Functional Family Therapist

About the role

Cayuga Centers uses the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model under the direction of the Assistant Director of Functional Family Therapy. The therapist provides weekly one‑hour, home‑based family therapy sessions to families with adolescents aged 11‑18, carries a caseload of 10‑12 families for 12‑16 weeks, and maintains flexibility to meet families when they are available, including on‑call duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly one‑hour, home‑based Functional Family Therapy sessions to families.
• Utilize the FFT model with families who have adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18.
• Carry a caseload of 10‑12 families, delivering services over 12‑16 weeks.
• Offer flexibility in hours to meet families when they are available, including occasional crisis response at any hour.
• Perform home‑based FFT sessions and, when needed, sessions in the facility.
• Compile and maintain all necessary records and assist administrative staff in collecting outcome data.
• Participate in all FFT training, supervision, and consultation activities.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts for peer and supervisory review and to demonstrate compliance.
• Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor and program/agency leadership.

Requirements

• License and/or Limited Permit preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling.
• Experience in strength‑based family and children’s services.
• Experience working with children and families in a community‑based or in‑home setting.

Skills

• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Knowledge, skills, and attitude to appreciate and encourage diversity and understand cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning.
• Knowledge and experience formulating clinical diagnoses and/or impressions.
• Ability to engage families who may have been unsuccessful in clinic settings.
• Ability to work flexible hours routinely to meet families’ availability and occasionally respond to crises at any hour of any day.

Schedule

Exempt position with a flexible, variable schedule averaging 40 hours per week; on‑call duties as assigned.