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Bilingual HSPRS Clinician NJ (Internal Candidates Only)

7 days ago

Trenton

Job Description:\n\nSalary: $65,000-$76,000 Bilingual Post Release Services Clinician Caminos Home Study & Post Release Services Program Reports to: Lead Case Manager Position Summary: The Caminos Home Study Post Release Services (HSPRS) Clinician provides community-based intensive case management services to recently migrated children, adolescents, and their families. The Clinician is responsible for applying their clinical expertise in the provision of strengths based, culturally and linguistically appropriate intensive case management services. With a focus on stabilization of the family unit, the Clinician utilizes interventions tailored to the needs of recently migrated youth and their sponsor family, in the community where their sponsor resides. Providing weekly intensive in-home services, the Clinician engages in a continuous clinical assessment process, ensuring safety and stability of the youth and family while building a healthy relationship and rapport. The Clinician supports the delivery of Everstands trauma responsive model by developing service plans that incorporate individualized interventions to address needs unique needs of the youth and family, utilizing a range of financial, medical, social, vocational, psychoeducation, crisis stabilization and other services and resources. Essential Functions:Model and act in accordance with Everstands core values.Demonstrate and practice trauma informed leadership.Demonstrate and practice Everstands leadership mindset, Choose kindness. Solve problems and learn together. Make it happen.Complete an in-home assessment with youth and sponsor family, followed by weekly in-person contacts for at least the first 45-60 calendar days, depending on the presenting need(s) of the youth and sponsor family. As needed to stabilize, the Clinician can deliver services remotely with at least once per month in-person visits occurring throughout the remainder of the case.Responsible for providing ongoing and comprehensive clinical assessment, with a focus on building a support system for the youth that includes both formal and informal supports, promotes healthy and safe communication within the household, connects the youth and sponsor family to community resources and offers psychoeducational support to the youth and the family.Using evidenced based practices, deliver short-term brief clinical interventions to assist the youth and sponsor family in skills development, healthy communication and strengthening internal and external resources and support.During in home visits, the Clinician will:Conduct an assessment of the youths safety, emotional wellbeing, and stability within the placement environment.Meet with youth and members of the family, conducting interviews and assessments in order to identify priorities and trends to inform psychoeducational sessions.Conduct safety planning, risk assessment and crisis intervention with a focus on family preservation and collaboration with community-based support services.Continually assess ongoing changes in behavior and general conditions that could impact the safety, wellbeing, and success of the youth.Collaborate with youth, family and PRS case management team to develop, establish and update individualized service plans that demonstrate youth and family voice and includes clear needs statements, strength-based strategies, and goals that are measurable, specific and designed to improve the youths placement stability and emotional well-being.Monitor youth and sponsor family progress towards goal completion.Coordinate internally with the PRS case management team to accept referrals of youth receiving Level 1 or 2 services that would benefit from more intensive, Level 3 services However, Level 3 Clinicians can also provide Level 2 and Level 1 PRS services.Coordinate referrals and address barriers in relevant service need areas such as legal, education, medical and mental health.Support youth and sponsor family with enrollment and access to services in community.Support youth and sponsor family through the identification of options for youth programming, services / activities that promote a healthy connection to the new community, reflect interests, skills and talents of the youth and promote a connection to their culture and traditions.Conduct outreach and education to community service providers to supplement existing services that do not adequately address the unique needs of the youth and families.Advocate for the youth and sponsor family in order to address barriers to accessing resources and to support them in navigating complex systems (child welfare, immigration court, etc.).Provides in person support to youth and sponsor family as they navigate stressful and/or traumatic experiences. This may include but is not limited to attending psychiatric and medical appointments, social service appointments, educational meetings and / or supporting a youth at a local hospital emergency department while they await psychiatric evaluation. Create and revise safety and crisis response plans with youth and their family, ensuring awareness of available 24 hour and crisis response hotlines.Establish collaborative relationships with local and federal social support and child welfare organizations, including but not limited to Child Protection Services, Trafficking Victims Assistance Program, law enforcement and behavioral healthcare providers.The Clinician will have the training and ability to conduct focused, collaborative home study services to unaccompanied children and their sponsors to ensure and support the safe and timely release from federal care.Conduct in-person home visits to interview, assess, recognize priorities and trends to inform psychoeducational sessions with Sponsors.Complete home study recommendation within 10 days of referral.Provide Level 1 and Level 2 PRS case management services as determined based on program needs and assigned case capacity.Delivers mandated services and documents all client contacts, resources and referrals provided, clinical notes, support services and interventions, and assessments of clients health, safety, social-emotional well-being, and mental health concerns in accordance with Everstand and Office of Refugee Resettlement required deadlines. Ensure assigned case records meet documentation standards both with regards to documentation in the required agency, state and federal