Unlicensed Therapist

Description:

This is a full-time, salaried clinical position that provides psychologically necessary clinical services to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. These services include, but are not necessarily limited to: Counseling, Psychotherapy, Assessment, Mental Health Triage, Crisis-Intervention, Providing Supervised Visitation and/or Providing Therapeutically Supervised Visitation, and Providing In-Service Presentations on selected topics.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, Human Services, or some equivalent training.
• At least two year’s work experience with severely emotionally disturbed or troubled children and families.

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to work as a team member and have good oral and written communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Knowledge regarding age-specific, developmental milestones.

• Competent in more than one Evidenced Based Treatment modality.

• Ability to conduct assessments on children, adolescents and adults, including accurately diagnosing mental health disorders.

• Ability to work under stressful conditions and be flexible in relation to department needs.

  Knowledge of accreditation standards, State Statutes, State Administrative Codes, and Professional Ethics for one’s profession.
• Must be bilingual speaking both English and Spanish and/or English and Haitian Creole

Specific Areas of Responsibility to Position:

• 1. Provides psychologically necessary and clinically indicated in-home, in-office or in-school therapeutic behavioral services to children residing in caregivers’ homes, emergency shelters and/or any of the shelters or foster homes.
  2. Provides psychological and psycho-educational assessments on an as-needed basis.
  3. Practices according to the highest relevant clinical standards and highest relevant ethical standards of the mental health professional’s sub-specialty.
  4. Provides services to a minimum of 25 billable clients per week, if most of the work is done in the field; and provides services to a minimum of 30 billable clients per week, if most of the work is done in-office.
  5. Develops and maintains client records in a timely manner and in accordance with Family Resource Center’s Policies and procedures, and Medicaid, the Council on Accreditation, and The Joint Commission (TJC) standards.
  6. Submits Medicaid or other billing on a weekly basis to Family Resource Center’s Finance Department.
  7. Receives biweekly clinical supervision by a licensed supervisor.
  8. Attends weekly clinical meetings to discuss children and adolescents in foster homes and shelter settings and updates treatment plans/reviews.
  9. Participates in the agency’s Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Program.
  10. Contributes to the understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity within the agency and the community.
  11. Complies with all relevant TJC/COI standards and regulations.
  12. Utilizes the agency’s resources in a fiscally conservative manner.
  13. Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Benefits:

• Health Insurance  (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• Dental Insurance (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• Vision Insurance (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• 13 Paid Holidays!
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Family Medical Leave
• Short Term and Long Term Disability 
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Employer Paid to all full-time employees)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Insurance 
• You may qualify for public service Loan Forgiveness
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development!

Family Resource Center of South Florida, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.   All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.