Community Based Family Interventionist
Community Based Family Interventionist
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USD 55000 - 65000
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Job Description
Title:
Community Based Family Intervention Specialist
FLSA:
Exempt
Reports To:
SVP Community based Services
Organization Summary:
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) is a regional social impact company serving the Greater Philadelphia area for over 50 years. Founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1983 TLC is one of the regions longest serving nonprofit organizations providing alternative education coaching and counseling services to public school students and their families. For more information please visit
Position Summary:
The Family Intervention specialist will provide mobile inhome family therapy inhome parenting skills education and inhome home making/home organization and sanitation. Also included is supervised visitation services. The Family Intervention specialist is responsible for establishing a professional and supportive first contact for intake will conduct initial screenings for services and provide ongoing support.
Duties & Responsibilities
Case management: linkage to community resources
Collect basic information from clients to begin a case file.
Enter all documentation of direct and indirect services into Electronic Health Record within 5 business days from the service.
Conduct initial intake and needs assessment interview with all clients.
Maintain accurate documentation of service objectives and outcomes as well as other services in accordance with guidelines.
Actively participate in staff meetings and trainings.
Prepare related reports
Adhere to strict boundaries and professional ethics in the care of others.
Home making: assist family with sanitation and/or home organization
Provide parenting skills education using an evidencebased curriculum
Conduct crisis intervention as needed
Provide outreach and facilitate interorganizational cooperation with community agencies schools county services healthcare professionals and community groups
Attend all required training/education related to duties
Improve family functioning including development of coping skills to manage crises
Provide supervised visitation
Conduct family risk need goal reassessments
- Attend various inperson and virtual phonebased meetings when requested by Children & Youth Agency
- D&A: provide family therapy
- Assess suitability for counseling services or referrals to other treatment centers
- Stay uptodate on changes within the field
- Comply with all company policies and procedures as outlined in the employee handbook
Skills & Knowledge: Ability to be flexible and meet deadlines
- Multitasking capability
- Strong clinical and client relationshipbuilding skills
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and Word
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to handle confidential files
- Detail oriented
- Bilingual a plus
Education & Experience:
Minimum of Masters degree in human service field (psychology counseling social work etc.). Experience in a social service agency or child welfare with working knowledge of case management systems and planning techniques; knowledge of intake procedures.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Work Environment:
Travel to service sites such as home and community settings throughout Ulster County NY
Work Hours:
This is a fulltime 40 hours per week position. Evening and/or weekend work can be expected as well as the sudden need for crisis intervention.
Employment Type
Full-Time
