Child First Clinician I

About the role

The Child First Clinician I provides intensive, home-based intervention with children, prenatal through age five, and their caregivers. The position involves assessing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral difficulties in young children and families.

Responsibilities

• Assess, evaluate, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral difficulties in young children and families based on clinical standards of practice.
• Formulate treatment plans and treatment plan reviews based on assessments.
• Engages actively in all aspects of the Child First learning collaborative including in-person or live remote training, distance learning curriculum, specialty training, and clinical conferences.
• Collaborates with relevant providers and community partners to support treatment and strengthen the program’s community presence.
• Respond to client crises during work hours and on-call to support family stabilization.
• Maintains up-to-date case records on each client family, including weekly contact reports, service agreements, evaluations, treatment plans, and termination summaries, as well as timely data entry to meet funder requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum Education and Experience: Master's degree (M.A., M.F.T., M.S.W.), one year of clinical experience.
• Minimum Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must hold a CT state LMSW, LPCA or LMFTAA valid driver’s license and state mandated levels of auto liability insurance required. Enrollment in CPP training within the soonest available cohort.
• Eligibility for CPR/First Aid Certification.
• Access to transportation for 75% travel to New London, Windham, and Middlesex counties (DCF Region 3).
• Ability to work two late nights per week and possibly weekends.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Suite and ability to learn new technological platforms.
• Experience with EHR preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-awareness and critical thinking skills.

Why UCFS?

Our team is passionate about the services we provide and is committed to making a difference for our clients and community. At UCFS, a Federally Qualified Health Center, we specialize in integrated care which means having access to essential services to meet the complex needs of those we serve. We work collaboratively across programs at our agency to remove barriers and streamline access to services including behavioral health services, primary care, dental, case management and more.

Skills

UCFS is looking for a clinician who is committed to improving the health and well-being of our community. If you are committed to improving the health and well-being of our community, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Benefits

UCFS is an employment at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, and genetic information or disability, as defined and required by applicable state and federal laws. Additionally, UCFS prohibits retaliation against an applicant or employee because they have engaged in protected activity under the statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.

Pay

$57,000 - 58,000 / year