Family Support Counselor

Job Description:

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for FAMILY SUPPORT COUNSELOR

Location: Canandaigua, NY

Pay: $60,500 - $75,000 annually (Based on education/license/experience)

Plus great benefits, including 3 weeks of vacation, 10 holidays, 3 personal days, sick time, 401K matching, Clinical Supervision toward licensure, training and opportunity for certification in trauma-informed, evidenced based/informed treatment models such as Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Focused-CBT (at no cost to you) and more!

Share in our belief in the inherent strengths of every family. Our approach is rooted in recognizing and building upon these strengths to stabilize families within the child welfare system in Ontario County. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of 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 Program and Position:

Share our belief that we all have the ability to change by using a strengths-based approach to help stabilize families involved in the child welfare system.

Our Family Support Program (FSP) serves families that have a child/children at risk of foster care placement or are in need of an intensive program. This program runs for 4-6 months with 1-2 clinician meetings a week. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of removal, and reduce the involvement of Child Protective Services in a family's life. Our clinicians work with families to help build skills to increase positive interactions in the home and in the community. The program offers a wide range of services that are customized to support the family's needs.

How you get to use your skills…

• Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing various therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice, which heavily includes solution-focused therapy.

• Model and teach basic life skills to empower individuals and families to become self-sufficient.

• Become a primary support in helping families to develop preventative and responsive skills to a crisis.

• Serve as a leader in collaborative efforts to develop an individualized service plan that will drive the provision of Resiliency services and deliver in a manner that is trauma-informed and strengths-based.

• Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture.

Schedule:

• We are looking for an applicant who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40-hour-a-week position with rotating on-call responsibilities.

Salary : $60,500 - $75,000