Job description

Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or related field, three years experience working with children and adolescents. Must be licensed or license-eligible under required qualifications. Supervisory experience preferred.

Competencies:

• Initiative
• Empathy
• Self Reflection & Growth
• Time Management
• Conflict Resolution & De-escalation
• Effective Communication
• Organization Skills
• Supervisory Skills

Basic Function:

Ensure residents emotional, medical, social, legal, developmental, and educational needs are being met through direct services and supervisory responsibility for all case management tasks. Provide trauma informed individual, group, and family therapy, as well as discharge planning coordination to the residents of STAR Homes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist, when available, with intake and admission procedures. Responsible for all admissions information and paperwork.

• Complete a clinical interview with a newly assigned child within 24 business hours of admission, including completion of appropriate standardized assessments.

• Coordinate with the residents family (when appropriate) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) social worker to identify appropriate discharge planning of the childs admission to the STAR Home.

• Provide assessment and advocacy, as needed, to minimize disruption in childs education. (e.g. participate in Planning and Placement Team (PPT) meetings, assist in registering for school, etc.)

• Collaboratively develop residents treatment plan within established timelines, and according to established procedures.

• Complete psychosocial assessments as ordered by DCF, including gathering all information previously completed. Compile all information into a comprehensive final document.

• Maintain the residents clinical file, including detailed contact and progress notes.

• Provide clinically relevant information and advocate, as needed, in treatment meetings Conduct individual, family, and group therapy, as well as assist with life skill development.

• Provide crisis management and assess for risk when needed.

• Plan and participate in activities designed to meet residents zone of proximal development.

• Complete discharge summaries for each resident.

• Maintain an aftercare caseload and perform functions as outlined in the procedures.

• Serve as a member of the STAR Home treatment team, participating in staff training, attending periodic workshops and ongoing professional development.

• Build developmental relationships with residents of STAR Home, providing a positive role model for all students and staff at Waterford Country School.

• Maintain awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural and developmental differences among clients and staff of Waterford Country School, ensuring that each person is respected and supported. Additionally, ensuring that the delivery of services and staff functioning is free from any form of cultural, religious, racial, or sexual insensitivity or bias.

• Practice within agency models (e.g. Children and residential Experiences (CARE), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), 5210), supporting the therapeutic milieu at Waterford Country School

• Maintain knowledge of and follow agency policies and procedures as contained in the Waterford Country School Personnel Handbook, Waterford Country School Procedure Manual, and department manuals.

• Maintain a valid Connecticut or other home state drivers license to transport residents in agency vehicles.

• Other duties as assigned by the STAR Home Assistant Program Director.

Flexible Telework Capability

Flexible ability to work remotely as approved by a direct Supervisor, or in the event of a declared weather or other emergency. Telework should be performed in accordance with the Remote Work Policy in the WCS Personnel Handbook.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS ALL-INCLUSIVE. IT IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS JOB. THE INCUMBENT MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM JOB-RELATED TASKS OTHER THAN THOSE STATED IN THIS DESCRIPTION.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $65,730.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Quaker Hill, CT 06375: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Work Location: One location

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