Bilingual Clinician

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.

Our Mission is to partner with individuals, families, organizations and communities to build better lives.

A full-time bilingual IICAPS Clinician position is available in our intensive in-home psychiatric program (IICAPS) for emotionally disturbed children/adolescents and their families.

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, paid for CEUs and clinical supervision, summer Fridays and employee appreciation events along with wellness incentives and challenges

The IICAPS Clinician role is the perfect opportunity to gain incredible clinical experience Our Clinicians 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 (mental health counselor) to provide crisis-based interventions to help stabilize families and prevent the placement of children in hospitals or residential facilities when possible, or to support families upon the return home of a child from such a placement. The clinician is part of a team including the Mental Health Counselor, Program Manager, and IICAPS psychiatrist.

• Assume responsibility for coordinating the collaboration of all professionals involved with the child and the family.
• Responsible for assessment, treatment planning and maintaining case records and summaries.
• Available to deliver crisis response 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, rotating on-call with other IICAPS staff.

Requirements:

• Licensed or license eligible Masters level clinician with degree in Social work or other related field with experience in crisis intervention and children and adolescents with mental illness/emotional disturbance – Candidates without a Master’s degree will not be considered
• Bilingual - Spanish speaking required
• Experience with children/adolescents/families and populations with mental health issues strongly preferred.
• Some evening hours will be required.
• 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 and under challenging conditions.
• Must have valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Work flexible hours, which may include evenings 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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