Family Advocate Treatment Manager
Ciconix
- Anchorage, AK
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The maltreatment component to assess families referred for suspected maltreatment and treats individuals, families, and groups whose maltreatment allegation(s) met criteria for maltreatment.
- The New Parent Support Program (NPSP) to provide voluntary, comprehensive prevention services (primarily home-based) to families to prevent the occurrence of family maltreatment.
- The Family Advocacy Strength-Based Therapy (FAST) services providing voluntary prevention counseling to individuals, families, or groups who are at risk for maltreatment.
- Function as the primary treatment provider for assigned maltreatment and FAST cases, coordinating services for families, and monitoring client participation and progress utilizing the modalities of social casework, psychotherapy, and psycho-educational interventions.
- Complete psychosocial assessments, assess for safety on an ongoing basis and continuously assist family members with safety planning.
- Present the findings from the family assessment, the CRB determination, and recommendations for treatment.
- Coordinate with prevention staff regarding referrals to educational services as part of the intervention plan.
- Collaborate with other NPSP team members to develop service plans that incorporate primary and secondary prevention services.
- Conduct home visits to NPSP clients assessed as high needs and who request social work intervention.
- Server as the Prevention Team Leader and Community Liaison. In collaboration with other staff, leads prevention by facilitating and coordinating community prevention services, collaboration, and social marketing campaigns.
- Provides community behavioral health education, family violence education and prevention training, resource finding and service linking, and prevention program interventions to promote protective factors and to address maltreatment risk factors.
- Manages the Prevention & Outreach Program with goals to deter predictable problems, decrease maladaptive behaviors, maintain, enhance & protect existing states of wellness, and promote quality of life objectives.
- Key elements of the Outreach Manager's duties include outreach, education, and intervention training.
- Provide New Leader Orientation and Annual Leader Training to Organizational leadership to promote respect for duty and family in support of mission readiness.
- Develops and facilitates processes for prevention planning, program implementation, public awareness activities, and intervention and service delivery.
- The Family Advocacy Intervention Specialist (FAIS) must be a U.S. Licensed Clinical Social Worker. A Master's degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited school is required.
- Two years full-time post-master's degree experience (within the last three years) in professional clinical counseling service programs to men, women, and children who are abusive or abused. Must also have experience as a group therapy facilitator or co-leader.
- Two years' experience working with children, families, and groups in clinical or community organization settings; or as program manager, with demonstrated responsibilities in program planning with the implementation of education and intervention services, and community collaboration.
- Experience working with professionals and agencies that provide community support and counseling intervention services to children and families.
- BLS Certification (required to obtain prior to beginning employment)
- Competitive market-based salary, commensurate with experience and education
- Comprehensive benefits package available (Medical, Dental, PTO, 401k etc)
- We E-Verify all employees.