CURRENT POSITIONS

Child First Program:  Family Resource Partner (Alamance County).  Start Date: Current 

The Child First is a national, evidence-based, two-generation model that works with families who have young children that are experiencing adversity. It is a home and community-based service designed to strengthen the parent-child relationship. Child First aims to decrease stresses related to concrete needs, facilitate family stability, and connect families to community resources and service providers.

Child First is delivered by a two-person team consisting of a licensed clinician who specializes in early child development, and a family resource partner who works with the entire family unit on the sources of stress that impact them. Child First is currently in a period of rapid growth, with affiliate sites throughout Connecticut, Florida, and across North Carolina. 

Summary of Position

The Family Resource Partner is paired with a licensed mental health and developmental Clinician to engage families who are referred to the Child First program. The Family Resource Partner plays a crucial role in stabilizing the entire family system, while the Clinician provides therapeutic caregiver-child intervention to strengthen this critical relationship.  Working together, the assigned Family Resource Partner and Clinician make up one of four Clinical Teams who report to the same Clinical Supervisor within Family Solutions.  The Family Resource Partner takes the lead in connecting the child and family with desired, community-based services and supports. The Family Resource Partner also encourages caregivers’ ability to be reflective and improve their executive functioning skills. This could include strengthening caregivers’ planning, organizing, time management, focusing attention, regulating emotions, and reflecting on progress. Family Resource partners also engage caregivers in interactive play with young children in the home.  Ultimately, through connecting to family resources, the Family Resource Partner helps decrease stress in the home environment. This makes space for healthy brain development and secure attachment for infants and young children.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Provide community resource expertise to Child First team and families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports.
• Engage with the Child First family and the Clinician in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., use data from interviews, observations, interactions, and standardized measures to identify family strengths, needs, and challenges).
• Promote family stabilization by identifying all needed and desired services, integrating service needs into the Child and Family Plan of Care, and addressing barriers to services as they arise.
• Avert crisis by assisting Child First family in times of urgent need (e.g., eviction).
• Enhance caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress) as needed and in consultation with the Clinician and Clinical Supervisor.
• Maintain a reflective lens when engaging with the caregiver, to understand his/her motivation, needs, and possible barriers to new services and supports.
• Collaborate closely with Child First Clinician to meet the needs of Child First families.
• Provide identified child and/or other children in the family with an interactive, growth-promoting play experience.
• Engage in weekly individual, team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Supervisor.
• Engage actively in all aspects of the Child First Learning Collaborative, including in-person trainings, distance learning curriculum, and specialty trainings.
• Track completion of all assessments and enter into the appropriate database.
• Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement.
• Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or related field.
• Experience working with culturally diverse families and young children under the age of six years.
• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective supervision.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood).
• Knowledge of and experience with community-based services and supports in service area, highly valued.
• Experience working in home and community-based settings with vulnerable populations of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
• Able to speak a second language (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, other), highly valued.
• Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Child First.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work with families’ schedules, including availability at least one evening).
• Eager and able to work as part of a team.
• Able to communicate well verbally and in writing.
• Comfortable with technology and data entry..

Salary and Benefits

• We have an onboarding and training program that supports you through your first 90 days of employment.
• Receive a $500 signing bonus after a 120-day probationary period.
• We encourage you to grow, set and achieve professional goals.
• Use of a laptop.
• $40 monthly mobile phone stipend.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• We offer health insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• We offer dental and vision insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• 401K Plan with 4% employer match.
• We offer a $50,000 life insurance policy.  You pay $0.
• Salary starts at $36,000.

Projected Start Date: Current

If interested, please read more about what it really means to be a part of our team.  If it sounds like you are a good fit, please first complete the Job Interest Form.  Once complete, this form goes to our Child First Clinical Supervisor, Anita Faulkner, for review.  If you have questions about the Job Interest Form or the hiring process, please email Anita Faulkner at anita@famsolutions.org

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant:  Part-time 

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young children and families? Do you thrive in a supportive work environment that values both clinical excellence and a positive, energetic culture? Look no further – we're looking for dedicated individuals like you to join our team!

What You'll Do:

As a Mental Health Consultant, you'll play a vital role in providing site-based services to Head Start and other child development centers. Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting center site visits, including classroom observation and assessment.
• Providing referrals to community resources and services.
• Offering individual coaching and support to children in classroom settings.
• Facilitating individual sessions with referred children and parents on-site.
• Collaborating with teachers and staff to develop effective strategies for addressing behavioral concerns.
• Serving multiple counties, including Guilford, Rockingham, Alamance, Randolph, and Caswell.

