Our Client, a private child welfare nonprofit, is seeking an Masters Level Therapist- Bi-lingual Spanish
Location: Bronx, NY
Position Type: IT Full Time
Job Summary:
The Therapist will provide comprehensive trauma-informed individual and group counseling services to survivors of IPV, the PCH, and children exposed to IPV. The Therapist will help survivors to relinquish self-blame, increase safety for themselves and their children, and begin to heal from the trauma of abuse, while simultaneously holding the PCH accountable for the harm they caused the family while encouraging and supporting their behavior change. The Therapist will report to a Program Supervisor.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct joint home visits with SWF team Case Planner on all assigned cases.
- Conduct comprehensive differential assessment, including the ACS Domestic Violence Screening Tool, and complete service plan for family members affected by IPV;
- Provide trauma-informed, client-centered individual and family short-term counseling and long-term therapy to survivors of IPV and their children.
- Co-facilitate a 14-week trauma-informed psychoeducational and evidence-informed group designed for mothers who are survivors of IPV, and a 14-week evidence-based group for children (ages 4-12) exposed to IPV;
- Co-facilitate a 26-week trauma-informed accountability group designed for fathers who have used abuse in their intimate partner relationship and caused harm to their children.
- Provide trauma-informed individual educational counseling/therapy mirroring the program’s 26-week accountability group for persons causing harm;
- Maintain compliance with timely reporting and detailed tracking of services provided to clients;
- Maintain comprehensive case files and all relevant information for internal and external review and audit purposes;
- Coordinate and collaborate on assigned cases with SWF team Case Planner to ensure clients are receiving services that meet their needs and that safety is prioritized;
- Participate in individual and group supervision as schedule; in team and all-staff meetings; and other professional development activities, including training and workshops;
- Participate in Family Team Conferences and Service Termination Conferences of all client cases on caseload;
- Perform other administrative and program support functions as needed.
Qualifications: - Bilingual in Spanish/English REQUIRED.
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, or equivalent degree required with licensure or on track for licensure; LCSW preferred.
- Minimum of 1-2 years’ work experience providing trauma-informed domestic violence prevention and intervention services to underserved families, strongly recommended.
- Experience working with adults who have caused harm in their relationships; and/or experience working with abuse/batterer intervention programming (BIP), strongly recommended.
- Experience using client-centered engagement approach with survivors of domestic violence and children exposed to domestic violence, strongly recommended.
- Training and experience working with NYC ACS child welfare involved families.
- Knowledge of child development and trauma-informed practice as well as family systems, relational and attachment theories and framework.
- Knowledge of the New York City domestic violence service system, public benefits, child welfare, legal and housing systems.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to function independently and work on a team.
- Ability to work flexible hours on weekdays, work 1 -2 evenings/week, and be available on Saturdays, as needed.
- Ability to take on a wide range of administrative tasks.
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Last updated on Apr 28, 2023