Clinician

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a TFFC Clinician in Palm Beach/Boynton Beach, FL!

Join our Treatment Family Foster Care (TFFC) team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families in our community!

Location: Boynton Beach, FL

Salary: $28.00 – $31.00/hour

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

About The Program And Position

Our Palm Beach Treatment Family Foster Care (TFFC) Program provides bundled support to youth in foster care in the South Florida region. Our trauma-informed ARC framework includes specialized training for foster parents and a multidisciplinary team that wraps around the youth, family, and permanency resources. This makes a difference because our team approach provides a space for healing while providing skill-building and future-focused planning for youth in our care. We provide support with a multidisciplinary team that includes a Manager, Youth Skills Coach, Foster Parent Recruiter & Licensor, and Clinician.

TFFC Clinicians coordinate treatment planning and delivery for all program youth and families. They strive to build a partnership between the youth, foster family, and biological family. They provide treatment in the forms of individual and family therapy to these assigned youth and families and maintain professionalism in all areas, including confidentiality.

How You Get To Use Your Skills…

• Provides individual therapy to program youth using different therapeutic modalities
• Completes psychosocial assessments, mental health assessments, and treatment plans.
• Participates in 24-hour on-call availability for program youth and parents.
• Attends weekly clinical team meetings.
• Provides record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities (case documentation).
• Supports the youth’s adjustment to foster care.
• Responds in a positive and respectful manner to diversity among the agency’s service population and staff.

Schedule: Non-Exempt

• Flexible schedule to meet program needs, including evenings and weekends as needed; regular hours 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
• Participate in on-call rotation and availability to respond in person as needed.

Experience And Skills

• MSW, MHC, or MFT required. LCSW, LMHC preferred.
• Experience with a strength-based, cognitive behavioral, trauma-sensitive approach to treating troubled youth preferred.
• Experience with an intensive in-home service model preferred.
• Experience treating families, children, and adolescents.
• Experience with the administrative components of treatment (case documentation) preferred.
• Experience with completing comprehensive mental health assessments and treatment plans.
• Valid Florida Driver’s License.
• Must meet any required state certification or licensing criteria.
• Vehicle required: Must be safe and dependable.

Physical Requirements

• Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
• Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
• Lifting up to 50 pounds
• Time driving and/or taking public transportation to conduct client and family visits

Benefits

• 120 hours of Vacation
• 10 Holidays, 24 hours of paid Personal Time, Medical Appointment Time
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible Employer
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Supervision available for licensure
• Pet and Legal insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
• 401(k) match up to 6%
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection
• CEU and Tuition Reimbursement

In accordance with Federal, state & local laws, we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.