Foster Care Clinician

Child & Family; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family in Providence, RI, is seeking a clinician to provide individual and family counseling. This hybrid role involves working with a multidisciplinary team to support permanency goals for youth in the foster care system.

The ideal candidate must have a Master’s degree in social work or a related field and be license eligible. Strong organizational skills and the ability to work flexible hours are required. Bilingual candidates in Spanish are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role required.
• Knowledge of family dynamics, substance abuse, and/or crisis intervention preferred.
• Must have valid driver's license and auto insurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and family counseling to support permanency goals.
• Complete assessment and treatment plans for clients.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to stabilize placement for foster youth.

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish

Organizational skills

Time-management skills

Critical thinking

Teamwork and collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field

License eligibility (LCSW, LMHC-A, LMFT-A)

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will provide individual counseling to program youth and family counseling to support permanency goals. The clinician will complete an initial assessment and treatment plan and continue to develop and implement treatment plans, as required, partnering with staff, clients, and their families, and provide transition and discharge planning as appropriate.

Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities

• Work on a multidisciplinary team to service foster youth and families with the goal of stabilizing placement and creating pathways for permanency
• Provide support to client and/or families sessions per the requirements of the assigned treatment model.
• Provide the services with a variance of days/hours designed to respond to the client/family needs/schedule.
• Observe appropriate personal and professional boundaries and adheres to professional code of ethics.
• Provide the collateral of the required documents per the specific contract and/or grant requirements or state and federal standards
• Provide all services required by the referral agency and adheres to FFT and Medicaid documentation
• Participate in, and guide when appropriate, the monthly meeting or treatment team meetings
• Work closely with key stakeholders, DCYF, schools and community providers on behalf of foster youth, their families and natural support.
• Participate in the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Model of care, utilizing trauma informed lens in the therapeutic change process.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field required.
• License eligible (LCSW, LMHC‑A, LMFT‑A, etc.) or licensure preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role required; knowledge of family dynamics, substance abuse, and/or crisis intervention preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Must be able to work weekends and on call as needed.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must have valid driver's license, 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

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

Requirements

• 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.