The Intensive Permanency Specialist will provide culturally competent, trauma competent clinical treatment services (individual, group and/or family) according to the highest level of professional standards and best practices for youth and children in care at HSVS. This position will primarily specialize in working with older youth in our healing homes setting.
Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions of Positions:
Provision of individual therapy to an identified caseload of children and youth in foster care or group homes; including:
- Counsels' individuals and/or families related to psychological or emotional stressors such as substance abuse, self-regulation, or family settings
- Establishes permanency and treatment goals for children and youth, utilizing historical and current available information in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Assist children and youth to develop skills as defined by permanency and treatment goals.
- Provides emotional and behavioral support and therapy focused on healing and permanence.
- Provide individual therapy, substance abuse counseling and treatment, trauma-competent therapy, family and group therapy, transitional support with a focus on healing and permanence.
- Promoting integration with community resources and skill building.
- Providing psycho-education, wellness education and all other assigned training presentations.
- Taking lead on mental health and trauma learning and training for the agency.
- Communicating with family, case planning staff, all relevant stakeholders and medical practitioners.
- Maintains contact with collateral resources where indicated, including but not limited to referral sources, schools, foster care providers, and hospitals.
- Explains the function of behaviors to group and foster home staff.
- Uses interventions drawn from evidence-informed behavioral health strategies.
- Structures interventions to understand maladaptive behavior and increase developmentally appropriate responses that lead to healing opportunities.
- Interviews clients to obtain information concerning mental health history or other pertinent information.
- Observes clients to build understandings and insights of children and youth's behaviors.
- Provides individualistic and holistic interventions
- Discusses progress toward goals and permanence with client, such as self-regulation, self-awareness, stress, or substance abuse.
- Consults with medical doctor or other specialists concerning treatment plan and amends plan as appropriate
- Responsible for the engagement, retention and outreach to clients.
- Completes all required documentation, including but not limited to session notes, treatment plans, psychosocial summaries, billing documentation, and client correspondence.
- Refers client to supportive services to supplement therapy and permanency plans.
- Conducts monthly family outreach searches using search platforms to help reconnect youth with family.
- Performs other related duties as assigned, within the scope of the role.
Job Behavioral Expectations:
- Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures.
- Safe and successful performance, including meeting productivity standards.
- Maintain an understanding of the principles, methods and processes needed to perform the job. Attends staff meetings, seminars and in-service training as assigned.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete work in an acceptable manner by the time and/or date established with accuracy, neatness and thoroughness and minimal amount of errors.
- Maintain established departmental policies and procedures including maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to all HIPAA guidelines at all times.
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS (NEW YORK) OR LIMITED PERMITS (NEW YORK) ONLY
Base Rate of $26.58 per hour, plus fee for service.
Session Rates
60 minute session: $50.00
45 minute session: $37.50
30 minute session: $25.00
15 minute session: $12.50
