Clinician, Positive Youth Program

As a Clinician in the Positive Youth Progression program, you will maintain a caseload of eight to ten youth and meet with each weekly. Positive Youth Progression provides six to nine months of home and community-based prevention services to youth who are at risk of being removed from their homes. The goals of the program are to prevent out-of-home placement for troubled youth and to avoid the juvenile justice system. You will report to the Program Coordinator and you will work with a partner (Clinical Case Manager) in a combination of on-site and remote with travel to client's homes is required.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessment to identify the strengths and needs of the youth, caregiver and family.
• Develop treatment plans for the youth and families to help identify and meet their goals.
• Provide home and community-based clinical treatment coupled with supportive and skill based wrap around casework interventions based on assessment, planning and treatment with youth and their families
• A trauma-informed approach to service delivery and working with the clinical case manager to conduct family sessions
• Communicate with the youth’s family to monitor progress and support the family’s effort to keep the youth safe
• Ensure provisions of regular treatment plan meetings and services plan reviews to assess on going progress and identify any needed modification to treatment planning
• Coordinate services with service providers and collaterals involved with the youth and their family
• Complete paperwork within agency, count, and state guidelines.
• You will work Monday-Friday with flexible schedule that includes evenings and a rotating on-call schedule.

Your Experience and Qualification:

• Masters degree in social work, mental health counseling, or equivalent from an accredited graduate school program
• 0-2 years post-masters experience
• Experience working with at-risk youth and their families preferred
• Home and community based experience is a plus

Benefits

• Health care package: medical, dental, and vision
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Holiday Pay
• 401 (K) plan
• Life Insurance
• Loan repayment assistance
• Free training/CEU opportunities

About Northern Rivers

At Northern Rivers Family of Services, we work together to make a difference in our client's lives. Northern Rivers empowers children, adults, and families to change their lives and build stronger communities.

Northern Rivers Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds, not because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger! All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We cherish the unique contributions of our diverse staff and are building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do the meaningful work.