FCT Supervisor/Counselor

ABCFM; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Well Professional Counseling in Arkansas seeks a Family Centered Treatment Supervisor to provide clinical guidance, supervise FCT practitioners, and maintain an outpatient caseload. The role emphasizes teaching, feedback, and applying the FCT model to families and children in our Little Rock service area.

You will lead competencies, coordinate training, conduct weekly supervision with the Program Director, and participate in Medicaid and quality assurance activities while upholding

Qualifications

• At least one year of clinical experience with children and families and one year of supervisory experience in a related role.
• Ability to teach clinical skills, provide constructive feedback, and support family-centered practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide counseling to families, couples, and individuals.
• Engage in ministry activities such as marriage enrichment retreats and parenting seminars.
• Maintain communication with the Client Representative regarding hours and sessions.
• Provide a minimum of 10 counseling hours per week.
• Direct treatment and coordinate care for clients with QBHPs.
• Attend weekly group consultation and earn credit toward training.
• Complete required training and supervision in a timely manner.
• Maintain licensure and required supervision.
• Provide regular individual and group clinical supervision for FCT practitioners.
• Coach practitioners in applying FCT phases to needs of each family.
• Plan and teach recurring skills labs and adapt instruction to learning needs.
• Complete Wheels of Change requirements and support trainees.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Feedback delivery

Family-centered practice

Teaching clinical skills

Education

Arkansas professional license

Job description

Experience:At least one year of clinical experience with children and families and one year of supervisory experience in a related role. Demonstrated ability to teach clinical skills, provide constructive feedback, and support family-centered practice.

Licensure:Active Arkansas professional license appropriate to the clinical services and supervision provided. Maintain licensure in good standing and practice within the scope of that license.

Description of Ministry Position

The Family Centered Treatment (FCT) Supervisor provides clinical guidance, skills development, and supervision for FCT practitioners while maintaining an assigned outpatient counseling caseload. This position supports effective family treatment through clinical consultation, experiential skills labs, review of recorded sessions, competency check-offs, and completion of FCT intake assessments. The supervisor adapts teaching and coaching to each practitioner’s development through situational leadership and helps translate the FCT model into effective clinical practice. This is a full-time 30 hour position with pro-rated benefits at 75%.

Responsibilities of Ministry Position

COUNSELING DUTIES:

1. Provide counseling to families, couples, and individuals using professional skills and Christian compassion.
2. Engage in other related ministry activities as time and skills allow (i.e. marriage enrichment retreats, parenting seminars, support groups, etc…)
3. Maintain communication with the Client Representative regarding hours available and sessions scheduled. Changes in availability should be made clear with sufficient time to accommodate the adjustment for office staff and clients served.
4. Provide a minimum of 10 hours of counseling services each week.
5. Provide direction of treatment and coordination of care for clients with QBHPs who are assigned to provide services.
6. Attend weekly group consultation with other counselors and receive $20 credit for every group consultation with credit applied toward the training of the counselor’s choosing.
7. Complete and document all required training and supervision in a timely manner.
8. Maintain license in good standing with the state of Arkansas and continue supervision as required by the licensing board.

FCT DUTIES:

FCT Training: Complete Wheels of Change training and required competency demonstrations; obtain and maintain FCT supervisor-level training and certification appropriate to assigned responsibilities. Completion dates and training milestones will be established in the Family Centered Treatment training contract. Perform independent competency check-offs only when authorized to do so.

