Under general supervision, provides intensive in-home and office-based support and intervention, socialization, and therapy services to children and their families.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Works with child and family to operationalize the treatment team’s plan.
- Develops and maintains a positive working relationship with parents.
- Teaches child and family behavior management techniques and basic life skills.
- Assists child with normalization and socialization in order to encourage community assimilation (identification and utilization of community resources and enhancement of family’s social development).
- Models coping, problem-solving, and social skills, encouraging appropriate boundaries and attachment.
- Performs clinical services, including such therapeutic interventions as individual, family, and group therapy and collateral services, ranging from outpatient to intensive, at diverse locations, as authorized by funding sources.
- Serves as member of the treatment team, providing on-going assessment and feedback on services provided, progress toward treatment team’s goals, and problems and needs.
- Attends and participates in such other meetings as staff meetings, case conferences, and clinical seminars.
- Collaborates with external agents including school officials, family members, and other health agencies, on client’s needs and available programs to address those needs.
- Completes all required time reports, service documentation, and other required paperwork, according to programmatic and funding source requirements, including co-signatures as required by Medicaid.
- Meets at least monthly with clinical supervisor to review every client seen that month, and ensures proper documentation of clinical supervision in client record.
- Meets program’s productivity standards.
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree* in Psychology or Sociology
EXPERIENCE
- Six to twelve months of child/family care experience.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of assigned population (e.g., growth and development), emotional disorders, range of treatment needed, and available treatments.
- Knowledge of response, incident/accident, and confidentiality reporting procedures.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS
- Position requires a moderate amount of lifting, bending, stooping, etc., as would normally occur in running a household, including lifting a maximum of 100 pounds and frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- May be exposed to pests, roaches, animals, poor heat/air conditioning.
- Occasional exposure to threat or bodily harm from clients or their families.
- Reliable transportation for frequent travel between work sites.