About Graham Windham
In full partnership with families and communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference with children, youth, and families who are overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges and obstacles, by helping to build a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the opportunity and preparation to thrive in school and in the world. With over 500 full-time employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting and enriching work experience.
About the Program
Graham Windham’s Intensive Prevention Program combines the Solution-Based Casework (SBC) method and the evidence-based Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) modality to promote child safety and well-being, reduce risks to children and youth, and prevent foster care placement.
About the Position
The Prevention Brief Strategic Family Therapist works as part of a prevention team to promote child safety and well-being, reduce risks to children and youth, and prevent foster care placement. This intervention employs a team approach between the therapist, a case planner, the program supervisor and the model developer to engage the entire family into the intervention, while simultaneously remaining attuned to environmental and familial safety and risk issues. Program will offer 8 clinical hours.
Duties & Responsibilities
Develops and maintains therapeutic relationships with all family members.
Conducts weekly sessions with the entire family using Brief Strategic Family Therapy, predominantly in the home.
Provides services to a caseload of 10 families.
Strives to engage all family members and stakeholders in the family level treatment.
Participates in all aspects of the BSFT implementation including training, individual and weekly supervision, video and audio-taping sessions, and participating in evaluations of their competency.
Become certified in Solutions Based Casework within the first year of their employment, consistent with the agency’s focus on implementing this model across all child welfare serving programs.
Using investigatory and social work skills, they engage and partner with families and community resources to ensure the safety and well-being of children
Complete family visits to conduct casework contacts and BSFT sessions
Engage in a strength based approach with families in order to assess their individual and collective strengths and needs
Interview family members and others who interact with the family to assess child safety and well-being
Assess the risk of future abuse or neglect of children in the family
If a safety concern arises, develop a safety plan with family members
Coordinate a team of family members, staff and service providers to evaluate safety and identify interventions that can reduce risks to children
Qualifications
Masters Degree in psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy or mental health counseling
A minimum of two years and maximum of five years postgraduate clinical experience preferred.
Fluent in Spanish highly preferred
Will consider candidates with Full two years of Masters level internship hours completed and other qualifying work experience with families.
Strong interest in family systems work.
Clinical hours will be offered to our Therapists towards MSW licensure for all family sessions and weekly clinical group supervision with our model manager.
