Child & Family Therapist

This is a full time, salary, exempt position that works Monday through Friday; schedule varies; weekend available and on-call.

The Child and Family Therapist provides in-depth clinical assessment and treatment of children and families. The Child and Family Therapist conducts individual, group, and family therapy sessions, monitors progress on treatment plan goals, and provides general oversight of the implementation of the treatment plan goals.

Do you believe that every child deserves a healthy, happy, nurturing environment in which to grow? Are you an individual who desires to dedicate your career to enriching the lives of children and families? If so, we look forward to you joining Residing Hope (formerly the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home) where you can make a positive difference to children and families in need.

How We Help Children in Need

At Residing Hope, we believe that children and families should be empowered to experience the transforming love of Christ through evidence-based care and holistic services. This is reflected in our work as we care for children in crisis, including those abused, abandoned or neglected.

We give love, hope, and a place to live to more than 500 children through group homes, foster care, an independent living program, and specialized therapy.

Why Residing Hope?

• Competitive insurance plans, including health, dental, vision, life insurances, and more
• Work life balance, including flexible scheduling, generous paid time off plans and ten paid holidays per year
• Retirement benefits with up to a 5% contribution match
• Educational tuition reimbursement and certification incentives
• Incredible training opportunities
• Discounted tuition rates to our onsite Montessori school

What you need:

• Master’s Degree in Human Services or related field and two years’ experience in social work, counseling or related areas preferred; or any combination of training, education and experience which would provide the required knowledge, abilities and skills to successfully perform in this role.
• Active Florida LCSW, LMHC or LMFT or license eligible and pursuing completion of licensure, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with children with history of complex trauma, mental health, and behavioral disorders.
• Be familiar with DSM5, ICD10 assessment and diagnosis.
• Certification as CFARS assessor, preferred.
• Ability to maintain sensitivity to our target population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Does psychosocial assessment upon assignment of case.
• Provides treatment planning and oversight for the behavioral health programming associated with implementing those treatment plans on assigned caseload.
• Provides individual, group, and family therapy to the youth and their families.
• Maintains case records for all youth in your care.
• Completes discharge summary at youth’s discharge from their program.
• Administers the youth’s Functional Assessment Rating Scale (Florida Version) on all children in assigned caseload and other applicable assessments deemed necessary.
• Attends psychiatric appointments for the youth as needed.
• Attend court hearings, judicial reviews, or other legal meetings as necessary or required.
• Participates in guardian Ad Litem and or case manager meetings/staffings as needed.
• Arranges home visits for the youth.
• Works as the liaison between Residing Hope and each youth’s family.
• Coordinates community resources as needed by individual residents.
• Facilitates treatment plan review/changeover meetings.
• Is responsive to staff and residents when there is a need for crisis counseling.
• Meets regularly and as needed with direct reports to adequately lead the planning, implementing and evaluating of the services, systems and structure in the assigned cottage program.
• Remains current and fluent regarding agency personnel policies and practices and manages within these policies.
• Also serves as an on-call clinician for assigned residents.
• Attends clinical supervision with direct supervisor.
• Attends Clinical Department meetings for supervisory development sessions.
• Ensures staff participation in team decisions.
• Perform all other job duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Travel

This position may spend up to 5% for case meetings, court appointments, and various training opportunities in Florida.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Residing Hope is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other categories protected by law are not factors in employment, promotion, compensation or working conditions.

House Bill 531 (2025) Requires that we provide the following link that we screen all applicants through the Clearinghouse https://info.flclearinghouse.com

As part of our commitment to safety and child protection, Residing Hope requires all candidates for positions with access to children and teens to complete the Diana Screen®. The Diana Screen is a scientifically validated online sexual risk screen designed to help identify individuals who may not recognize appropriate sexual boundaries between adults and children. It is not a test of intelligence, but a tool to measure attitudes and potential risk.