Therapist - Phoenix

Job Description

Job Description

Child & Family Support Services (CFSS) is accepting applications for Full-time Therapist in Maricopa County.

Therapist will provide comprehensive care to address the presenting behavioral health needs. We specialize in partnering with families to build effective relationships and to inspire hope for a positive future. This position involves working directly with children and families.

Therapist Job Responsibilities:

• Provide counseling to children and families who are experiencing a range of stressors and traumatic events. Counseling approaches are strength based and family centered. Provide psychoeducation to caregivers and system stakeholders to promote an understanding of trauma and its impact on behavior.

• Collaborating with family, team members to create recommendations for clinical services and strategies and approaches within a child's circle of relationships and life domains to support their development and promote resilience. Provide clinical recommendations to caregivers that can deploy to support a healing environment.

• Facilitating clinical meetings (establishing an agenda, setting and maintaining a strength based meeting environment, staying within timeframes, giving all team participants the opportunity to contribute, holding people accountable for their commitments and the ability to assist a team in developing a consensus) for children and families. 

• Interacting professionally with other stakeholders Division of Child Safety (DCS), Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), juvenile probation, Direct Service Providers (DSP), etc.) 

• Performing other duties related to the position

Therapist Education/Experience Needed:

• High school diploma or GED 

• Must be BHT with two years of related behavioral health work experience and a related Master's degree. Master's degree/Licensure preferred.
  

Therapist Requirements:

• Must be 21 years or older

• Valid Arizona Driver's License with an acceptable 39 month driving record 

• Reliable transportation, including proof of Insurance

• Candidates are required to submit a negative drug test

• Obtain an Arizona DPS Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card

• Complete Adult, Child, and Infant CPR and First Aid training
  

Compensation: DOE

We offer a full benefits package to all full-time employees, including:

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life and disability insurance

• 401(k) contribution match

• Paid time off and sick time

• Paid holidays

• Mileage reimbursement
  

Child & Family Support Services was founded in 2003 with the idea that the best environment for children and young adults is with their families and in their own communities. We have committed ourselves to developing in-home and community support that is unique and individualized. We specialize in partnering with families to build effective relationships and to inspire hope for a positive future..

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Job Type: Full or Part-time

*** Relevant experience may include jobs and positions like:

• Behavioral Coach

• Behavioral Health Technician

• Case Aide

• CFT Facilitator

• Community-based Specialist

• Family Support Worker

• Group Home Staff

• In-home Support

• Life Coach

• Youth Mentor

• Family Therapist

• Trauma Therapist