Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist Position Available In Duval, Florida

Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist Child Guidance Center – 3.5 Jacksonville, FL Job Details Part-time $22 – $25 an hour 20 hours ago Qualifications Bilingual

LMFT LMHC

Master of Social Work Licensed Clinical Social Worker Baking Mid-level Master’s degree Driver’s License Computer skills Marriage & Family Therapy Child & family counseling Social Work 2 years Child welfare

Full Job Description Description:

Why work for CGC? Our tag line says it all; Unlimited Potential. Endless Possibilities. For 70 years our professionally trained staff have positioned clients for success by operating on a whole-health, whole-family mentality that not only focuses on treating children and adolescents, but also their families and systems. We serve upward of 5,000 individual children per year, as well as their siblings, guardians, and family members (totaling more than 15,000 individuals).

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Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist:

Hourly rate ranges from $22.00 – $25.00 depending on licensure Additional pay for bilingual skills Evening shifts: Monday – Thursday 4:00 pm to 12:00 am Unparalleled mentoring and support Plus many more!! Want to work in the community providing high-quality de-escalation, suicide prevention and assessment services to children in crisis situations, diverting inappropriate inpatient hospitalizations and stabilizing children for follow up care? Are you wanting to be part of a team that loves short-term high-intensity services and then plenty of time to debrief, train and case conceptualize as a team? Want to work for an agency that started the first mobile crisis team in the Jacksonville area and has an expertise and connection to the community paralleled by no other? Job Summary for

Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist:

The Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist provides high quality de-escalation and assessment services to clients in crisis to ensure safety, divert inappropriate Baker Acts of youth, and to maintain current placement. Responds to intervention calls with a 60 minute response time by physically reporting to the crisis site to assess and evaluate the child in need of immediate mental health services Distinguishes between a mental health crisis and behavioral emergency on the basis of potential harm to the child or others Provides therapeutic insight, immediate de-escalation and continued stabilization assistance as needed, while ensuring the child’s dignity is maintained and her or his best interests are accommodated

Requirements:

Education and Experience Requirements for

Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist:

Conferred Master’s degree in social work, therapeutic mental health counseling or marriage and family therapy disciplines. At least two years’ experience providing therapeutic services to children and adolescents and developing treatment plans based on current DSM/ICD diagnoses. FL Baker Act experience Moderate computer skills, such as inputting at least 45 wpm. Reliable transportation with liability insurance, a FL driver’s license and good driving record Preferred Experience for

Foster Care Rapid Response Specialist:

A current FL LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT Knowledge and understanding of the foster care system along with the impacts of foster care placement on youth Prior experience working with foster families in a therapeutic manner •CGC is a Drug Free Workplace •

ADA Disclaimer:

In developing this job description, care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.