Practitioner (bachelor's level)

Child & Family; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family in Rhode Island is seeking an FCT‑R Practitioner to complete Wheels of Change training and field work aimed at in-home mental health and/or substance use treatment to keep families together. You will collaborate with a team of practitioners and Peer Recovery Specialists to promote recovery and stability in the home.

This hybrid role requires 20% remote work and travel statewide. You will conduct two 2‑hour sessions weekly per family, develop treatment plans, build relationships

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field required; Master of Social Work degree preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role required; trauma-informed and substance use treatment experience a plus.
• On call as needed.
• State wide travel is required.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• Must have valid driver’s licence, auto insurance and car registration.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients and their family members and caregivers to identify opportunities and goals, assess functioning, develop a treatment plan, and assist in achieving desired outcomes.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients, family members and caregivers, and identify referring or collateral professionals and agencies.
• Collaborate with collateral contacts as needed.
• Provide two 2‑hour treatment sessions per week with each client/family assigned.
• Flexible in providing services according to the client’s needs.
• Maintains client records accurately, completes documentation requirements timely.

Skills

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Time-management

Communication with diverse populations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field

Master of Social Work degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will complete the Wheels of Change and field training to become a certified FCT and FCT‑R Practitioner. The FCT‑R Practitioner will provide in‑home mental health and/or substance use treatment with the intent to keep families together, based on the Family Centered Treatment Model. You will support clients and families on their mental health and/or recovery journey by collaborating with a team of practitioners and Peer Recovery Specialists to promote recovery, stability, and the ability to maintain the family within the home.

Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

• Work with clients and their family members and caregivers to identify opportunities and goals, assess functioning, develop a treatment plan, and assist in achieving desired outcomes.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients, family members and caregivers, and identify referring or collateral professionals and agencies.
• Collaborate with collateral contacts as needed.
• Provide two 2‑hour treatment sessions per week with each client/family assigned.
• Flexible in providing services according to the client’s needs.
• Maintains client records accurately, completes documentation requirements timely.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work of related field required; Master of Social Work degree preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role required; experience with trauma‑informed and substance use treatment a plus.
• On call as needed.
• State wide travel is required.
• 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 authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• Must have valid driver’s licence, auto insurance and car registration.
• 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.