Functional Family Therapy is 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.
About the Position:
Education Preference: Master’s degree in social work, counseling, education, or other relevant human service profession preferred; required for site supervisor position.
Preferred Experience:
- 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 academic performance
- Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
Preferred Knowledge: (* required of bachelor’s and masters’ level)
- Family systems theory and application
- Social-ecological theory and application
- *Behavioral therapies theory and application
- *Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application
- Pragmatic family therapies theory and application
- Child development research and its application in the treatment
- Social skills assessment and intervention
- *Basic counseling and process skills
Preferred Core Competencies:
- Ability to engage clients
- Willingness and ability to be strengths-focused
- Ability to shift to process
- 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 own 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
Job Responsibilities:
- Carry a caseload as assigned.
- Provide virtual/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.
Salary: $70,000 to $75,000 Annually
Benefits: 401K, Dental, Medical, Vision