Family Functional Therapy; FFT ATLAS Therapist

Family Functional Therapy (FFT)
ATLAS Therapist

Living Redemption Community Development Corporation (LRCDC) is an independent Harlem-based nonprofit, dba Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub (LRYOH). Founded in 2019, LRCDC exists to catalyze Central, West, and East Harlem’s homegrown “Credible Messengers,” who are part of the broader Credible Messenger and Transformative Mentoring Movement. With a mission to Save Lives and Heal Communities One Relationship at a Time, LRCDC provides Credible Messenger–led mentoring, community outreach, and a holistic continuum of programs and wraparound supports for Harlem’s most vulnerable youth and families and select communities across New York City.

POSITION

Living Redemption Community Development Corporation is hiring staff for a community-based violence prevention program that aims to reduce violent recidivism through intensive and voluntary therapeutic services. This program is part of the Atlas initiative and uses the evidence-based Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model to engage young people and their families in holistic anti-violence services.

Atlas works to prevent violence by meeting people during a crisis, like a recent arrest or open court case and connecting them to a change process that nurtures hope and strengthens relationships. In collaboration with Atlas, Living Redemption Community Development Corporation is offering FFT to young people at elevated risk for violence in the community, victimization, or a re-arrest. FFT is an evidence-based intervention for youth and families.

This high-quality, strength-focused family counseling model is designed for high-risk youth and young adults who have been referred by the criminal court, juvenile justice, mental health, school, or child welfare systems. Services are short-term and typically offered in the home, though services can be offered in the office or other community settings.

Living Redemption Community Development Corporation is seeking one (1) Therapist for its Atlas Functional Family Therapy (FFT) team. This position reports to the Atlas Program Director. The FFT Therapists are primarily responsible for delivering the services of FFT to youth, young adults and families while maintaining the FFT model with high fidelity in a manner consistent with the highest professional standards, adhering to protocols in place.

PREFERRED CORE COMPETENCIES

• Ability to engage clients.
• Willingness and ability to be strengths-focused.
• Ability to shift from a problem focus to understanding the processes that guide behavior. Willingness to advocate for youth and family, belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Ability to manage stress and self-care.
• Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and company systems.
• Ability to maintain a high level of self-awareness.
• Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate without patronizing.
• Willingness to commit to empowering families to solve their problems.
• Ability and willingness to work with families in their own homes.
• Willingness to be flexible to work with the families when they are available to meet.
• Possess excellent clinical, communication, documentation and organizational skills.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry a caseload as assigned.
• Provide home-based
  * Functional Family Therapy to adults and their families, adhering to model fidelity requirements (
  * as post-pandemic working conditions allow).
• Actively participate as part of a therapy team, including attending weekly team and individual supervision meetings.
• Assist families by actively referring them to appropriate services and supports, and with both clinical and concrete services.
• Make case progress notes as required by FFT and regularly report to external stakeholders.
• Participate in all FFT training, supervision, and consultation activities, including PEERS.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (
* required of Bachelor’s and Masters’ level)

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies.
• Individual therapy with youth and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques.
• Marital therapy using behaviorally based approaches.
• * Behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and…