CLASSIFICATION:                   Salaried – Nonexempt

POSITION OBJECTIVE

Under appropriate supervision, management and monitoring will provide effective therapeutic services to students attending a school under the Palm Beach County School District (PBCSD) and their parents/caretakers inside the school setting.  BHS staff works as an integral team member with the school district, the families and providers in a wrap-around concept of care.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in one of the following: Required

1. 1. Marriage and Family Therapy
   2. Mental Health Counseling
   3. Social Work

• Registered Intern with a MSW, MHC or MFT degree with license secured within two years of becoming employed with Families First of PBC.
• Preferred experience to include three years’ in a clinical setting with children/students and families.
• Specific knowledge of child development, attachment theory and psychosocial development.
• Knowledge of dynamics of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence and substance abuse.
• Experience working in a school setting preferred
• Experience in home visitation services preferred
• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses
• Knowledge of psychotherapeutic approaches and current evidence-based relational therapeutic approaches
• Comprehensive and strong clinical foundation in human development and systemic approaches
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to service populations cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
• Capacity to work as a team member in a family driven wrap around concept of care
• Ability to work evening and weekend hours as needed
• Ability to provide confidential services in a school and/or the family’s home or at a community location preferred by the family
• Ability to be racial and culturally sensitive to all populations