Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
Tailor your resume to this Therapist role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against The Jewish Board's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Therapist role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against The Jewish Board's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Therapist posting at The Jewish Board — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Therapist posting at The Jewish Board — free, in seconds.
About the Role
The Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) Therapist in the Preventive Service Department provides the TST model for families with children impacted by trauma, aiming to prevent foster care placement. Services are delivered in the family's home and community, focusing on strengthening family relationships and ensuring child safety within the child welfare system.
Responsibilities
- Provide Child Welfare Preventive Services exclusively or primarily within the client’s home and community.
- Learn and implement the TST model.
- Improve caregiver-child relationship to restore the child’s functioning.
- Integrate case management services with an assigned evidence base model to help families meet basic needs, promote stability, and reduce stress.
- Collaborate and coordinate services with all providers working with the family.
- Identify and evaluate risk.
- Conduct assessments including review of referral information, identify and engage key participants, identify strengths and weaknesses, and collaboratively develop goals.
- Engage caregivers and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
- Adhere to the fidelity of the model, working within its structure regarding treatment length, case contacts, interventions, supervision, and documentation.
- Participate in consultations with the model developer.
- Audio/video record sessions for training and supervision purposes.
- Maintain clear and concise documentation in CNNX case record, including progress notes of treatment efforts and Family Services Assessment Plans.
- Enter data into PROMIS.
- Prepare reports to Probation if required.
- Work a hybrid schedule based on program needs.
- Comfortable with group supervision and commitment to work on professional development goals to improve adherence.
- Work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of families.
- Outreach to generate referrals for program.
- Work with a team to meet client, program, and division needs.
- Perform additional tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- Basic social work knowledge and understanding of stages of change.
- Ability to provide in-home therapy and child welfare services.
- Ability to establish a strong therapeutic relationship with families.
- Understanding of the use of family therapy principles to provide services.
- Understanding of early childhood development and related theories and models of practice.
- Strong assessment skills to evaluate dynamics and interactions within the family.
- Ability to implement strategies to improve family communication and support.
- Experience working in the client’s home.
- Experience working in a Child Welfare, JJI, or Adolescent Focused program.
- Experience and/or knowledge of Evidence-Based Models, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused work.
- Experience working within diverse communities.
- Direct practice with families.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office required.
- Candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot, and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds.
- Comfortable with group supervision and commitment to work on professional development goals to improve adherence.
Skills
- Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) model
- Evidence-Based models
- Case management
- Family therapy
- Early childhood development
- Assessment skills
- Family communication strategies
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused work
- Microsoft Office
- Connections system (preferred)
Location
- New York City
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Flexible schedule
Experience Level
- Experience working in the client’s home
- Experience working in a Child Welfare, JJI, or Adolescent Focused program
- Experience and/or knowledge of Evidence-Based Models, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused work
- Experience of working within diverse communities
- Direct practice with families
Education Level
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy or a related subject area.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
- Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
- Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
- Free continuing education opportunities
- 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
- Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
- 27/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
- Life and disability insurance
About the Company
- The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.
- We serve everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults.
- We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
- We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.