Description:
About Us : The Kovler Center Child Trauma Program (KCCTP) is a Category III Center with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). KCCTP provides direct clinical and case management services to immigrant and refugee youth and families aged 6-21 years old from diverse backgrounds. These services are evidence-based and culturally adapted to the population served. During the period of COVID-19 these services are primarily provided via telehealth, with some services happening in person either in the community, schools, or at the Kovler Center, depending on the needs of the youth and family. This center is focused on providing high quality, culturally and linguistically responsive, trauma-informed clinical services and interventions to best meet the needs of families from over 25 countries who have been impacted by war, forced migration, resettlement, family separation, and/or torture.
Position Summary : The Mental Health Clinical Practitioner at the Kovler Center Child Trauma Program will provide trauma-informed individual and group therapy to best meet the needs of immigrant and refugee youth and families who have been impacted by war, forced migration, resettlement, family separation, and/or torture. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives within the framework outlined below. This position will be 100% FTE. Spanish language proficiency strongly preferred.
This position is governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement for which the employee, as a condition of employment, shall be required to remit dues or fees to the Union for administration of the contract.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides direct high quality, culturally and linguistically responsive, trauma informed clinical services and interventions to best meet the needs of immigrant and refugee youth and families. This includes conducting screening, assessment, trauma-informed individual therapy, and group therapies (social-emotional learning and expressive therapy groups). Clinical services will take place at the Kovler Center, in shelters, in the community, and/or home settings.
- Receives case assignments and establishes and implements client treatment plans to ensure that realistic goals and deadlines are met in conjunction with clinical supervisor. Will write assessment reports and notes and psychological affidavits as needed.
- Develops and engages in professional relationships with social service, health, legal, and other governmental providers and agencies.
- Participates in regular supervision meetings, team meetings, and in-house trainings.
- Provides advocacy, crisis intervention, and social support services and referrals when needed.
- Participates in local and national immigrant and refugee serving coalitions and workgroups.
- May present and train on immigrant and refugee trauma and child trauma across multi-disciplinary settings and with community partners. This also may include outreach for developing referral bases.
Qualifications: A Master’s degree (M.A./M.S.) in social work, psychology, or related human service equivalent, or a Doctoral degree (Ph.D./Psy.D) in psychology; experience and/or training working with youth and families who have experienced complex trauma, preferably with a refugee and immigrant population; Spanish bilingual strongly preferred. Secondary preferred languages include French, Arabic, Dari, Pashto.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those 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 functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
How to apply
To Apply: External US using Application Form 2.4.22
Link to job posting: https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=HEARTLANDALLIANCE&cws=1&rid=8403
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