Therapist - Family Centered Treatment

Beech Acres Parenting Center; Lebanon (OH); Presencial; USD 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health care

Dental and vision

42 days PTO (paid time off)

Life insurance and disability

401K match

Cell phone reimbursement

Mileage reimbursement

Awards and recognition

Professional development

Clinical and training supervision

Workplace flexibility

Employee resource groups

And much more

Descripción de la vacante

Beech Acres Parenting Center in Ohio is seeking a Family Centered Treatment (FCT) therapist to deliver counseling and therapy to children and families within the FCT framework, as part of a collaborative team. The role involves conducting mental health assessments, completing intake processes, and maintaining thorough documentation in line with ODMHAS, COA, and Beech Acres standards.

FCT therapists work with the entire family system, often evenings and weekends, and receive supervision,

Formación

• Experience providing mental health services to children and families.
• Knowledge of the FCT model is desirable.
• Ability to work flexible evenings/weekends.

Responsabilidades

• Provides Family Centered Treatment to children and their families.
• Performs counseling/therapy services within the FCT model.
• Completes mental health assessments and intake with clients and families.
• Completes documentation according to Beech Acres standards (progress notes, treatment plans, assessments).
• Works with the entire family system and participates in team meetings with rotating facilitation duties.

Conocimientos

Counseling

Family-centered therapy

Documentation

Descripción del empleo

Beech Acres Parenting Center has been serving the community for 176 years. We uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 35,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. For more information, visit www.beechacres.org

Why you will love working for Beech Acres:

We're a spirited team that believes in having fun and making an impact in our community and beyond. We’ve built a culture that values our team members’ strengths where we embrace our differences and live the value of Inclusion to all. Through our Culture of Well-Being, emphasis on psychological safety and belonging for all; our team members and the families we serve feel safe bringing their authentic self to Beech Acres.

We take pride in offering you a competitive benefits package, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and other benefits. Our Perks at Work include but not limited to:

• Generous compensation within the non-profit sector along with bonus opportunities for all team members.
• Benefits effective 1st day of hire which includes health care, dental and vision.
• Best in market paid time off benefits. Eligible to receive up to 42 days your first year.
• Life insurances and disability packages
• 401K match
• Cell phone + Mileage reimbursement
• Awards and recognition programs
• Professional Development
• Clinical and Training supervision and in-house training to achieve CEU’s
• Workplace Flexibility
• Employee Resource Groups
• And much more

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provides Family Centered Treatment to children and their families

• Provides counseling/therapy services within the Family Centered Treatment model
• Ensures that services provided meet medical necessity requirements and are in adherence with ODMHAS, COA and Beech Acres standards and protocols. Adheres to state social work and counseling licensure board standards and protocols.
• Completes mental health assessments and intake process with clients and families ensuring best practice standards and compliance.
• Completes documentation according to ODMHAS, COA, FCT, and Beech Acres standards. This includes but not limited to progress notes, treatment plans, mental health assessment updating, and discharge paperwork.
• Staff will provide structured, goal-oriented, and time-limited Family Centered Treatment® (FCT) in the natural environment to families who need assistance recovering from a variety of issues, including but not limited to mental health needs, substance abuse, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and neglect. FCT® will be provided to children and families as an alternative to other services, including residential placement, Intensive In Home, and Multi-systemic Therapy. FCT Therapists must complete an intensive training program and work with some of the most challenging and complex client systems. FCT Therapists are required to work with the entire family system and address problematic Areas of Family Functioning as outlined in the FCT Model.
• FCT Staff will also provide the following therapeutic services:
  
  • Crisis intake
  • Assessment of needs through the comprehensive Family Centered Evaluation Process
  • FCT Interventions
  • Monitoring of family/parental progress
  • After-care linkage and follow-up
  • Development of short and long-term family goals with measurable outcomes.
  • Attend and participate in Child and Family Team Meetings
  • Attend weekly (more or less, depending on the Specialist’s developmental needs, case complexity, etc.) case review supervision.
  • Provide thorough documentation, including treatment plans, FCT fidelity documentation, progress notes, monthly reports, and assessments.
  • Testify in court as subpoenaed or requested.
  • The FCT Therapist will provide Family Center Treatment to families and guide them through the four phases of treatment in a timely manner.
  • The FCT Therapist will complete and maintain all program fidelity documents in a timely manner.
  • Family Centered Treatment is a comprehensive treatment program that requires FCT Therapists to make at a minimum two, multi-hour face-to-face sessions per week with each family system except for titration at discharge.
  • Each FCT Therapist will maintain a case load of an average of 4 FCT-referred families.
  • A FCT Therapist works a schedule that is flexible and able to meet the needs of each family they serve. This will often require meeting in the evenings and on the weekend.
  • The FCT Therapist is a member of a team that meets weekly. Participation in team meetings is mandatory and requires the FCT Therapist to serve as facilitator and recorder on a rotating basis. The FCT Therapist will be charged with providing clinically appropriate techniques during case staffing
  • The FCT Therapist will present cases to the team using the MIGS format on a rotating basis.
  • May assist with training as requested by management.
  • May assist/complete other projects/duties as requested by management.
  • Required Training for the Provision of FCT Services-
    • The FCT Therapist will complete the Wheels of Change online training course within 8 weeks of hire
    • In addition to the online-based training and required readings, the certification process requires Field Certification: the videotaped or observed demonstration of competencies in the field with real clients.
    • FCT staff should be fully FCT Certified (completed the online training program and field-based competencies) within 6-9 months of hire. Any FCT staff not certified within 12 months of hire risks their employment being terminated.
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