YSIC Child & Family Therapist: Intensive Services

Overview

Our Commitment to Equity
The Y actively promotes a culture free from bias and injustice. We are dedicated to removing institutional and systemic barriers that result in oppression and racism. We will be accountable to marginalized communities for creating equitable and sustainable environments where social justice is woven into every facet of our programs, and by caring for our communities in a culturally versatile and respectful manner.

Job Summary

The Child & Family Therapist provides comprehensive mental health, family stabilization & reunification, crisis stabilization, and recovery services to youth, and their families, in foster, adoptive, kinship, birth homes, or placements in the community.

This position is with the Y Social Impact Center, the social services division of the YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS), serving around 5,000 youth, young adults, and families every year in communities across King County, Pierce County, and various counties across WA. Through our programs we aim to strengthen young people’s ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors; navigating systems towards successful life transition; establishing stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center’s programs include homelessness prevention, housing, behavioral health, crisis response, foster care licensing, violence prevention, and employment. Since many of the young people we serve have been involved in the foster care, criminal justice, behavioral health, and/or homelessness systems, we truly value relatable lived experience of our staff and those applying for our positions as an asset.

What You Will Get From Working at The Y

• Membership to the YMCA of Greater Seattle for you and your household
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Retirement with generous employer contributions
• Free access to mental health resources
• Rapidly-accruing paid time off (PTO) 
• Discounts on qualifying YMCA of Greater Seattle childcare and day camp programs

Associate License Hiring Range: $80,168.40-83,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Maintains a caseload of 10-12 intensive services clients as assigned. Partners with clients to succeed in school, job, home, courts, and community settings.
• Utilizes Credible including all required forms including documentation daily of all activities performed that day.
• Utilizes evidence based and best practice treatment modalities to provide individual and family stabilization services, including crisis prevention and safety planning, parenting skills training, behavior management, de-escalation training and brief counseling and case management.
• Uses clinical skills to assess, diagnose (DSM 5 and ICD 10) and treat individuals. Maintains numerous clinical practice qualifications as required and assigned (TF-CBT, CANS, CFARS, NOMS).
• Develops and implements individual Service plans in partnership with the individual and family that are sensitive to cultural, social, mental health and recovery needs. Provides therapeutic services within an intensive wraparound team model.
• Routinely provides intensive client services in home, school, and community settings, with an average service provision of 2-4 hours for each client per week. Utilizes personal vehicle for travel to provide services.
• Maintains a flexible schedule in order to meet the needs of children & families, including the ability to provide services during evenings and weekends as needed.
  Participates in rotation schedule as a member of the crisis on-call team. Provides after hours crisis response by phone and in person as needed during scheduled shifts.
• Responds to emergencies in a timely and effective manner.
• Accurately completes all required paperwork in a timely fashion. And, documents activities and interventions in accordance with agency, managed care, and state requirements.
• Participates in quality assurance measures including regularly scheduled clinical audits.
• Provides consultation and training as appropriate to assist individuals and families in articulating personal goals for recovery and determining the objectives the individual and family needs to take in order to reach their recovery goals.
• Attends weekly clinical and supervision meetings as scheduled.
• Understand and utilizes the recovery model in assisting consumers.
• Provides clinical and administrative support to case managers and adjunct clinical oversight and leadership to Behavior Specialists, Family Support Case Aides, and Child & Family
• Therapy Interns in order to ensure consistent treatment planning and a collaborative therapeutic approach
• Teaches individuals and families how to facilitate their own recovery, access support groups, utilize effective problem-solving techniques, and identify natural and community supports that are conducive to recovery.
• Collaborates effectively with other professionals including attending internal multi-disciplinary case planning meetings and external Family Team Decision Meetings, Child and Family Team meetings, wraparound meetings, etc. in order to meet the goals of the individuals and families.
• Maintains a working knowledge of current trends and developments in the mental health field through continuing education and reading relevant materials.
  Reports all critical incidents and adheres to YMCA program policies and procedures.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a regular full-time position that provides on-call afterhours support to clients and families on a rotation shared within the team.

Code of Conduct for Applicants

All employees and volunteers are responsible for adhering to abuse prevention policies, maintaining appropriate boundaries, completing required training, reporting suspicious or inappropriate behavior, and complying with mandated reporting requirements.

Responsible for ensuring staff are properly screened, trained, supervised and held accountable to the organization’s abuse risk management standards.

Qualifications

• Holds at a minimum a current WA State Licensed Mental Health Counselor Affiliated (LMHCA), Licensed Social Work Associate Independent Clinical (LSWAIC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFTA)
• Other applicable education, training, and experience, which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position will be considered.
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule to meet the needs of clients and families.
• Previous experience providing community-based mental health services to youth and families from a broad range of cultures and social needs.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and providing crisis intervention and de-escalation, wraparound service delivery, parent skills training, safety planning and case management.
• Training and experience in individual, family and group treatment modalities.
• Ability to work independently and interdependently within a team management setting with no-onsite supervision.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to details, timelines and follow through.
• Ability to meet with clients at home and in the community, and to transport clients in a safe and effective manner. (Proof of adequate vehicle insurance is required and met qualified requirements of the YGS).
• Complete all required and agency mandated trainings within 30 days of hire including CPR.
• Prefer knowledge of, and previous experience with, diverse populations (language, culture, race, physical activity, sexual orientation, etc.). Ability to speak any language in addition to English may be helpful.

Authorized Driver Preference

This role has the potential to transport clients as an “authorized driver” for the YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS) using your own vehicle (proof of current auto insurance and vehicle registration are required). Driving duties for this role are optional, but preferred.* Driving roles are safety-sensitive. To become an authorized driver, you must be 21+, have possessed a driver's license for at least 3 years, and pass a drug screen that will test for impairing substances (including marijuana) in addition to meeting the driving record standards below:

YGS Driving Record Standards

Within the last three (3) years: No more than two (2)vehicle relatedsuspension(s) and/or reinstatement(s). No more than two (2) moving violations and/or accidents. Moving violations include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Speeding
• Improper Lane Change
• Failure to Yield in Right-of-Way
• Failure to Obey Traffic Signal
• Failure to obey Traffic Sign

Within the last five (5) years: No Major Violations which include, but are not limited to, the following:

• DUI, DWI, OUI, OWI, BUI (Boating), Administrative Per Se, or Refusing to Test
• Driving with an open container of alcohol
• Reckless Driving
• Hit andRun– property damage only (Incidents involving injury fall under Permanent Disqualification)
• Racing
• Driving with a suspended/revoked license/insurance
• Speeding over 20 mph
• Fleeing and/or eluding police
• Any other felony driving conviction(s)

Driving records that result in Permanent disqualification from driving duties:

• More than 3 DUI, DWI, OUI, OWI, BUI, Administrative Per Se, or Refusing to Test forentiretyof driving history.
• More than 3 Driving with a suspended/revoked license
• Hit andRunresulting in bodily injury or death
• Manslaughter/felony death by motor vehicle

*Due to state-specific reporting requirements in our driver management system, we are not currently able to enroll California Driver's License holders as Authorized Drivers.

*The YMCA of Greater Seattle will conduct individualized assessments of applicant criminal histories

Our Commitment 

YGS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and equitable work environment.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

We are a drug & alcohol-free workplace; all job offers are contingent on the results of a background check. We participate in the Federal E-Verify system.

If you need assistance of any kind with the application process, reach out to [email protected].

MISSION STATEMENT:

Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body.

OUR VALUES:

• Respect
• Responsibility
• Honesty
• Caring
• Passion for Excellence