Independently Licensed Clinician

Nichols College; Dudley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in England is seeking an Independently Licensed Clinician to provide home-based services and work with families to develop tailored treatment plans. The role requires a Master’s degree in social work and relevant licensure, with opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, diagnosing clients, and collaborating with a team of professionals. This hybrid role allows for flexibility with 20% remote work.

Benefits

Supportive work culture

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Experience with children, adolescents, and families.
• Minimum 6 months relevant experience.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and follow-up assessments with clients.
• Develop and monitor ongoing care plans.
• Participate in treatment team meetings.

Skills

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Time management

Communication

Collaboration

Bilingual in Spanish

Education

Master’s degree in social work or related field

LMHC, LICSW, LMFT, or equivalent required

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

and the job listing Expires on July 9, 2025

Child & Family offers great benefits, supportive work culture, and opportunities for growth!

What You’ll Be Doing
You will be responsible for holding sessions for a home-based service to complete a full assessment of a client and their family, diagnose the client, and create a treatment plan addressing the needs of the family that were informed by the full assessment. The Independently Licensed Clinician would be working in partnership with a team of Clinical Care Coordinators and Community Health Workers to implement the treatment plan and identify and utilize appropriate clinical interventions in a home-based setting. In addition, will be hold occasional workshops for team members to practice clinical interventions and supporting the team as needed in implementing skills.

Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
• Work with families dealing with a variety of psychological, emotional, and social challenges and helps them build towards healthy coping and parenting skills.
• Conduct initial and follow-up assessments with clients and identified family members/caregivers.
• Diagnose identified client in compliance with Medicaid standards.
• Develop, implement, and monitor an ongoing care plan for each family served; coordinate all service components within the agency and in the community through the lens of identified programmatic treatment models.
• Work with the program staff to support their implementation of services in line with the treatment plan.
• Create coping and safety plans and monitor clients for ongoing safety needs, responding appropriately to crises as needed.
• Maintain accurate client records and complete documentation requirements.
• Provide appropriate referrals for specialized evaluations and treatment (i.e., psychiatric evaluation, medical evaluation, substance abuse evaluation, etc.).
• Provide clinical recommendations for appropriate levels of care in order to refer to various points in the continuum of care, as needed.
• Participate in treatment team meetings with clinical care coordinators, key stakeholders, and DCYF.
• Complete discharge and transition plan with aftercare needs in mind.
• Hold occasional workshops for program staff to practice clinical interventions; support program staff in implementing skills as needed.

Skills & Abilities
• Master’s degree in social work or related field required.
• Rhode Island Department of Health; LMHC, LICSW, LMFT, or equivalent required.
• Minimum 6 months experience working with children, adolescents, and/or families; experience with child and/or adolescent development, abuse, and crisis intervention.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, proof of auto insurance and car registration.
• Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements
Direct Service Staff:
This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.