BSFT Therapist Regular Full-Time Bronx NY (Brooklyn, NY)

BSFT Therapist Regular Full-Time Bronx NY

BSFT Therapist Regular Full-Time Bronx NYAbout the Position The Prevention Brief Strategic Family Therapist works as part of a prevention team to promote child safety and well-being reduce risks to children and youth and prevent foster care placement. This intervention employs a team approach between the therapist a case planner the program supervisor and the model developer to engage the entire family into the intervention while simultaneously remaining attuned to environmental and familial safety and risk issues.Duties & Responsibilities 1. Develops and maintains therapeutic relationships with all family members. 2. Continuously assess for safety and risk issues. 3. Conducts weekly sessions with the entire family using Brief Strategic Family Therapy predominantly in the home. 4. Provides services to a caseload of 10 families. 5. Strives to engage all family members and stakeholders in the family level treatment. 6. Participates in all aspects of the BSFT implementation including training individual and weekly supervision video and audio-taping sessions and participating in evaluations of their competency. 7. Become certified in Solutions Based Casework within the first year of their employment consistent with the agency s focus on implementing this model across all child welfare serving programs. 8. Submit all required documentation both ACS and BSFT in a timely fashion. 9. Using investigatory and social work skills they engage and partner with families and community resources to ensure the safety and well-being of children10. Complete family visits to conduct casework contacts and BSFT sessions11. Engage in a strength based approach with families in order to assess their individual and collective strengths and needs12. Interview family members and others who interact with the family to assess child safety and well-being13. Assess the risk of future abuse or neglect of children in the family14. If a safety concern arises develop a safety plan with family members15. Coordinate a team of family members staff and service providers to evaluate safety and identify interventions that can reduce risks to children16. Enter and maintain accurate and timely computerized records of all case information17. Help families navigate government agencies and access entitlement benefitsPlease click on link below to apply s workforcenow.adp.com mascsr default mdf recruitment recruitment.html cid 886d60c4-cb57-470a-9bab-d5266ddef922& ccId 19000101_000001& jobId 271368& source CC3& lang en_USQualifications Master s Degree in psychology social work marriage and family therapy or mental health counseling A minimum of two years and maximum of five years postgraduate clinical experience preferred. Strong interest in family systems work