Child Crisis Arizona has been helping our community’s most vulnerable children, youth, and families for nearly five decades, offering help in times of crisis but also in non-crisis times to strengthen families and build resiliency. Our mission is to provide children and youth in Arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect by creating strong and successful families.
Our counseling department is looking to hire an Outpatient Counselor to join the team. We are looking for compassionate, energetic, and dependable individuals that are committed to improving the lives of youth in our care.
This position is established to serve as part of a team of support for children and their families enrolled in the behavioral health system. As with all members of our team, this position is expected, above all else, to support services to children and families that meets the following 12 Arizona Principles:
- Collaboration with the child and family
- Emphasis on achieving functional outcomes
- Collaboration with others, including participation in unified assessment, planning and service approaches when children or families are involved with multiple systems
- Access for children to a comprehensive array of sufficient behavioral health services to meet their needs
- Best practices
- Most appropriate setting
- Timeliness
- Services tailored to the child and family
- Stability in placements
- Respect for the child and family’s unique cultural heritage
- Independence, and
- Connection to natural supports.
Essential Functions:
- Coordinates and works closely with various stakeholder groups including community agencies, city and state agencies and client advocates and families.
- Provide ongoing individual, family or group therapy, and case management and family support depending on client needs.
- Attends a variety of meetings and provides client advocacy and empowerment through assistance in identifying community supports.
- Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with clients, their family members and significant support systems and resources.
- Meets frequently with clients and family members in both office and natural settings; provides face to face and telephonic crisis intervention.
- Manages assessment, development, and implementation of treatment plans that best meet the needs of the client and family.
- Develops treatment plans and safety plans with every assigned client.
- Participates in Child and Family Team and collaborates with Team members to keep them apprised of client progress. Provides monthly treatment update reports to referring providers.
- Coordinates and manages client evaluation, re-assessment and treatment planning updates, and diagnostic process according to agency policy and all accreditation and regulatory agency requirements.
- Develops and facilitates individualized discharge planning.
- Manages and maintains detailed contractually obligated documentation for external agencies.
- Determines, directs and facilitates the most beneficial and therapeutic services for clients on case load; utilizes consultation services as available and appropriate.
- Staffs special projects, including assignment within the community, as requested by the Director of Clinical Services or designee.
- Facilitates crisis and post-crisis management as needed. Assists in the development, management and facilitation of assigned trainings and groups.
- Participates in continuing education and training especially related to the field of child abuse and neglect.
- Meets regularly for individual supervision with Director and/or Designee. Participates in team meetings and / or group supervision as assigned.
- Exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.
- Models Center’s expectation for sensitivity and competency relating to diversity and cultural awareness.
Education/Experience:
- Master’s Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related behavioral health area AND one year related experience.
- Must have or be eligible for State Behavioral Health licensure.
- Must have experience in a word processing in a Windows environment.
- Must be able to display verbal and written communication skills that meet the requirements of the position and needs of clients.