1. Provide regular individual and group clinical supervision for assigned FCT practitioners, focusing on case conceptualization, family interaction patterns, treatment planning, therapeutic engagement, and intervention/enactment effectiveness.
2. Guide practitioners in applying the FCT phases of Joining and Assessment, Restructuring, Value Change, and Generalization to the needs and goals of each family.
3. Plan and teach recurring skills labs using demonstrations, role-play, experiential enactments, and guided practice. Adapt instruction to identified clinical learning needs.
4. Complete personal Wheels of Change requirements and support assigned practitioners in completing their required training, competency demonstrations, and check-offs within established training timelines.
5. Review recorded FCT sessions and other required demonstrations to evaluate clinical skill development and model fidelity. Provide specific feedback, identify additional practice needs, and complete or assist with competency check-offs within the supervisor’s authorized role.
6. Maintain required FCT supervisor-level training and certification, including applicable consultation, continuing training, and demonstration of supervisory competencies.
7. Coach practitioners in family engagement, caregiver collaboration, emotional regulation, relational boundaries, communication, and the use of enactments to promote lasting family change.
8. Provide clinical consultation regarding risk assessment, safety planning, stalled progress, placement instability, and the need for additional or different services as needed.
9. Participate in clinical case consultation and relevant FCT consultation or training meetings including team meeting and monthly Medicaid meetings. Share clinical concerns and recommendations.
10. Use recordings only with appropriate consent and approved secure methods, protecting client confidentiality throughout teaching, supervision, and competency review.
11. Engage in weekly supervision with Program Director.
12. Participates in weekly supervision consultation with the FCT Foundation.
13. Participate in team interviews for new FCT Clinical Caseworkers.
14. Participates in monthly FCT Leadership Cohort
15. Provides input to the Program Director regarding Quality of Care reviews for assigned FCT Clinical Caseworkers.
16. Reviews the quality of documentation within the FCT program under the direction of the QA Director.

FCT INTAKE DUTIES

1. Conduct assigned FCT intake assessments, including presenting concerns, clinical and family history, symptoms, functioning, strengths, safety needs, and treatment goals.
2. Evaluate clinical appropriateness for FCT, develop diagnostic impressions within professional scope, and document treatment recommendations and the clinical basis for the recommended level of care.
3. Complete any necessary documentation requested by insurance that might be needed to gain authorization for services.
4. Communicate intake findings and initial treatment priorities to the assigned FCT practitioner to support a clinically informed transition into services.

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR

All Living Well Professional Counseling employees are held to the highest ethical standard and agree to follow the AACC Code of Ethics, which can be found at

https://www.aacc.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AACC-Code-of-Ethics-Master-Document.pdf or a copy can be requested from office admin. This is in addition to the

LWC Ethical Code of Conduct.

COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY:

All employees are expected to review and adhere to all agency policies and to ask

questions if they are uncertain about a policy.

TRAINING:

All employees will complete orientation within the first 30 days of employment that

includes a review of agency policies as well as specific training related to that employee’s job. Other trainings will be assigned based on the role of the counselor and the site at which he/she will work. Employees are expected to complete all trainings by the assigned due date.

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Ministry Standard

Serving in this ministry position advances our vision to build healthy childhoods, healthy families, and healthy churches across Arkansas. The heart of this role is to help carry out our shared mission as a team, through a commitment to our core values and operating according to our core competencies.

Commitment to Core Values

WE ARE MISSION-MINDED| Compelled by our faith we respond with urgency

while passionately on mission, not simply being at work.

WE WORK AS A TEAM |United by a shared mission we share responsibility for

success and failure, practice accountability, and empower one another to fulfill

unique roles.

WE DO MORE WITH LESS| Honored to be trusted as stewards of this ministry we recognize this mission belongs to God. We mindfully operate on faith recognizing our resources have been given out of sacrifice while serving with excellence to expand the reach of this ministry.

Commitment to Core Competencies

RELATIONSHIP | We welcome team members and those we serve into trusting

relationships.

ENVIRONMENT | We relentlessly promote a safe and nurturing environment in the

workplace to achieve felt safety for our team and those we serve.

FAMILY FOCUSED | We promote family as the most significant place of influence in the lives of staff, volunteers, and our clients.

EMOTION REGULATION | We practice and teach healthy emotional expression

among our teams and with those we serve.

REDEMPTION | We share the Gospel through speech and action in all aspects of our ministry, including with our team members.