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Mental Health Clinician

Corporation:                      Family & Children's Center, Inc.
Affiliate:                              Healthy Families
Status:                                  Part-Time; Non-Exempt
Compensation:                 $42.50 per hour
Location:                            South Bend, Indiana
Working Hours:                20 Hour/Week including evenings and occasional weekends
Immediate Supervisor:   Healthy Families Program Manager

JOB OBJECTIVE:

To provide Mental Health Consultation and Training services to Family & Children’s Center staff.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Review all newly enrolled MIECHV funded families
  • Identify families who would benefit from mental health consultation
  • Conduct monthly review of each identified family; Develop appropriate intervention plan
  • Work with supervisors and home visitor staff to identify priority of families, assessing highest perceived risk
  • Accompany Family Support Specialist on home visits, as needed
  • Identify/Monitor trends related to mental health concerns; Report concerns
  •  Respond to training requests from home visitors, supervisors, and Program Manager
  • Conduct training, minimally bi-monthly, to address overall trends and concerns related to mental health concerns
  • Provide monthly reflective supervision, minimally 1 hour, with each home visitor serving MIECHV funded families
  • Provide documentation of all home visitor consultations in appropriate supervision records
  • Provide service documentation to Program Manager and Department of Child Services (DCS)
  • Participate in the evaluation of mental health consultation services, as requested
  • Enter appropriate documentation in statewide data system (FamilyWise)
  • Seek and maintain Endorsement from the Indiana Association for Infant and Toddler Mental Health

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES:
  • Provide consultation to Healthy Families program staff and Family & Children’s Center staff.
  • Attend staff meetings, individual and group supervision, community meetings, etc. as pertinent and required.
  • Attend all required Healthy Families Indiana meetings and trainings.
  • Other duties as assigned by Healthy Families Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Master’s or Doctorate degree I Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family, or related Human Service field required.

Experience: Minimum 3-5 years experience in Mental Health arena is preferred.
  • Experience working with or providing services to children and family member participants;
  • Experience with family/participant services that embrace the concepts of family-centered and strength-based service provision
  • Experience in providing services to culturally diverse communities/families/participants
  • Knowledge of maternal-infant mental health and concepts of child abuse and neglect
  • Experience in developing and conducting trainings

Licensure:  Current license required, Issued by Indiana Behavioral Health & Human Services Licensing Board,
                         Clinical Social Worker, (LCSW),  Marriage & Family Therapist, (LMFT), or Mental Health Counselor, (LMHC).

Abilities:
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Ability to build rapport quickly and easily, and establish mutually-respectful relationships with Family & Children’s Center staff.
  • Ability and willingness to engage a diverse workforce.
  • Bilingual abilities are a plus.

Skills:
  • Crisis intervention skills and sound professional judgment
  • Assessment, evaluation, identification, and service documentation skills
  • Effective group facilitation skills, particularly in training settings
  • Solid written skills, particularly in documentation and reporting areas; timeliness with deadlines
  • Basic computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, with emphasis on Excel and database management.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Pursue professional growth through workshops, classes, reading, and in-service trainings.
  • Demonstrate enthusiasm, initiative, creativity, and flexibility.
  • Maintain boundaries and good working relationships with staff.
  • Abide by strict code of confidentiality according to legal and professional standards.
  • Maintain high degree of sensitivity and responsiveness to client and staff needs.
  • Carry out agency goals and policies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed primarily in an office environment.; willingness to accompany staff on home visits as needed.

To apply:

Please e-mail your cover letter and resume to: 
Elizabeth Waletzko
[email protected] 
5749689660
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