At Family Solutions, we pride ourselves on hiring and retaining highly skilled staff who are leaders in their fields. Our staff are deeply committed to our mission to provide the highest quality and most comprehensive mental health services to children, youth and families with the greatest need and least access to care. We strive to create a collegiate environment where all our team members feel valued and are supported in their ongoing growth and development as well as in their work efforts from day-to-day.
We make a goal of taking care of our staff by providing them with a competitive package of benefits and opportunities to further their clinical training.
Open Positions
Employer: Family Solutions, Inc.
Job Location: Vancouver, Washington.
Job Title: Child and Family Therapist – (Multiple positions available)
To Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to sbristol@family-solutions.net
Travel Requirements
May spend up to 25% of time within the local community to visit clients at home and/or school.
Position Summary:
Child and Family Therapists are responsible for providing quality mental health therapy to children, youth, and families. Therapists will be hired to work in an outpatient, school-based, and/or community-based counselling setting. May also work as an art therapist in an outpatient or school-based setting.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide individual, family, and group therapy to clients on caseload.
2. Build alliances with family, school, and community resources to educate and support families to advocate for themselves.
3. Effectively manage a varied caseload and meet monthly direct service hour requirements.
4. Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner.
5. Identify systems issues that obstruct needs of families, fostering creative problem-solving strategies.
6. Facilitate wrap around, multi-disciplinary, treatment planning meetings.
7. Develop and conduct mental health assessments and participate in school observations or meetings for assessment purposes, as needed.
8. Develop and implement treatment plans with emphasis on family systems, coordinating treatment with other providers, client family members, school personnel, etc., and maintain regular contact with these collateral contacts.
9. Attend meetings within the school or community on behalf of the client.
10. Maintain clinical records in compliance with regulating bodies.
11. Provide ongoing consultation services, training and education to other treatment team members regarding therapeutic interventions.
Qualifications:
1. Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field.
2. Washington Department of Health Certification as an Agency-Affiliated Counselor or able to meet the criteria for such certification; or WA licensure in Social Work or a related field.
3. Criminal background check in compliance with local law.
4. Valid Driver's license, plus reliable transportation for community-based positions
5. Knowledge of a foreign language NOT required but may be considered to determine and pay a higher actual wage rate.
Rate of Pay:
$25.13 to $30.77/hour ($52,250 to $64,000/year), depending on experience. Hours worked over 40 in a workweek will be paid at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate.
Internship Opportunities
Family Solutions is proud to partner with Portland State University, George Fox University, and Lewis and Clark, and to support the education of local social service students with internships that provide valuable, practical experience in their chosen fields.