Child First Clinician II

About the role

The Child First Clinician II 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. Responsibilities include collaborating with relevant providers and community partners, responding to client crises, maintaining case records, and engaging in the Child First learning collaborative.

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.) with three years of clinical experience.
• Minimum Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must hold a CT state LPC, LMFT, LCSW. 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.

Qualifications

UCFS is strongly committed to a workplace environment that respects, appreciates and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting an enriching work culture, UCFS will continue to better serve our communities and provide quality patient, client, and resident care and services.

Skills

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

$64,000 - 67,000 / year