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Functional Family Therapist (Bilingual)
Bronx, NYPosted 1 weeks ago
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Job Description
Functional Family Therapist
(www.fftllc.com) for Urban Youth Alliance International, Inc. (www.bronxconnect.org) is a non-profit organization that serves justice-involved youth in the NYC area, serving residents of the Bronx and Manhattan. This Functional Family Therapy Model is under the NYC's ATLAS Initiative to impact justice-involved youth & families.
Salary range:
$70,000-$75,000 commensurate with experience.
Education Preference:
Master’s degree in social work, counseling, education, or other relevant human service profession required.
NOTE: Organization will offer clinical supervision towards licensure, and offers 403B matching benefits, medical, dental, vision, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and gym reimbursement.
Preferred Experience: (* required of bachelor and masters’ level)
Master's (Required)
(www.fftllc.com) for Urban Youth Alliance International, Inc. (www.bronxconnect.org) is a non-profit organization that serves justice-involved youth in the NYC area, serving residents of the Bronx and Manhattan. This Functional Family Therapy Model is under the NYC's ATLAS Initiative to impact justice-involved youth & families.
Salary range:
$70,000-$75,000 commensurate with experience.
Education Preference:
Master’s degree in social work, counseling, education, or other relevant human service profession required.
NOTE: Organization will offer clinical supervision towards licensure, and offers 403B matching benefits, medical, dental, vision, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and gym reimbursement.
Preferred Experience: (* required of bachelor and masters’ level)
- Individual therapy with youth and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques.
- Candidate must be comfortable providing primarily in-home family therapy in The Bronx and Manhattan.
- Therapy sessions are with predominantly at-risk Black and Latino youth ages 11 to 18 who are at risk of being justice-involved.
- Therapeutic/case management: 2 years (Preferred)
- Some nights and weekends, depending on clients’ needs.
- Ability to exhibit creativity and tenacity to engage clients.
- Willingness and ability to be work with families from a strengths-focused approach.
- Willingness to advocate for youth and family, belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
- Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences.
- Willingness to commit to empowering families to solve their own problems.
- Prioritizing to work with the families when they are available in their own homes.
- Interact with referral sources such as Legal Aid Society, NYC Law Department, schools, and programs to effectively engage families in the FFT Model.
- Interact with team members in community events.
- Manage a caseload of up to 15 cases and their electronic and case files.
- Timely recording of progress notes as required by FFT on the CSS system; data is regularly used to report to external stakeholders.
- Provide "home-based" Functional Family Therapy to families, adhering to model fidelity requirements. FFT is NOT remote therapy; it is designed to be home-based, in the office, or community-based.
- Actively participate as part of a therapy team, including attending weekly team and individual supervision meetings.
- Assist families by actively referring them to appropriate services and supports, and with both clinical and concrete services.
- Willingness to travel to and from client family homes.
- Participate in all FFT training, supervision, and consultation activities.
- Bronx and Manhattan residents strongly preferred.
- Spanish fluency required.
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
- Full-Time position
- 8-hour shift
Master's (Required)
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