child Welfare System.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
• Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
• Lifting up to 50 pounds
• Time driving and/or taking public transportation to conduct client and family visits
  
  

Benefits

• Pay is determined by education, professional license and years of applicable experience
• 120 hours of Vacation
• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
• Supervision available for licensure
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
• 401(k) match up to 6%
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection
  
  

Cayuga Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women, Veterans, and members of the BIPOC community are strongly encouraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.