Family Support Specialist - LCSW or LMFT
Ascend Behavior Partners, United States
Job Description
Ascend Behavior Partners is a child-centered, integrated care provider, serving families living with autism. We meet the needs of each family system we serve, regardless of socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, or language. The children we serve, ages 1-6, are at the heart of everything we do. Our service model is uniquely integrated in that we leverage interdisciplinary collaboration to support both the child and the entire family. Our Family Support team, led by a leading Licensed Clinical Social Worker, provides parent education, training, and counseling services to maximize clinical and behavioral outcomes.
The Family Support Specialist is a licensed clinical social worker or licensed marriage and family therapist, who works within an interdisciplinary team of providers to provide comprehensive mental health support to family members living with an autism diagnosis, by taking a family systems approach to the treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
Essential Job Duties Include
- Provide individual, couples, family and group counseling services to family members raising a child on the autism spectrum which may include child, adolescent and adult sessions
- Collaborate with team of Psychologists, Board Certified Behavior Analysts to support clients through Ascend client journey
- Assist families who are onboarding with Ascend and seeking diagnostic testing or ABA therapy services through providing psychoeducation about autism spectrum disorder, navigating the grief cycle and addressing mental health needs within the family system
- Conduct screenings and assessments based on client and family needs
- Work with the clinical team to provide treatment recommendations, family psychoeducation and direct therapeutic interventions during onboarding, direct treatment and discharge planning
- Assist families in obtaining community resources and minimizing barrier to successful ABA treatment through directly addressing the needs of the family system
- Conduct parent and community support groups and other needs within the Ascend community based on client and family needs
- Maintain a minimum of 20 client contact hours per week and fulfilling timely session note and client records
- Participate in staff interdisciplinary trainings, community education and work with referral sources on an as-needed basis
Requirements
- Ability to balance multiple competing priorities, to self-direct time, and meet deadlines
- Flexibility and ability to embrace change and seek feedback with a growth mindset
- Resilience and ability to remain calm under pressure and job related stress such as client complaints, feedback conversations with staff, or short term deadlines
- Ability to learn new concepts quickly and willingness to self-direct continuous learning
- Exhibit servant leadership with a positive and compassionate attitude
- Ability to utilize critical and independent thinking to identify and solve problems
- Ability to work efficiently both from your home office and your client’s natural environment (such as client’s homes or daycares)
- Exhibit playfulness and innovation in your day to day work
- Demonstrate high integrity in every action, and believe that integrity is a choice
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-impact behavioral health service environment
- Demonstrated proficiency with technology that enhances your productivity and customer experience (e.g. EMR, CRM software, practice management, Google Suite, etc.)
Education and Experience
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in state of Arizona
- Minimum 2 years clinical experience practicing post licensure
- Must be proficient in client record keeping, treatment planning
- Contracted or eligible to contract with network of insurance payors
- Experience utilizing ACT and CBT interventions
- Location in Phoenix or Tucson, Arizona
- Bilingual (spanish speaking) strongly preferred
- Familiarity or experience with ABA therapy
Benefits
As a Family Support Specialist at Ascend, you can expect:
- A company that values you and supports you toprovide exceptional client outcomes and high quality counseling
- Work-life fit - we value your time and self care!
- Self-DirectedPaid Time Off, including Holidays and Paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave
- Full Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
- A 401(k) program with matching
- A generous salary based upon your demonstrated skills and abilities, and years of case supervisory experience. <