Family Based Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assesses patients and family members to obtain information about home environment, family relationships, health history, and patient's personality traits.
• Conducts individual or group therapy sessions. Assesses patients' progress and modifies or extends treatment program accordingly.
• Provides therapeutic intervention with patient and family including individual, parental, family and group therapies.
• Documents current, accurate observations of care to the patient in appropriate records.
• Takes primary role in coordination of care of client. Leads Interagency meetings.

Required Skills:

• Interpersonal verbal and listening skills are required to communicate effectively with patients and families and with other inter-agency team members.
• Analytical skills are necessary for the collection and assessment of psychosocial data, interpretation of these data, and the ongoing review of treatment efficiency and effectiveness.
• Visual ability to observe patient behavior and dynamics to prepare and review written documentation is required.
• Knowledge of and ability in the care and handling of children, adolescents, and adults is required; including consideration of the special needs and behaviors of each group.
• Must be able to provide own transportation and must have a valid Pennsylvania license to operate a motor vehicle.

Required Experience:

• A non-licensed master's degree in social work, psychology or counseling is required, or a bachelor's degree and certified as CMHFBW (Certified Mental Health Family Based Worker)
• At least two years' experience working with children and/or adolescents in a mental health setting is required.
• Experience in family therapy, crisis management, and case management is preferred.

Department Description:

Family Based Services are delivered in the home and community at times most convenient to the family in a manner that promotes family cohesiveness. Services are governed by the child/adolescent's and family's need and may include:

• Provides family and individual therapy
• Referral, coordination, and linkage to other agencies, social services, and community services, as appropriate
• Crisis intervention and stabilization
• School-based consultation and intervention
• Support for the parents in implementing effective behavior management and parenting approaches to the presenting problems of their child/ adolescent
• Psychiatric care/referral

The Family Based program is a Trauma-Informed service which includes:

• Safe, calm and secure environment with supportive care
• Cultural Competence
• Consumer voice, choice and self-advocacy
• Recovery, consumer-driven and trauma informed services
• Healing, hopeful, honest and trusting relationships