Behavioral Support and Crisis Intervention Specialist - LTFC - Bilingual Preferred

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Behavioral Support & Crisis Intervention Specialist assists program staff in providing stabilization of UCs, teaching social skills, and working with UCs on existing behavioral concerns in collaboration with the therapist. This position participates in the UC's case and case progress and shares updates and recommendations with care provider staff to ensure a holistic treatment plan.

This position requires maintaining a flexible, organized, and efficient work schedule and being subject to work extended hours and weekends.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Meet standards of practice: Familiarity with social work practice, human development, child welfare system, and family systems, including appropriate local, state, and federal regulations.

• Apply therapeutic services: Familiarity with assessment, care planning, facilitation, coordination, and advocating for supports on behalf of and in collaboration with an individual.

• Apply crisis intervention: Experience with crisis management, problem solving, and mediation best practices.

• Legal requirements: Familiarity with the legal system as it applies to child welfare.

• Deliver services within diverse cultural communities: Skills and sensitivity in working with youth and families from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds with a variety of challenges.

• Communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields: Ability to communicate professionally and cooperate with members of the other professions involved with the youth.

EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES

• Provide intensive, strengths-based, one-on-one support to clients in collaboration with the therapist and reflective of the youth's mental health treatment plan.

• Establish relationships with youth, foster families, biological families, case managers, and other providers in order to deliver comprehensive services.

• Customize behavioral and safety plans for individual clients.

• Provide interventions for foster parents and care provider staff.

• Provide feedback to clients, foster parents, and care support staff on behavior plan.

• Identify skills, support, and resources that could be used to enhance youth's wellness, including internal and in the community.

• Assist in the education and supervision of those in group sessions and activities as needed.

• Maintain ongoing client documentation as required including progress notes, treatment planning, and assessments.

• Transport and accompany youth to appointments as assigned.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology or other related field.

• Minimum two (2) years' experience working with children and/or adolescents.

• Experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations preferred.

• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred.