Want to make an impact? Change lives?

At Junior Blind our mission is helping children, youth and adults reach their greatest potential. Our personalized programs deliver the experiences and opportunities necessary for our clients to reach their maximum potential, allowing them to achieve their hopes and dreams. We are dedicated to achieving quality results and share a commitment to excellence. If you share these values, are passionate about helping people in need and want to join a dedicated team, we have an excellent opportunity waiting for you!

The primary purpose of this position is to provide direct clinical and case management services to children in treatment, and their families; to provide clinical direction to the treatment team.

Position Essential Functions:

1. Participate in intake process as defined by the clinical supervisor.
2. Obtain and complete necessary clinical records/documents within assigned time frames.
3. Provide intensive clinical case management, crisis intervention, therapy, to assigned children and families. Work with various modalities including individual, group and family therapy.
4. Follows all procedures and protocols related to EPSDT service delivery and documentation.
5. Assess psychotherapeutic and case management needs of children and families and develop a treatment plan agreed on by the parent(s), placement agency and treatment team.
6. Provide crisis intervention to children and families in collaboration with the treatment team.
7. Develop agreed upon discharge plan and assess continuing care needs in collaboration with the clinical supervisor, parent(s), placement agency, and treatment team.
8. Ensure culturally sensitive and relevant treatment plans.
9. Provide consultation to milieu team and education staff as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work or Psychology
• Current professional license or BBS intern registration toward attaining license.
• Experience working with the LGBTQI population desired

• Two+ years’ mental health experience with experience in providing direct clinical services to children with severe emotional/learning problems and their families preferred
• Must have knowledge or experience with DMH paperwork.
• Willingness and ability to make frequent field visits, attend meetings, conferences and other job related events away from headquarters. If driving a personal vehicle, must be insurable by our agency’s automobile insurance carrier.
• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, life Insurance, long-term disability, long-term care, generous Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays, a 401(k) Retirement Plan and much more!

Junior Blind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We support a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment background and drug screenings.

Visit us online at: www.juniorblind.org