TFFC Clinician - Fort Lauderdale

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a TFFC Clinician in Fort Lauderdale!

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

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL (Broward County)

Salary: $50,476-$59,476/annually

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 offices in 10 cities and serve over 10,000 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.

About the Program and Position:

TFFC is a research-informed, multi-tiered team approach to rebuilding family relationships. We work with children and teens who need high levels of support due to trauma they have experienced in their homes or communities. Each youth is carefully matched to foster parents, and a treatment plan specific to the needs of the youth is developed. Our foster parents are provided enhanced trauma-informed training and wraparound services to ensure the placement is secure until permanency is achieved.

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

How you get to use your skills…

• Provides individual therapy to program youth using the ARC Framework.
• 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).
• Support 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:

• 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.

• 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

• 120 hours of vacation time; 12 Sick Days per year
• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
• Supervision available for licensure
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
• 401(k) match up to 6 %
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection
• Hybrid remote working

Why Cayuga Centers?

• Certified Great Place to Work ®
• Workplace Wellness Award Finalist
• Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
• Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
• Committed to employee professional development and advancement
• We embrace change, innovation, and opportunities
• Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
• Large and growing national footprint