Community Family Interventionalist - Children's Home of Reading Youth & Family Services
Reading, PA 19601
About the Job
The Children’s Home of Reading Youth & Family Services is seeking a Full-Time FAMILY THERAPIST to provide quality family services as part of the community-based service team.
Responsibilities:
- Effective use of verbal and non-verbal communication skills with adolescents/families.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective and relationships with adolescents/families.
- Therapeutic crisis prevention and intervention; First Aid and CPR; infectious disease control policies and procedures; emergency fire procedures/evacuation; Emergency medical procedures; Child Protective Services Law; Child abuse recognition and staff responsibility; Vehicle safety.
- Maintains confidentiality of each client and their family and provides services to clients and families as assigned.
- Provides individual, goal-oriented service for clients as determined by the team.
- Attends all internal and external meetings as assigned.
- Provides structured groups for adolescents/families in coordination with the interventionists.
- Completes all required documentation including service plans/reviews and discharge summaries.
- As part of a team, engages in preventative crisis intervention techniques and intervenes in crisis situations, using only the methods/techniques that are approved and taught by The Children’s Home of Reading.
- Does not befriend a child to the disregard of the professional role and maintains appropriate working boundaries.
- Supports goals and objectives for each client.
- Uses time in a constructive and positive manner (i.e. review files, training materials, 1:1 time with children, etc.)
- Performs on-call responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree (required) in social work, psychology, counseling or other related field.
- One (1) to three (3) years’ experience working with youth in a Human Service field.
- At least three (3) written references that demonstrate past educational and/or employment experience.
- Successful completion of core development orientation program.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Valid PA driver’s license (of ability to obtain such license), and good driving record, with proof of auto insurance coverage.
- PA Act 33/34 and 151 clearances.
- Pre-employment physical from a licensed physician (after conditional job offer) verifying person has no communicable diseases or physical conditions that might endanger the health and safety of children or prevent the person from performing essential job functions.
Who We Are: The Children's Home of Reading Youth & Family Services (CHOR YFS) an affiliate of Apis Services Inc., is expanding its programs to offer treatment-oriented care rather than custodial care. Today our programs allow us to meet the critical behavioral and mental health needs of over 650 children and families every year! Visit BuildingKidsLives.org to learn more about our programs and who we serve.
Who is Apis Services Inc: Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterments.
Apis Services, Inc and affiliate’s provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment.
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.
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Source : Children's Home of Reading Youth & Family Services
