FCT Clinical Case Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Description of Ministry Position
The Family Centered Treatment (FCT) Clinical Caseworker provides structured, goal oriented and time limited Family Centered Treatment (FCT) in the natural environment to families who need assistance recovering for a variety of issues including but not limited to mental health needs, substance abuse, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect. Our community-based Clinicians focus on the families’ strengths and empower them to make changes that have a lasting impact.  Clinical Caseworkers will receive training and certification in the Family Centered Treatment model. This is an innovative evidenced-based approach which achieves effective outcomes. This position requires a Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services field. This position starts at $42,000 but will increase to $45,000 upon completion of certification and development of caseload. There are also options for bonuses that would bring the compensation potential to $51,000.

Responsibilities of Ministry Position: 

FCT DUTIES:
1. Complete and maintain all relevant FCT training and make consistent progress toward achieving the FCT Provider Certification from the Family Centered Treatment Foundation, including video recorded demonstration of competencies in accordance with the established training contract. Clinical Caseworkers will complete all activities necessary to maintain certification from FCTF including recertification every two years.

2. Provide FCT to families and guide them through the four phases of treatment in a timely manner, including (but not limited to) helping the family develop short and long-term family goals with measurable outcomes.

3. Complete and maintain all program fidelity documents in a timely manner.

4. Provide at a minimum two, multi-hour face-to-face sessions per week with each family system with the exception of titration at discharge. After discharge, clinical caseworker will link families to needed resources and will follow up with families as needed, and as designated by FCT clinical coordinator.

5. Work on a schedule that is flexible and able to meet the needs of each family they serve. This will require meeting in the evenings and on the weekend when necessary to meet client needs.

6. Work as a member of a provider team that meets weekly. Participation in team meetings is mandatory and requires clinical caseworker to serve as facilitator and recorder on a rotating basis. 

7. Participates in weekly case staffings, child/family team meetings, and other meetings as needed with multi-disciplinary teams.

8. Provide thorough documentation including FCT fidelity documentation and progress notes, monthly reports and assessments.

Other Duties As Assigned:

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR: 
All ABCFM employees are held to the highest ethical standard and agree to follow the AACC Code of Ethics, which can be found at - content/uploads/2017/10/AACC -Code-of-Ethics-Master-Document.pdf or a copy can be requested from office admin. This is in addition to the ABCFM Ethical Code of Conduct.

COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY: 
All employees are expected to review and adhere to all agency policies and to ask questions if they are uncertain about a policy.

TRAINING: 
All employees will complete orientation within the first 30 days of employment that includes a review of agency policies as well as specific training related to that employee’s job. Other trainings will be assigned based on the role of the clinical caseworker and the site at which he/she will work. Employees are expected to complete all trainings by the assigned due date.

Ministry Standard 
Serving in this ministry position advances our vision to build healthy childhoods, healthy families, and healthy churches across Arkansas. The heart of this role is to help carry out our shared mission as a team, through a commitment to our core values and operating according to our core competencies.

Commitment to Core Values 

WE ARE MISSION-MINDED| Compelled by our faith we respond with urgency while passionately on mission, not simply being at work.

WE WORK AS A TEAM |United by a shared mission we share responsibility for success and failure, practice accountability, and empower one another to fulfill unique roles.

WE DO MORE WITH LESS| Honored to be trusted as stewards of this ministry we recognize this mission belongs to God. We mindfully operate on faith recognizing our resources have been given out of sacrifice while serving with excellence to expand the reach of this ministry.

Commitment to Core Competencies 

RELATIONSHIP | We welcome team members and those we serve into trusting relationships. 
ENVIRONMENT | We relentlessly promote a safe and nurturing environment in the workplace to achieve felt safety for our team and those we serve. 
FAMILY FOCUSED | We promote family as the most significant place of influence in the lives of staff, volunteers, and our clients. 
EMOTION REGULATION | We practice and teach healthy emotional expression among our teams and with those we serve. 
REDEMPTION | We share the Gospel through speech and action in all aspects of our ministry, including with our team members.

2. Provide FCT to families and guide them through the four phases of treatment in a timely manner, including (but not limited to) helping the family develop short and long-term family goals with measurable outcomes.

3. Complete and maintain all program fidelity documents in a timely manner.

4. Provide at a minimum two, multi-hour face-to-face sessions per week with each family system with the exception of titration at discharge. After discharge, clinical caseworker will link families to needed resources and will follow up with families as needed, and as design

The Caseworker position is expected to provide 40 hours or more per week including evenings and weekends as needed.