Clinician (Masters) - Unaccompanied Children (UC), Long Term Foster Care

4 months ago


Lansing, United States Samaritas Full time

Position Details:

$3000.00 Hiring Bonus

Position has a Vaccination requirement Covid, Flu, TDAP, Varicella, MMR .

This postion is hybrid and requires travel within Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Lansing

About the Team

The long term foster care program is designed to provide safe, loving care for unaccompanied minors who have come to the US in search of safety, arriving from countries all over the world, but the majority are Central American countries. Youth in this program do not usually have a family member living in the US with whom they can reunify.

Staff in this program work to ensure youth thrive in their foster homes, providing case management, clinical support, educational and life skills support, and specialized training for foster homes. Youth in this program are all ages and genders.

APPLY TODAY #BeTheRock, creating ripples of positive transformation in the lives of those we are entrusted to serve

?Hybrid Remote Work Environment. Day Shift, Monday -Friday 8:30AM to 5:00PM including rotational weekends, on call , and holidays. Annual salary range $57000.00 to $65,000.00

What's In It For You:

Some of the benefits you may receive are:

Full Time/Part Time

  • Competitive Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits, effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment
  • Company paid Basic Life Insurance ($10,000 minimum for each full time and part time employee)
  • Company paid Short Term Disability accrual (Full time employees)
  • Retirement Plan (403b) - Company matches on first 1.5% of gross income at 133%
  • Great Personal Time Off (PTO) accruals
  • Awesome Employee Discounts
  • UKG Wallet - Pre-Pay Options
  • Plus, many more benefits
  • Retirement Plan (403b) Contributions
  • Awesome Employee Discounts
  • UKG Wallet - Pre-Pay Options


Duties And Responsibilities:

Samaritas provides services to youth who have traveled to the US for safety apart from their family or guardians. These youth are given status in the United States as Unaccompanied Children (UC). The children you will be serving will come from diverse and oftentimes traumatic backgrounds, and are placed in both foster home and group home settings where Samaritas provides case management, therapy, and other supportive services. The program also helps these youth adjust to the customs and culture of the United States while pursuing their goals of education, English-language learning, and independence. As the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Long Term Foster Care Clinician, you will be responsible for providing trauma-informed treatment planning and delivery to youth. The Clinician completes assessments of youth and offer consultation to Case Managers on cases. In addition to conducting individual therapy sessions, the Clinician role will also be required to facilitate group counseling sessions to program youth. This position is expected to function effectively with moderate supervision while following the guidelines given on procedures, along with agency, state, and federal regulatory requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Provide direct therapeutic services to clients and program participants as needed, including group work and family therapy
  2. Administer required behavioral and mental health assessments for youth
  3. Coordinate services for each youth in conjunction with Case Manager
  4. Participate in staff meetings and offer clinical feedback regarding client treatment needs
  5. Attend, facilitate, and assist with providing on-going education and support services to foster parents
  6. Provide record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities in accordance with program and contractor policy
  7. Provide crisis intervention and guidance to youth and foster families regarding clinical components of crisis intervention and long-term treatment strategies
  8. Provide community -based counseling to youth
  9. Comply with laws and regulations regarding client confidentiality
  10. Ability to work flexible hours and work independently within the field


Qualifications:

Job Qualifications

Education, Training, and Licensure/Certification

  • Masters degree in Social Work with clinical experience; OR Masters degree in psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement
  • Licensure to provide clinical services in Michigan or eligible to obtain professional licensure or registration

Experience

  • Prior experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations strongly preferred
  • At least two (2) years of experience in child welfare/case management, strongly preferred
  • Bi-lingual English and Spanish strongly preferred; additional compensation for bilingual
  • Must be 21 years old or older at the time of application.

Additional Work Requirements

  • Participate in a system of 24 hour availability to clients, foster and adoptive parents, as required
  • Unrestricted valid drivers license with good driving record. Reliable personal transportation suitable for safely transporting persons served; proof of current automobile insurance
  • Vaccine Requirement
    • Flu
    • Covid
    • TDAP
  • And can prove immunity (either with vaccination record or titers) to

    • MMR
    • Varicella

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