Core Values:

• CULTURAL PROFICIENCY: Articulates and applies historical context of racism and understands the current reality of consumers and communities of color in order to support racial equity. Actively demonstrates a commitment to supporting equity and inclusion, and serves as an advocate with colleagues, partners, and communities to meet the Agency's goal of becoming an Antiracist Culturally Inclusive Organization.
• RACIAL EQUITY ADVOCATE: Recognizes, supports, and engages in dismantling institutional racism. Partners with, and is accountable to stakeholders, including children, families, and communities of color.
• RACIAL EQUITY MINDSET: Demonstrates awareness of biases, internalized racial superiority and oppression. Leads with a racial equity lens and actively uses the racial equity tool in meaningful ways.
• TRANSFORMATIONAL VALUES: Contributes to valuable and positive, antiracist transformation in individuals, organizations, and social systems in an effort to actively progress across the antiracist multicultural institution continuum. Is able to foster a sense of community and shared purpose via collaboration and cooperation with others inside and outside Family Connections. Embodies the principles and practices that form the Agency's culture. Operates from an abundance mentality that recognizes opportunities and is optimistic and realistic about the future.
• Demonstrates cultural competence through an awareness of and sensitivity towards Agency's clients' and coworkers' cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Committed to the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a child and believes in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Works from a strengths-based perspective.
• Recognizes that consumers come first and responds to consumers appropriately.
• Knows and adheres to all FC Policies and Procedures. 

Professionalism:

• Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
• Respects others' professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings. 
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.

Supervision:

• Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
• Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
• Has insight about self (i.e., strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.

Job Location: 

Essex County  

Job Responsibilities:

The Community Connections program consist of four community-based treatment programs, which provide individual and family counseling to families involved with the Department of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) and New Jersey Children's System of Care (CSOC). The responsibilities of the Therapist/Clinician position include the following:

·  Provides quality clinical/treatment in home/community.

·  Posses sound knowledge and judgement in clinical processes including trauma informed approaches to support treatment and recovery from mental health and substance use disorders.

·  Support families that are/were involved with DCP&P and CSOC and provide appropriate interventions.

·  Conduct a comprehensive intake assessment and ongoing follow up to monitor risks.

·  Assist clients in establishing goals and strategies for increasing self-sufficiency and provide appropriate referrals when necessary.

·  Incorporates trauma informed integrated approaches to support treatment and recovery from mental health and substance use disorders.

·  Differentiates between the range of normal development and behaviors and pathological adaptations, and then initiates appropriate interventions.

·  Demonstrates the ability to utilize appropriate interventions in both non-crisis and crisis situations.

·  Uses a range of approaches according to client need (e.g. individual, family therapy or couples, in-home, crisis intervention, (short or long term) and is creative when needed.

·  Advocates, coordinates, and maintains on-going contact with other providers involved in clients' care.

·  Adhere to documentation requirements and attends weekly supervision and team meetings

Qualifications:

• The candidate should be a culturally competent individual who will work in alignment with Family Connections' mission.
• Valid NJ Driver's license
• Master's in Social Work or equivalent master's in human services. Full licensure required either LCSW, LPC or state licensure/certification specific to degree.
• Two years' experience in mental health. Experience with diverse populations in an urban setting, familiarity with the child welfare system, complex trauma, culturally competent and some experience with children and families.

Preferred:

• Bilingual (Spanish/or Haitian Creole)

Professional Characteristics:  The individual is warm, open, empathic, attentive listener, self-aware, ethical, creative, organized, flexible, open to criticism, patient, responsible, able to work independently, mature, self-motivated, dedicated, enthusiastic, willing to take on additional tasks and responsibilities, and interested in seeking additional training and skills.

Work Environment/Physical Demands: The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or more than 50 pounds.

*The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

 Generous Benefits:
Paid time off/12 paid holidays
Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
403b Retirement plan with employer matching
Employer-paid Life insurance/LTD/AD&D
Professional development assistance
35-hour work week
Internal/External Trainings
Referral Program