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Mental Health Counselor

4 months ago


Norwalk, United States Family and Children s Agency Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Family & Children’s Agency (FCA) is a nonprofit human service organization that is committed to increasing the social and emotional well-being of our clients – people throughout Fairfield County. Our Agency builds better lives by offering more than 30 programs that meet needs across all ages, delivering services to more than 13,000 people each year. Our clients reside primarily in Norwalk, Wilton, Darien, Westport, Weston, New Canaan, Stamford, and Greenwich. Our Home Care and Foster Care programs provide assistance to residents throughout Fairfield County, and the Adoption program is both nationwide and international.

FCA is proud to currently offer a hybrid working model to our employees. Employees enjoy a wide array of benefits that make up our competitive compensation package. We are proud to offer generous employer contributions to our medical plans, continued education credits offered at no cost, annual tuition reimbursement stipend, employer paid Life & LTD policies, FSA and Dependent Care, 401K with a match and a generous vacation and time off policy to include Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth We also offer employee discounts to multiple organizations, events and your cell phone plan. Our benefits don't stop there - we offer an EAP program, summer Fridays, employee appreciation events along with wellness incentives and challenges

We have a new job opportunity for an IICAPS Mental Health Counselor to join our Behavioral Health team.

The IICAPS Mental Health Counselor will provide home and/or community-based services for families in the greater Norwalk area who are experiencing crisis due to issues related to a child’s mental health issues.

The IICAPS Mental Health Counselor will carry a caseload of 8-10 families at a time providing intensive clinical strength-based in-home treatment for families in the greater Norwalk/Stamford area. Work with a partner (clinician) to provide crisis stabilization supports in an attempt to stabilize family units designed to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations for the child/adolescent or to support families upon the return home of a child from such a placement.

  • Establish a trusting, supportive strength-based relationship with family members. through direct contact in the context of 2x or more weekly home visits, phone contact and assistance in times of crisis.
  • Work as part of the treatment team with the assigned clinician and interact with other service providers as appropriate.
  • Assist clinician in developing with the family a treatment plan, which will help the family improve understanding of their child’s challenges, while helping to strengthen parenting of a child with psychiatric problems, and accessing community services.
  • Provide case management, interfacing with schools, other providers, probation officers, etc. as needed.
  • Accompany parents to appointments, such as school meetings, as needed.
  • Attend case rounds weekly.
  • Participate in weekly clinical supervision and bi-weekly staff meetings.
  • Maintain a caseload of up to 8-10 cases.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and experience/interest in family systems, mental health issues and children/adolescents.
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) strongly preferred.
  • Must have awareness of the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients served.
  • Must be able to work with diverse populations and be willing to provide home based supports.
  • Demonstrate maturity, professionalism and self-awareness, a non-judgmental attitude, the ability to deal with resistance and rejection, cultural competency and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Must have valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • Work flexible hours, which may include evening and weekends to accommodate the needs of working families.
  • The worker will be responsible for on-call 24 hour/day crisis cell phone as determined by current rotation schedule/arrangement.

If you are interested in learning more about how you can join our talented group of diverse employees, please visit our website to view this job posting and apply. We look forward to sharing with you why we were named one of the top medium sized workplaces in Southern Connecticut for 6 years in a row. To learn more, visit our website and check out our opportunities
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