Family Counselor

About the role

The Family Counselor will develop the program for mental health therapy, providing compassionate, ethical, and culturally competent mental health services to children and their families.

Responsibilities

• Hold Individual/Group therapy sessions for clients/families.
• Implement Adverse Childhood Experience’s (ACE’s) screeners to put into programs by determining a process for all services within the agency (with director approval).
• Gather assessments/administer assessments when needed.
• Works in conjunction with Play IMUA with referrals/assessments/services.
• Create and maintain tracking system/folders/filing.
• Provides direct and consultative therapeutic services to children enrolled in IMUA programs according to policies and procedures and individual plans.
• Create and implement developmentally appropriate treatment plans.
• Engage in evidence-based, developmentally appropriate counseling interventions to address individual needs of the child as well as needs of the family.
• Provide support to caregivers to enhance the child’s care (e.g., psychoeducation, family therapy, additional resources).
• Completes clinical documentation including intake and consent forms, diagnostic assessments, individualized treatment plans, session notes, and discharge documentation.
• Collaborate with other professionals to provide continuity of care.
• Provide referrals to outside resources/additional services as needed.
• Consults with other therapists/mental health professionals, as appropriate, to discuss caseload management, interventions, and receive support from other professionals.
• Counsels and coaches family members with respect to the results of the evaluation and makes appropriate recommendations and referrals.
• Provides services for the habilitation in social, emotional, motor, adaptive, physical, behavioral and cognitive domains and developmental concerns associated with the domains.
• Participates actively in meetings with other team members, including families and other medical or professional services in order to develop an individualized plan for assigned clients that meet clients'; and their families'; needs, interest and abilities.
• Provides family-centered direct, multi and transdisciplinary and consultative therapeutic services to children enrolled in IMUA programs according to policies and procedures and individual plans in order to prevent or minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability.
• Provides direct and consultative services with specific regard to any necessary adaptation of the environment and selection, design and fabrication of assistive technology to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills.
• Provides consistent and timely feedback regarding the progress and status of clients to other members of the team, including families.
• Provides various outpatient mental health services with the goal of client recovery.
• Conduct intakes and monitor individual, group, and family therapies.
• Develop service plans and conduct reviews as needed throughout the duration of treatment.
• Provide mental health assessments, counseling, referrals, and intervention services.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in the behavioral sciences (Social work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, Clinical Psychology) required.
• Current Hawaii License in Good Standing or on track to pursue licensure in the state of Hawaii (LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, or LP) (responsible for maintaining own licensure).
• At least 2 years Work Experience with Families and Children as licensed mental health professional preferred.
• Complete clinical training. Earn a degree from programs that are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.