What We Offer:

• Continuous Learning and Development:  Receive in-service training on current evidence-based practices to enhance your skills and expertise.
• Supportive Work Environment:  Enjoy a positive and energetic work culture where we take our clinical work seriously while also having fun.
• Clinical Supervision:  Benefit from no-cost clinical supervision to ensure the highest quality of care for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Flexible Hours, Competitive Compensation:

• Flexible hours that vary according to client needs - mostly morning hours since services are provided on-site at Head Start.
• Maintain a caseload of at least 12 clients per week as a full-time W2 employee.
• Earn a competitive hourly rate ranging from $50 to $80 per hour, with minimum annual income of $52,000 for Associate level license and $63,000 for fully licensed therapists.

Benefits:

• We have an onboarding and training program that supports you through your first 90 days of employment.
• $250 for your onboarding time (EHR training & credentialing)
• We encourage you to grow, set and achieve professional goals.
• Access to our agency EHR.
• Evidence Based Practice Training.  MATCH Training and DBT Training.  
• Liability insurance.
• Access to a computer in the office.
• Mileage reimbursement. 
• 401K Plan with 4% employer match.
• We offer health insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50% (only full-time staff).
• We offer dental and vision insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50% (only full-time staff). 
• We offer a $50,000 life insurance policy.  You pay $0.
• School Loan Repayment Program ($25k-$33K per year).

Join Us Today:

If interested, please read more about what it really means to be a part of our team.  If it sounds like you are a good fit, please first complete the Job Interest Form.  Once complete, this form goes to Chris Faulkner, for review.  If you have questions about the Job Interest Form or the hiring process, please email Chris Faulkner at chris@famsolutions.org

Intake Specialist (Archdale Location):  Full-time 

Family Solutions, a community mental health counseling agency, is looking for the following person to join our team. Here are some hopes we have for this position:

Provide Assistance and Support for the Following Intake Specialist Duties:

• Answering and returning calls made to our main office phone line.  Calls would include referral sources and clients/families trying to access services. Ability to communicate clearly by phone is one of the most important strengths needed for this position.
• Daily communication and weekly status meeting with intake team and therapists.
• Contacting and screening clients requesting services.
• Developing an understanding of our therapists’ specialties and finding the best fit for clients; coordinating client’s first appointment.
• Insurance eligibility checks:  Looking up clients’ insurance policies to determine if policy is active; verifying specific benefits.
• Assisting billing specialist in posting payments and processing receipts.
• Coordinating client assignment and data-entry through our electronic medical record system (Advanced MD).
• Maintaining organized and well-stocked office space.
• Computer skills in MS Word, Excel and data-entry.
• Ability to speak Spanish a plus, not required.
• Must have reliable transportation.

Candidates for this position would need to be independent, fast learners with great flexibility as the needs of our agency grow and shift. They would need to have a high attention-to-detail to appropriately understand client needs as well as our therapists’ specialties.  We value kindness above all else. This person will need the ability to think quickly and solve problems on the spot for issues that arise in our vibrant community mental health office. Intake specialists need to be able to practice patience, compassion and understanding to connect with clients who often contact our agency in the middle of crisis situations. They would need to be able to maintain calm communication with clients and staff while still maintaining attention to detail and organization. Our work culture is built around our core belief of taking care of each other – both our clients and our staff. Being kind and helpful is what keeps us growing and able to offer support to our community. This position is a vital connection between our clinicians and our clients. This is a full-time 40 hour per week position, $16/hour with paid vacation and holidays; health insurance, and mobile phone stipend.

If interested, please submit cover letter and resume to the attention to Jessica Knowles at jessica@famsolutions.org.

Benefits:

• We have an onboarding and training program that supports you through your first 90 days of employment.
• We encourage you to grow, set and achieve professional goals.
• Use of laptop.
• Mobile phone reimbursement.
• 401K Plan with 4% employer match.
• We offer health insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• We offer dental and vision insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%. 
• We offer a $50,000 life insurance policy.  You pay $0. 

If it sounds like you are a good fit or you have questions, please email Jessica Knowles at jessica@famsolutions.org

Outpatient Therapy Position: (No Current Open Positions).  Please Fill Out Job Interest Form & We Can Keep on File.

Our outpatient therapists are direct service providers responsible for the quality and ethical delivery of individual and family outpatient services. Our therapists are responsible for providing diagnosis, assessment, and treatment to adults, children, and/or families where behavior problems, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation issues, neglect, physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse are present.

A Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field and full licensure or associate level is required. Applicant must provide documentation of licensure. In-service and training on current evidence-based practices are available to our staff (see our current service array on our website for more details).

We are very serious about our clinical work with clients, but we also like to have fun and have a positive/energetic work culture.

What We Offer:

• Continuous Learning and Development:  Receive in-service training on current evidence-based practices to enhance your skills and expertise.
• Supportive Work Environment:  Enjoy a positive and energetic work culture where we take our clinical work seriously while also having fun.
• Clinical Supervision:  Benefit from no-cost clinical supervision to ensure the highest quality of care for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Flexible Hours, Competitive Compensation:

• Flexible hours that vary according to client needs, including evening work.
• Maintain a caseload of at least 22 clients per week as a full-time W2 employee.
• Earn a competitive hourly rate ranging from $50 to $80 per hour, with minimum annual income of $52,000 for Associate level license and $63,000 for fully licensed therapists.

