Intensive Services Clinician

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community! 

Position Summary: Provides trauma-focused diagnostic assessments and enhanced community-based services for a mixed caseload of children, youth and young adults. Collaborates on cases with case managers, psychiatric team, and other service providers to ensure best client care. Provides emergency crisis intervention/assessment as needed. Works as part of multiple trauma-focused multidisciplinary teams to implement evidence-based practices including Healthy Transitions and individual therapeutic treatment modalities.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Implement EBPs such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and DBT in the home and community with assigned clients and their families to fidelity
• Participates within the Healthy Transitions team for transition aged youth and young adults to implement coordinated specialty care to aid in an individuals first episode psychosis if applicable
• Participate in client and family initial assessments
• Evaluate treatment process on an ongoing basis
• Collaborate with case managers and other service providers to ensure clients/family's needs are being met
• Provide emergency crisis intervention services with, and on behalf of, clients and families as needed
• Build and maintain positive, working relationships with community organizations and service providers
• Schedule appointments with clients and families based on program requirements and client’s needs
• Participate in on-going training to ensure fidelity to the model
• Maintain confidentiality of clients and families
• Transport clients and families as needed
• Provide sensitivity to clients and families cultural, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic issues and diversity
• Serve as a positive role model to clients and colleagues
• Maintain or exceed productivity expectations
• Prepare for and participate in Utilization Management process as scheduled
• Complies with FSRI policies, including those relating to HIPAA and CCBHC
• Complete all required documentation within required timeframes
• Proficient in using an electronic health record as well as project-specific software
• Participates in all meetings as required by the team, supervisors and necessary for the role both internally and externally
• Maintain confidentiality of clients at all times
• Attend and participate in all required program and agency trainings
• Approaches all work through a trauma and diversity and inclusion lens
• Participates in the Agency’s on-call emergency services provision as scheduled including but not limited to after hours, holidays and weekends at minimum once per quarter
• Be available to work evenings to accommodate client’s schedules
• Performs additional responsibilities consistent with Agency needs, defined in consultation with supervisor(s)
• Master’s degree in human services (psychology, social work, marriage/family, etc.) required
• Required to be licensed or eligible to be licensed in Rhode Island as a Social Worker, Therapist or Mental Health Counselor
• Experience working with children exposed to trauma preferred
• Skilled in operating various medical record software and hardware, word-processing, and database software programs
• Spanish Speaking preferred and is compensated
• Flexible schedule with some evenings
• Excellent multitasking and communication skills a must
• Ability to work independently and part of a team

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in human services (psychology, social work, marriage/family, etc.) required
• Required to be licensed or eligible to be licensed in Rhode Island as a Social Worker, Therapist or Mental Health Counselor
• Experience working with children exposed to trauma preferred 
• Skilled in operating various medical record software and hardware, word-processing, and database software programs
• Spanish Speaking preferred and is compensated
• Flexible schedule with some evenings 
• Excellent multitasking and communication skills a must
• Ability to work independently and part of a team   
• Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
• Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay

Physical Requirements:  This position requires residential and community visits, employees in this position must have the ability to:

• Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, registration and auto insurance
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Travel to and from clients’ residence, community locations and office site, which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators
• Ability to lift up to 20lbs
• Must be able to work remotely and in person adhering to PHI requirements

Don’t meet every single requirement?  Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity! 

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
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Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield. 

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.