This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Therapeutic Visitation Clinician at The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County intentionally fosters a cause-centered culture that is welcoming, genuine, hopeful, nurturing, and determined.

The Therapeutic Visitation Program provides supervised visitation facilitated by a licensed mental health practitioner for the purpose of preventing or repairing damage to the parent–child relationship and helping parents to understand and respond to their child’s emotional or physical needs in an appropriate manner. The clinician provides structured interactive guidance on parent-child communication with a focus on positive bonding & nurturing skills.

The clinician is part of a larger program that works collaboratively to facilitate the return of children that have been separated from their parents for a variety of reasons. All team members working within these programs are expected to maintain the belief that a family is the primary nurturing environment of a child.  It is expected that the program clinician will work to establish a partnership with referred families to empower them toward solving their own problems.  All team members presume that every person is capable of growth and change.  The clinician will work with referring agencies and the court system to communicate progress or lack thereof and to make necessary recommendations for future or alternate services needed.

Clinical:

• Maintain an active caseload of 5-6 families with a minimum of 72 hours of direct face-to-face contact per month. Part time employees will have a prorated number of families and direct face-to-face contact hours depending on number of hours worked.
• Available a minimum of 3 evenings per week
• Contact referral source and client within 5 business days of receipt of referral
• In concert with the family, create a Treatment Plan that addresses strengths, needs and intervention strategies
• Engage the client in a cooperative problem solving, utilizing empathy and good listening skills. Provide parenting support when appropriate
• Complete the identified interventions
• Supervise visits according to level of supervision required by DCP&P caseworker, the exception being emergency bathroom breaks.
• Provide clinical guidance to the multidisciplinary court/DCP&P/family team in determining how to meet the children’s needs
• Make clinical recommendations for services and case direction
• Maintain confidentiality as required by law
• Provide transportation for clients to visitation sessions as needed
• Take responsibility for improving clinical skills and utilizing supervision process
• Refer client, as needed, to specialists and/or community resources as needed
• Participate in play therapy supervision monthly as needed
• Schedule and maintain one hour of weekly individual clinical supervision with your qualified supervisor.

Administrative:

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with referring Agency liaisons, personnel and community agencies involved in the treatment process for each family in order to ensure coordination of treatment and promote positive program functioning
• Maintain client files and materials in timely manner and an organized format consistent with YMCA and COA standards
• Prepares necessary reporting documents for courts & referring agencies in a timely manner
• Document activity and interaction between family members during visits and provide copies to DCPP caseworkers within 5 business days of visit.
• Maintains level of service for program & submission of monthly statistics
• Ensure all required maintenance is performed on assigned agency vehicle
• Attend required agency meetings and trainings
• Monitors and evaluates client outcome measurement results and provides ideas for continual quality of service improvement
• Participates as part of a working collaborative team
• Have a thorough knowledge of Monmouth County services
• Maintain a mutually supportive atmosphere among team members and throughout the agency
• Participate in Strong Kids Campaign
• Complete miscellaneous projects or tasks as assigned by management
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the Electronic Health Record
• In order to ensure the health and wellness of the employees and the visitors of the YGMC and all locations where YGMC operates business, in addition to the essential duties and responsibilities listed on your current job description, the following are additional duties and responsibilities that may be assigned at any time where appropriate during the COVID-19 pandemic or any pandemic/communicable disease where the duties are appropriate. These additions are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned and required as needed:
• Enhanced cleaning in areas where the employee is not directly/normally assigned as well as normally assigned areas. All employees are expected to assist in and support the efforts of the YGMC when it comes to health and wellness for the facility and other locations where the YGMC conducts business. All employees are expected to wipe machines, screens, computers, phones or anything that is used after they use it, all employees are expected to wash their hands on a frequent basis (recommended every 30 minutes if possible), and use hand sanitizer when hand washing is not available.
• Temperature Taking/Wellness Questionnaire Taking Assignments
• Directing Members/Visitors in areas where the employee is both normally and not normally assigned
• The employee may be assigned to areas other than their normally assigned area as needed to meet organizational needs. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, being assigned areas to count people, help direct flow of traffic in an area, being assigned to a specific area to assist with doors, and any other duty as needed by the organization.
• All other duties as assigned as it relates to COVID-19 or other communicable disease and/or pandemic.

• The clinician must possess Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field and be license eligible in New Jersey to practice counseling.
• Ability to relate to and engage multi-problem families
• Must possess a valid New Jersey driver’s license and a safe driving record with vehicle availability
• Must demonstrate a high level of cultural competence, sensitivity and responsiveness
• Must possess strong communication, writing and time management skills
• Must be physically able to lift small children and car seats
• A safe driving record
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment