Functional Family Therapist

Job Description

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Come join a small team of dedicated therapists working to improve the lives of youth and families in the community. Grace Harbour is looking for compassionate, dedicated people who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will receive extensive and ongoing training and supervision in the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model as you work with families and youth to implement FFT as designed. FFT therapists engage the entire family unit in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to address the needs of juveniles who are involved in high-risk behaviors and, in some cases, substance abuse.

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Job Responsibilities

Conduct a comprehensive initial assessment to include all desired treatment outcomes, assessment of systemic strengths and needs, comprehensive safety plan, and analysis of contributing factors to referral behaviors

Carry a caseload of 10-12 clients

Engage the entire family unit in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement

Implement a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, case outcome review, and strategy revision procedure

Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with the FFT model

Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and cooperation throughout FFT treatment

Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with the FFT model

Participate in all FFT training, supervision and consultation activities

Experience(Preferred)

Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural, strategic and functional) family therapies

Individual therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques

Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches

Behavioral therapy targeting behavior change

Education(Required)

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or closely related field

Licenses & Certifications(Preferred)

Therapists are preferred to also hold a professional license or be working towards attaining a professional license(LPC, LISW, LMSW, LMFT, etc.)

Salary range is $47,500-$52,250 Annually(Commensurate with Education, License Level, and Experience)

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