Youth and Family Therapist

SAFY of Indiana is seeking a licensed therapist who is motivated to support children who have experienced or are recovering from trauma within our Intensive Foster Care and Respite Services (Intensive Foster Care Services). SAFY makes a difference in children’s lives by utilizing a team approach to services and by training our clinical team members in unique modalities such as Trust Based Relational Interventions and Dr.

Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapy. The SAFY work culture is flexible, supportive, and inclusive. Our employees are rewarded with quarterly performance incentives and opportunities for growth. Join our team and make an impact in a young person’s life.

$5,000 SIGN ON BONUS

At SAFY, our mission is Preserving Families & Securing Futures. For 40 years, our work has rested on a single, radical idea – children belong in families. We believe that every child and family deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. We are a team of 500 employees across seven states providing services such as Family Preservation & Reunification, Behavioral Health, Therapeutic Foster Care, Adoption Services and Older Youth Services so the families and children we serve can build resilience and thrive.

Clinical:

• Travel to provide a range of moderately complex clinical services with children, adolescents, and adults. This will include diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and individual, family and group therapy according to program specifics. Services may be provided in-home, or community based services.
• Administer, score, and interpret moderate level psychometric assessment instruments.
• Participate in the development of a Program’s documented treatment/service plans and provide identified behavioral services to meet the need of the clientele and/or program specifics.
• Provide short-term crisis intervention as needed/identified. Will follow intensive, evidence based service models based on Family Wellness and other Trauma Informed approaches. Services are provided at the level of frequency, intensity and duration appropriate to program/ service design with a focus toward preventing out of home placement, achieve reunification, or meet the treatment goals as defined. Services provided are tailored to each client’s needs, problems, strengths, life style and culture.
• Develop/Maintain consultative and liaison relationships with catchments area caregivers (e.g., families, schools, human services agencies, & external case managers etc.) in order to cultivate work relations, provide consultative services and/or promote the coordination and development of mental health services. Establish mutually respectful rapport and implement interventions necessary to meet needs of client/collaterals; appropriately set limits and maintain helping role as a Mental Health practitioner.
• Complete assessments as required by state rules, agency policies, and/or contract requirements. Assessments may include psychosocial assessments, Diagnostic Assessment Forms, and independent living skills assessments.
• Prepare all required clinical documentation per established time frames involving all appropriate parties as required by policy and regulations of the state/ program/ contract/ SAFY policy and COA standards.
• Administer and/or interpret moderate level psychometric assessment tools.
• Provide individual, group and family therapy.
• Develop / assist in development of crisis, safety and behavioral management plans to promote successful clinical interventions with foster youth.

Compliance/Reporting:

• Timely document outcome of home/office visits, support sessions, interaction with parties involved in the client’s care and incidents as required by policy, regulations and contract requirements. Prepare and submit timely all required company, RFP, program, referral agency and regulatory reports, progress notes, and billing tickets. Compile profile using pre and post assessment tools for outcome measures.
• Report clientele caseload according to requirement to support personnel as identified by program (ex: Office Manager, Medicaid specialist, finance personnel).
• Maintain contact with referral agency…