SWIFT Family Coach

Thank you for your interest in the Family Coach position with the SWIFT Clinical Team!

When you are ready to apply please submit a resume and cover letter with your application. We look forward to hearing from you!!

The Students with Involved Families and Teachers (SWIFT) program is an intervention to support middle school students with emotional and behavioral challenges. This intervention includes (1) skills coaching for students; (2) parent support to promote home-school collaboration and positive parenting skills; (3) behavioral progress monitoring; and (4) case management of the intervention elements and coordination with the school and collateral agencies. SWIFT supports typically last 9-12 months. Families referred to the SWIFT Project are referred for child and family services related to emotional and behavioral challenges at school. Youth may be receiving special education services for a range of emotional and behavioral challenges including Emotional Disturbance, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Other Health Impaired. 

All applicants must feel comfortable with providing services to students with significant emotional and behavioral problems and their families in home, school, and community settings. This will include regularly collaborating with teachers and administrators. If the applicant has a master’s degree and is QMHP-R eligible, they may also conduct mental health assessments. 

Student and parent sessions happen at school, in the community, in family homes, and via telehealth. Student sessions typically occur during the school day. Parent sessions may occur during the day, in the evenings, or on weekends depending on parent availability and preference. 

This position is a wonderful opportunity for someone interested in educational settings and research environments to join a dynamic and friendly team. This position is in-person and does not support remote work. SWIFT clinicians travel throughout the Eugene-Springfield area and beyond (Fern Ridge, Creswell) but not further than 40 miles from Eugene. Mileage is reimbursed at the federal rate. 

Applicants without a Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA) certification will be trained and supported to achieve this certification as a benefit of employment. Similarly, applicants who meet the eligibility criteria for the Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) certification will be trained and supported to receive that certification as a benefit of employment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
•    Provide individual weekly one-on-one skills coaching to youth and/or parent in home, school and community settings.
•    Follow manualized protocol for conducting treatment with parents and families.
•    QMHP only: conduct mental health assessments with parents upon program enrollment. 
•    Coordinate with supervisor to deliver the intervention.
•    Document skills coaching sessions in an electronic medical record system.
•    Maintain professional boundaries with all clients.
•    Follow reporting procedures for situations including abuse, harm to self or others, and other risk to the clients.
•    Attend mandatory weekly group clinical supervision meeting Thursdays 10am-12pm and 1:1 clinical supervision meeting for one hour weekly. 
•    Provide record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities (case documentation).

Other Duties and Responsibilities 
•    Other project related tasks as needed.

Behavioral Competencies 
•    Must be comfortable working with clients in their homes, schools, and in the community—home environments could potentially be in low-income and high crime areas.
•    Must be comfortable discussing sensitive topics regarding mental health functioning, special education needs, and parenting. 
•    Must be flexible in working with a population that has a history of poor follow-through with appointments; persistence is key. 
•    Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
•    Must attend to a high level of detail and multiple tasks on a day-to-day basis.
•    Willingness to take the initiative to accomplish project tasks as needed and to apply skills and knowledge to new applications.
•    Willingness to work in team environment, requiring participatory decision-making/cooperative interactions among employees.
•    Will perform work as assigned by a supervisor regularly (e.g. daily or weekly basis). 
•    Will manage own workload.
•    Will exercise basic interpretive judgement.
•    Will make routine decisions by following procedural guidelines. 
•    Must be flexible in regard to work schedule.