Family Based Therapist-Bachelor's Level

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg is a great place to work! We are well-established, highly respected, growing, and diverse social services agency serving all members of the Central Pennsylvania area. Our mission is to help all community members meet life's challenges and our staff is as diverse and inclusive as our programs. We are a forward-thinking mental health and social service agency dedicated to helping people achieve their full potential and we believe in building a healthy, supportive workplace, where everyone looks forward to coming to work and knows that they are making a difference!

Position Overview:

• Providing intensive home-based family therapy to children, adolescents, and their families in an ethical and culturally competent manner. Clients are children/adolescents who are at risk of out-of-home placement (such as in-patient hospitalization, residential treatment, or foster care) due to emotional/behavioral struggles.
• Utilizing an Eco-systemic structural family therapy (ESFT) model which engages the entire family in the treatment process as well as integrative approaches.
• Attending ESFT trainings with eligibility for certification in ESFT (after 3 years)
• Responsible for keeping in contact with collaterals, providing case management, and providing community linkage.
• Providing crisis management and family support services
• Attending and participating in weekly team and group supervisions
• Completing and/or uploading all required paperwork in an accurate and timely manner per assigned standards
• Must be able to work within a team and collaborate with others.
• Flexible schedule to meet the needs of the family and does require frequent evenings.
• Therapist must be willing to be on-call for emergency crisis situations on a rotating basis.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• Travel to all geographic areas of Dauphin County is required.
• Ability to work in family homes, community and via telehealth

• Bachelor’s degree in counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Theology, or a related mental health service field; OR bachelor’s degree with 2 years’ experience working within the CASSP system program.
• Three clearances (Pennsylvania Childline Clearance, PA State Police Clearance, and FBI Background Check)
• Training in Mandated Child Abuse Reporting
• Candidates currently in master’s programs for counseling, social work, psychology, sociology, criminal justice, theology, or a related mental health service field are encouraged to apply.

Company Culture as:

• Client-centered and trauma informed.
• Team oriented- cooperative, and collaborative.
• Fun, positive and upbeat.
• Detail-oriented- quality and precision focused.
• Outcome oriented- results focused with powerful performance culture.

Employee Benefits :

• Sign on bonus- $2,000 ($500 after 1 month, $1,500 after successful completion of probationary period)
• Employee Health Insurance, Dental Insurance and Vision options including an HSA plan. Family coverage options available at full cost.
• PTO-24 hours within the first 90 days of employment, an additional 104 hours after day 91
• Federal and Jewish holidays off
• Membership for you and your family to the Symons Family Fitness Center
• Agency paid Life Insurance and LTD
• Opportunity to participate in Short Term Disability, and Voluntary Life coverage
• Opportunity to participate in a 403(b) plan with Lincoln Financial
• Mileage reimbursement at current IRS rate, if applicable

JFS is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.