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This job announcement is for a Family Therapist position with Catholic Community Services Southwest. The position provides therapeutic interventions to children, youth, and families in their homes and other community locations. Duties include crisis intervention, extended stabilization services, and long-term team-based services. The position requires availability for on-call hours, including evenings and weekends. Qualifications include a master's degree in a relevant field, licensing or ability to obtain licensing, and at least one year of experience providing family preservation or similar services.

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This job announcement is for a Family Therapist position with Catholic Community Services Southwest. The position provides therapeutic interventions to children, youth, and families in their homes and other community locations. Duties include crisis intervention, extended stabilization services, and long-term team-based services. The position requires availability for on-call hours, including evenings and weekends. Qualifications include a master's degree in a relevant field, licensing or ability to obtain licensing, and at least one year of experience providing family preservation or similar services.

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CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES SOUTHWEST JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION TITLE: REPORTS TO:

Family Therapist Clinical Supervisor South King County Family Preservation December 26, 2012 CLOSING DATE: 1/14/2013

OPENING DATE: GRADE: 11

LOCATION OF POSITION: SALARY:

Kent, WA

Starting at $ 38,129.08/DOE

Position Description This is a professional position providing therapeutic interventions to children, youth and families in their homes and other community locations. Includes crisis intervention and extended stabilization as well as long-term, teambased services. Emphasis is on partnering actively with families, natural supports and other community service providers to promote safe, stable and healthy families. Position requires 24/7 on call availability. Work week is unstructured to include irregular and unpredictable hours. Clinicians can expect work hours that often range from early afternoon to late evening, e.g.1:00 9:00p. Work occurs during weekend hours, as well.

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Family Preservation System Philosophy The Family Preservation System provides an integrated and flexible array of strengths-based services and supports centered around one predominant belief: Children need their families and families need their children. All services are delivered with the following core values in mind: safety of the child, family and community; flexible and responsive; family driven; normative; family oriented; strengths based; comprehensive and collaborative; unconditional; individualized; and culturally relevant. Position Responsibilities 1. Universal job skills: All CCS Family Preservation employees will demonstrate the ability to: a. Communicate role, responsibility and agency philosophy in order to assure mutual respect, confidence and trust with the child and family and other stakeholders. b. Provide non-judgmental, unconditional support to the child and family. c. Assess for immediate safety and stabilization needs. d. Customize helping approaches to fit the familys uniqueness, personality, culture and interest. e. Report relevant information to the right people at the right time. f. Maintain a focus on strengths, needs and creative solutions. g. Utilize the familys expertise in problem solving and solution seeking. h. Work interdependently with others toward common goals. i. Respond to familys and childrens needs in a timely fashion. j. Complete required documentation within established timeframes. k. Instill hope for the future by communicating and behaving with confidence and reassurance. Welcome, Engagement and Assessment: The skilled Family Preservation Therapist will demonstrate the ability to: a. Meet and engage the family communicating compassion, support, respect and enthusiasm for them and your role as a helper. b. Listen to and analyze the familys story, and with them, identify strengths, needs, preferences and goals. c. Provide and/or arrange necessary crisis response and stabilization services, completing and communicating the safety/crisis plan with family and others. d. Contact potential team members, including other system partners, to gather their perspective on the familys strengths and needs and solicit participation and commitment to a team process. e. Prepare the family for next steps in the intervention (e.g., team development, planning process, natural supports, etc.). f. Introduce and complete paperwork appropriate to the situation (including Mental Health intake, assessment instruments, etc.). g. Analyze and align the familys position and agency mission using methods of respect, communication and conflict resolution. 2. Individualized Service Planning: The skilled Family Preservation Therapist will demonstrate the ability to: a. Facilitate the child and family team to:
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i. Identify and prioritize goals and needs. ii. Communicate and translate information in a way that everyone can hear, especially the familys position. iii. Brainstorm and negotiate strategies that build on child and family strengths. iv. Summarize and write up the plan. b. Consult with clinical supervisor, mental health specialists and others as needed and incorporate recommendations. Implementing Services: The skilled Family Preservation Therapist will demonstrate the ability to: a. Provide direct helping interventions that: i. Respond to crises in a prompt, effective and collaborative manner. ii. Provide and/or facilitate the provision of a range of therapeutic responses that support the overall plan (including individual and family therapies). iii. Utilize parent/family expertise in problem solving around specific needs. iv. Modify and adjust individual intervention techniques for each situation without changing the direction of the plan. v. Facilitate placement into foster care, as needed, while ensuring necessary paperwork is completed and notifications made. vi. Partner with the family in order to assist them in utilizing the resources offered by formal and informal sources within their community. vii. Seek assistance and report incidents to the right people at the right time. b. Facilitate others, including a team, to implement the plan from beginning to successful outcome: i. Communicate plan, strategies and role to team members, including involved CCS staff. ii. Consult with, recommend and provide training to team members around specific interventions. iii. Maintain a focus on strengths, needs and creative solutions and inspire others to follow this format in problem solving. iv. Reevaluate, modify, and redesign plan based on new information. Transitioning Services to Natural and Other Community Supports: The skilled Family Preservation Therapist will demonstrate the ability to: a. Inspire confidence in the child, family and other team members about their strengths and ability to transition successfully. b. Arrange and negotiate a process for ongoing formal and informal services and supports. c. Create and practice a plan for aftercare supports and response post CCS involvement. All employees working in CCS have the responsibility for developing and safekeeping a workplace that values and supports a culturally diverse work environment. Employees treatment of each other, their willingness to try new ways and ideas--all these things contribute greatly to the organizations success in providing an open, culturally enriched and diverse workplace.
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II. QUALIFICATIONS: A. Minimum Qualifications 1. Masters degree in social work, psychological, behavioral sciences or equivalent. 2. 21 years or older 3. One years experience in services related to family preservation, foster care, or children/families with complex needs. 4. Must have reliable transportation, valid drivers license and automobile insurance. 5. Agency Affiliated License (HIV/AIDS training required) or applied for within 1st month of employment 6. Must have an acceptable driving record per CCS driving policy, with no prior DUI convictions (required to provide current driving abstract) 7. First/Aid CPR certified or the ability to become certified within the 1 month of employment 8. Proof of negative TB test within past 12 months or ability or test within first six months of employment. 9. Pass background check through DSHS and Washington State Patrol. B. Preferred Qualifications 1. Mental Health Professional (as defined by WAC 388-865). 2. Knowledge of Wraparound principles and practice. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact: Tina Shields, PHR HR Generalist (253)502-2625

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Submit an official CCS Southwest application, cover letter, and resume to: Tina Shields, PHR, Human Resources Generalist 1323 S. Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405 Apply online at www.ccsww.org Jobline: {253}502-2629 or (800) 673-2751 Fax: 253-572-4177 RESUME WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF APPLICATION CCS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WORKPLACE VALUING DIVERSITY

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