Family Advocacy Treatment Manager/LCSW

About the role

The Family Advocacy Treatment Manager (FATM) will assess families referred for suspected maltreatment and treat individuals, families, and groups whose maltreatment allegations meet the criteria for maltreatment. They will work with the New Parent Support Program to provide prevention services and counseling to individuals, families, or groups at risk for maltreatment. The FATM will promote community initiatives to reduce maltreatment risk factors and foster community resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Assessing families referred for suspected maltreatment and treating individuals, families, and groups whose maltreatment allegations meet the criteria for maltreatment.
• Working with the New Parent Support Program to provide voluntary, and comprehensive prevention services (primarily home-based) to families to prevent the occurrence of family maltreatment.
• Providing voluntary prevention counseling to individuals, families or groups who are at risk for maltreatment.
• Promoting community initiatives to reduce maltreatment risk factors and fostering community resiliency.
• Acting as the primary treatment provider for assigned maltreatment cases, coordinating services for families, and monitoring client participation and progress utilizing the modalities of social casework, psychotherapy, and psycho-educational intervention.
• Assessing for safety on an ongoing basis and continuously assisting family members with safety planning.
• Cooking with prevention staff regarding referrals to educational services as part of the intervention plan.
• Conducting psychosocial assessments and assisting with safety planning.
• Cooking with prevention staff regarding referrals to educational services.

Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) from any state.
• Master's Degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited school.
• Two (2) years of full-time post-master’s degree experience (within the last three (3) years) in professional clinical counseling service programs to men, women, and children who are abusive or abused.
• Two (2) years’ experience working with children, families, and groups in clinical or community organization settings; or as program manager, with demonstrated responsibilities in program planning with the implementation of education and intervention services, and community collaboration.
• Experience working with professionals and agencies that provide community support and counseling intervention services to children and families.
• Must also have experience as a group therapy facilitator or co-leader.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Willingness to comply with the government vaccination requirements, reflected of CDC guidelines, for diseases including Hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, influenza, and proof of a negative TB skin test.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree from a CSWE accredited school.