databases and with regards to the client case file.Develop and maintain emotional intelligence for effective self-care and act as the role model for youth, sponsor families and program staff, which is the essence of Trauma Informed Practice.Active participation in mandatory case review and planning meetings, demonstrating the ability to present an accurate and concise client summary to both internal and external team members.Demonstrates knowledge of and familiarity with both Everstand and Office of Refugee Resettlement Policy and Procedures relating to the care and community-based treatment of Unaccompanied Children and/or recently migrated youth. This includes knowledge of legal background and authority governing the practice as related to working with Unaccompanied Children.Demonstrates an understanding of the value of cultural diversity, including the ability to develop systems and practices that are inclusive of all staff members and responsive to the cultural needs of the client population served.Identify supervision and/or professional training needs to supervisor as they arise.Demonstrate the ability to effectively express ideas clearly and concisely, orally and in writing.Obtain and maintain certification as a user in Everstands electronic health record software system. Non-Essential Functions:Deliver training and professional development opportunities to colleagues and peers across the Caminos programs within the scope of professional training and expertise.Facilitate group sessions with youth with the goal to build skills and promote community resilience. Competencies: Accountability for OthersAccurate ListeningAlignment with Everstand Core Values: Safety, Relationships, Empathy, and ImpactWillingness to work flexible hoursWillingness and ability to meet with youth clients in their homes, and/or in other community locations/ settings.Balanced Decision MakingCommitment to the JobConsistency and ReliabilityFlexibilityHandling StressWorking CollaborativelySelf-MotivatedMeeting StandardsPersistencePersonal AccountabilityRelating to OthersTime ManagementFrequent Interaction with OthersFrequent ChangeUrgency Supervisory Responsibility: N/A Work Environment: This position requires the ability to operate both in a professional office environment as well as a remote work capacity. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Remote duties require the ability to procure fast, reliable internet service (15 Mbps minimum download speed required) at the remote office location. Remote workspace must allow for phone and video calls to be made without interruption, the confidentiality of protected health information to be maintained, and equipment stored securely when not in use. Everstand will provide a laptop and cell phone. Employees are responsible for all other remote office equipment and costs. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position. The schedule requires flexibility based on the availability of youth and families served. This position regularly requires long hours and weekend work. Eligible for a flex schedule. Non-essential for snow. Travel Travel is required and will include local as well as out-of-area and overnight travel. Frequent local travel will be required to provide services in the home and communities of youth and families served by the program. Must be able and willing to travel to other cities by flying on commercial airlines, driving a rental car and/or using other transportation, and staying overnight in hotels. Required Education and ExperienceMaster's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement or;Bachelors degree in one of the above categories with at least five years of clinical experience from an accredited college or UniversityCurrent LMSW, LGPC, LCSW-C, LCPC, LGMFT, LCMFT, or eligible for licensure at the time of application.Fluent in both English and Spanish Preferred Education and ExperienceExperience working with diverse populations, including refugee and/or unaccompanied immigrant children and adolescentsKnowledge of local community social servicesKnowledge about family preservation, kinship care, and general child welfareOne year experience providing direct services to youth and familiesOne year experience delivering community based and / or in home services Additional Eligibility QualificationsKnowledge of normal and abnormal human growth and developmentAbility to assess family strengths, level of functioning, and service needsAbility to assess childrens and youths strengths, levels of functioning, and service needsAbility to effectively develop and implement service treatment plans to help meet clients mental health needs in the community Ability to analyze case information and reach a sound decision based on objective informationAbility to render a diagnostic impression using the DSM-5Ability to develop/implement effective treatment strategies and interventionsAbility to provide individual, group and family verbal therapies using evidence-based protocolsAbility to work cooperatively with others in a treatment teamAbility to effectively express ideas clearly and concisely, orally and in writingAbility to utilize electronic health record system.Must be able to type 50 WPMAble to learn and effectively utilize different technology platforms.Excellent computer use knowledge with Microsoft Windows 10 and 365 Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.Proven effective time management, planning, communication, and interpersonal skillsAbility to problem solve.Ability to work independently.Ability to keep an electronic calendar (Outlook).Ability to demonstrate the possession of a valid drivers license prior to employment and ability to maintain the license and operate a motor vehicle thereafter.Ability to pass CPS/UII background check both prior to employment and per the schedule outlined by HR thereafter.Ability to pass a Tuberculosis Screening both prior to employment and per the schedule outlined by HR thereafter.Ability to pass a work-readiness physical performed by a certified medical professional both prior to employment and per the schedule outlined by HR thereafter.Ability to pass a Federal and State Fingerprinting Background Check both prior to employment and per the schedule outlined by HR thereafter.Ability to pass a drug screen via urinalysis both prior to employment and randomly thereafter Other Duties Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position. #EVERSTANDMP

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