Treatment Coordinator - Pressley Ridge : Job Details

Description

Be the change you wish to see in the world! Come join our team to empower children and families in our communities to transform their lives and develop to their full potential.

Pressley Ridge Benefits

The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. At Pressley Ridge, we strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health.

• Free single medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with 50% employer match

• Prescription coverage

• Dental and vision plans

• Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost

• Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account

• Retirement savings plan with an employer match

• Free life insurance and AD&D

• Paid Time Off

• 9 paid holidays (7 recognized holidays plus a floating and birthday holiday per year)

• Tuition reimbursement (if applicable)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Position Summary

Provide leadership in partnering with families and appropriate others in the community to assure that the therapeutic needs of a designated caseload of troubled children are adequately addressed. In each case the Treatment Coordinator will assure that the services delivered both to the target child/adolescent and to the family are individualized, appropriate to need, child centered, family focused, culturally competent, strengths based, and goal driven.

Responsibilities

• Assess and identify the needs of the birth family to achieve their family service plan goals.

• Empower birth families through systems education and advocacy training.

• Involve and coordinator regular contact with biological family in all aspects of treatment planning including regular updates on youth's progress.

• Work in collaboration with other service providers and community resources to develop and implement intervention procedures in the homes, working toward achievement of the permanency plan.

• Represent agency regarding court involvement of the youth.

• Prepare written summaries and directly supervise all activities including; Individual Service Plans and quarterly updates, discharge summaries, regular home visits, respite services, phone calls, and program contract regarding youth and families.

• Assist and support in training activities for TFC parents, including providing in-home training as needed for TFC parents.

• Complete a formal TFC Parent Evaluation including creation and monitoring of a professional development plan for each family.

• Provide 24-hour emergency “on-call” service to TFC families according to designated schedule, responding to all complaints/concerns.

• Actively participate in individual and/or group supervision, staff meetings, and all other professional trainings.

• Provide ongoing advocacy and support for the child's educational needs.

• Assure that all policies, procedures and standards relating to child safety and well-being are followed.

Qualifications

• Education Qualifications:

• A doctorate or master's degree in social work from a college or university accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or a field related to social work such as sociology, psychology, special education, or counseling, with a student placement in casework services to children and families or one year of experience in providing casework services to children and families;

• A baccalaureate degree in social work or a field related to social work including, but not limited to, sociology, psychology, special education, or counseling and one year of experience in providing casework services to children and families; or

• A baccalaureate degree in any field plus two years experience in providing casework services to children and families.

• Clearances: State Police; FBI clearance; child abuse clearance; any additional background checks/clearances required by state governing bodies.

• Valid driver's license and current vehicle insurance.

Working Conditions

• Physical Demands: Requires vision, speech, and hearing.

• Environmental Factors: Community, home, school.

• Working Hours: A non-traditional work schedule as defined by service needs and crisis “on-call”.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better in Human Services

Experience

Required

• 2 years: Experience working with children and/or families.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)