Community Partnerships Initiative - Philadelphia, United States - Council for Relationships Inc

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Job Description

The Community Partnerships Initiative helps individuals and families heal from trauma, improve mental and emotional wellbeing, and re-establish healthy relationships through collaborative partnerships. We eliminate barriers to receiving mental health care by offering on-site, no-cost therapeutic services that are responsive to client and agency needs throughout the greater Philadelphia area. We have partnered with Project HOME's Rowan Homes Judson since 2006, and launched the embedded therapist position in 2018.

Project HOME's supportive housing program at Rowan Homes Judson is a clean-and-sober, permanent supportive housing residence for families providing 16 two-bedroom apartments and 15 three-bedroom apartments for families with two to six people. Residents are offered service coordination, personal recovery services, health care, education, social enterprise, employment opportunities and school coordination for children. CFR offers on-site individual, family and group counseling. With permanent supportive housing, residents' length of stay is extensive, enabling the development of trust and growth in the therapeutic relationship.

The families at Rowan Homes Judson often experience complex challenges including: intimate partner violence, trauma, adult impact of adverse childhood experiences, family relationship conflict, chronic medical/behavioral health issues, and children's emotional and behavioral issues. Families are identified for therapy based on expressed need, assessed need from Project HOME staff, and readiness/ability to engage in therapy.

RESPONSIBILITIES of the EMBEDDED THERAPIST:

• Meet with referred families to develop a systemically-focused, relational assessment and treatment plan.
• Conduct 7-8 individual or family therapy sessions per week.
• Conduct outreach to engage clients in care.
• Co-facilitate and supervise CFR interns in delivering a therapeutic play group to children of residents, engaging the larger family monthly.
• Design, facilitate and supervise interns in delivering therapy groups for adult residents.
• Complete clinical documentation in Valant.
• Meet with Project HOME staff regularly for treatment coordination
• Review monthly service data and progress toward goals at CPI meetings.
• Ensure timely and accurate collection of evaluation measures.
• Prepare quarterly reports as directed for Project HOME and CFR.
• Participate in quarterly meetings with Project HOME/CPI team.
• Participate in weekly CPI team meetings and supervision with the Director of the CPI.

Qualifications: MFT, MSW or related counseling field. License-eligible.

Professional Qualities: Works independently, takes initiative, fosters relationships with agency staff and clients, attentive to detail, able to supervise and support interns placed at CPI sites, timely in connecting with agencies, clients and students, passionate about social justice and helping marginalized clients, experienced in systemic therapy, trauma and multi-problem family therapy, demonstrating multiculturally competent therapy skills.

Requirements: Must be a staff clinician of CFR and committed to meeting all requirements of that role. Available to participate in weekly CPI meetings. Able to travel to partner sites. Flexibility in scheduling meetings with agency staff and students.

Commitment: 15 hrs/wk on-site at 1901 N. Judson St.

You are an employee of CFR and your clients at Project HOME are clients of CFR.