Clinical Supervisor- Foster Care Hartford at The Village for Families and Children in Hartford, Connecticut

Job Description:

The Village for Families and Children

Job Tracking ID: Job Tracking ID: 512620-887765
Job Location: Hartford, CT
Job Level: Job Level: Any
Level of Education: Masters Degree
Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
Years of Experience: Years of Experience: Any
Starting Date: Starting Date: ASAP
Salary: Salary: 63,851
Work Hours: Work Hours: Full time 40 hours

Job Description

About The Village: The Village was one of the first agencies in the country to provide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission “to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children” by providing a full range of behavioral health, early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.

Named a Connecticut Top Workplace for five consecutive years with national distinction for workplace culture and diversity, equity and inclusion practices, you can be sure you’re joining an organization that’s just as committed to your success as we are to those we serve

Salary starting at $70,000

Foster Care Supervisor:

The Foster Care Clinical Supervisor will be trained in and provide oversight and leadership of the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model, in addition to Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) case management. The supervisor will provide frequent and ongoing feedback to the clinicians and family support specialists in FFT, as well as facilitate weekly team consultation and case reviews. The supervisor will ensure model fidelity, timely documentation in Care4 database of all required materials, and work towards certification of all team members in the FFT model. Maintaining a collaborative partnership with the Department of Children and Families and other community partners is integral to this role.

JOB SUMMARY

Renders assessment and psychotherapeutic services to children and families. Provides clinical and administrative supervision to staff. Participates in Quality Assurance and Utilization Review. Assists in implementing programmatic and agency priorities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides direct services to children and their families which include:

• Assessment and engagement
• Formulation and contracting for services or treatment plan
• Implementation of treatment plan, modifying it as appropriate during the course of treatment
• Discharge planning which may include linkages to community support services
• Case management services
• Clinical documentation required by agency and program policies, and funding sources.
• Maintain productivity targets determined by service

Provides clinical and administrative supervision to staff members and interns, including orientation, evaluation, and support/monitoring of staff development.

Works as a team member with other clinical and administrative staff to respond to client and programmatic needs, including the implementation of agency policies, procedures, and initiatives.

Partners with supervisor to identify and develop plans for professional growth.

With supervisor’s approval, partners with other program or clinical staff to identify and develop approaches to address clients’ unmet needs or service gaps.

Contributes to program functioning by assuming responsibility for special tasks or leadership in special projects as appropriate.

Contributes to agency organizational life by participating in agency wide task forces, committees or problem solving teams as appropriate.

Contributes to agency visibility and development of community linkages by representing the Village in community groups or committees.

Acquiring and maintaining the needed skills in evidenced based models that the agency/program ascribes to.

Staff Training: All FFT FC staff will receive model specific training. Additionally, Clinical Supervisors will receive advanced FFT FC training and weekly case consultation will be required with FFT FC Model Developers.

Experience and Skills

EDUCATION

• Master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or other counseling degree.

EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS

• CT license is strongly preferred. License eligible to be considered.
• Three years of experience working with children and families required
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience in the following content areas preferred: family systems theory, cognitive-behavioral therapy, adverse childhood experiences, trauma, child development, substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence.
• Bilingual/bicultural skills preferred.
• Cultural competency to serve a diverse population

The Village for Families and Children is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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