Benefits:

• We have an onboarding and training program that supports you through your first 90 days of employment.
• $250 for your onboarding time (EHR training & credentialing)
• We encourage you to grow, set and achieve professional goals.
• Evidence Based Practice Training.  MATCH Training and DBT Training.   
• Liability insurance.
• Access to a computer in the office.
• Mileage reimbursement for school-based services.
• 401K Plan with 4% employer match.
• We offer health insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• We offer dental and vision insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%. 
• We offer a $50,000 life insurance policy.  You pay $0.
• School Loan Repayment Program ($25k-$33K per year).

Join Us Today:

If interested, please read more about what it really means to be a part of our team.  If it sounds like you are a good fit, please first complete the Job Interest Form.  Once complete, this form goes to Chris Faulkner, for review.  If you have questions about the Job Interest Form or the hiring process, please email Chris Faulkner at chris@famsolutions.org

Child First Mental Health Clinician:  Alamance County.  

Projected Start Date:  January/February, 2025

The Child First model is an evidence-based, two-generation intervention that works with very vulnerable young children (prenatal through age 5 years) and their families, providing intensive, home-based services to decrease the incidence of serious mental health problems, developmental and learning disabilities, and abuse and neglect. Child First provides (1) a psychotherapeutic, dyadic intervention to strengthen the parent-child relationship, and (2) care coordination to connect the family to needed services and supports.  Child First has been recognized as an evidence-based home visiting model by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and rated “Effective” by the National Registry for Effective Programs and Practice (NREPP) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA). 

Summary of Position

The Child First Mental Health Clinician partners with a Family Resource Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention.  Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth.  The Clinician uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child.  The Clinician engages with both the caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters a protective, nurturing, and responsive parent-child relationship.  The Clinician’s therapeutic intervention focuses on: 1) helping caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations; 2) increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior; 3) supporting caregivers’ problem solving; and 4) helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child.  The Clinician also provides consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed. 

Key Job Responsibilities

• Engage with the Child First family and the Family Resource Partner in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., gather information from interviews, observations of interactions and play, reviewed records, collateral sources, and standardized measures).
• Use all available information to develop a thoughtful, well-integrated clinical formulation and Child and Family Plan of Care, in partnership with the Family Resource Partner and family.
• Help the caregiver gain insight regarding personal history (including trauma history), feelings for the child, and current parenting practices.
• Avert crisis situations by assisting the family in times of urgent need (e.g., risk of harm to child or caregiver, pending child removal), in consultation with the Family Resource Partner and Clinical Director.
• Provide mental health and developmental assessment and consultation within early care and education settings and to other early childhood providers.
• Embrace use of videotaping to enhance both therapeutic work with families and reflective supervision.
• Engage in weekly individual, Team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Director.
• Engage actively in all aspects of the Child First Learning Collaborative, including in-person trainings, distance learning curriculum, and specialty trainings.
• Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement.
• Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.
• Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Licensed  or provisionally licensed Master’s or Doctoral level mental health provider (e.g., LCSW (A), LMFT, clinical psychologist, other).
• Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years), for a minimum of three years.  Past CPP training is highly valued.
• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic intervention and early child development; parent-child relationships and attachment theory; effects of trauma and environmental risks on early childhood brain development, especially violence exposure, maternal depression, and substance abuse; and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness).
• Experience providing mental health assessment and consultation to early care and education sites.
• Knowledge and experience working with adults with mental health, substance use, and cognitive challenges.
• Experience providing intervention within diverse home and community settings.
• Ability to speak a second language (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, other), highly valued.
• Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Child First.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work non-traditional hours, including at least one evening).
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Able to communicate well verbally and in writing.
• Comfortable with computers and experienced with Word and Excel.
• Reliable vehicle and appropriate insurance for home visits.

Salary and Benefits

• We have an onboarding and training program that supports you through your first 90 days of employment.
• Receive a $500 signing bonus after a 120-day probationary period.
• We encourage you to grow, set and achieve professional goals.
• Use of laptop.
• $40 monthly mobile phone stipend.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• We offer health insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• We offer dental and vision insurance.  We pay 50%, you pay 50%.
• 401K Plan with 4% employer match.
• We offer a $50,000 life insurance policy.  You pay $0.
• Salary starts at $50,000.
• School Loan Repayment Program ($25k-$33K per year).

Projected Start Date:  January/February, 2025

Join Us Today:

If interested, please read more about what it really means to be a part of our team.  If it sounds like you are a good fit, please first complete the Job Interest Form.  Once complete, this form goes to Anita Faulkner, for review.  If you have questions about the Job Interest Form or the hiring process, please email Anita Faulkner at anita@famsolutions.org