FFT Therapist

The FFT Therapist role provides community-based intensive counseling services to youth and their families utilizing the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Model. The role involves managing a caseload, creating and maintaining clinical files, completing assessments and notes, and implementing AMIkids Way and Positive Youth Development principles.

Requirements

• Manage a caseload effectively and within FFT Model fidelity and requirements
• Create and maintain HIPAA compliant FFT clinical files
• Complete required FFT assessments and notes and record in required database(s) timely
• Participation in individual and team staff meetings and trainings
• Meet all FFT training and competency requirements
• Ensure timely submission of expense reports to include personal expenses and rental mileage log
• Effectively implement AMIkids Way (Kids First, Safety, and Family) and key elements of Positive Youth Development (Relationships, Meaningful Participation, Community Involvement, and Challenged & Engaged Programming) and the AMIkids Personal Growth Model (PGM) in all interactions with students
• Actively ensure all interactions reflect Kids First, Safety, Family, Relationships, Meaningful Participation, Challenge and Engaged environment and Community Involvement
• Interactions with youth shall maintain an environment that provides a physically/emotionally safe space for youth and effective learning, growth, and progress toward individualized goals
• Model supportive, consistent, respectful behavior with all parties to ensure an atmosphere that fosters healthy relationships, trust, and mutual respect; set clear boundaries and provide observations and reflection to youth
• Schedule home visits in a cost-effective manner and submit weekly itinerary to designated supervisor and communicate changes
• Adhere to AMIkids safety and in-home visit safety procedures
• Develop and maintain working partnerships with internal and external parties, actively participate in networking events
• Meet documentation requirements on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
• Maintain professional boundaries
• Provide 24/7 phone support for youth and/or families experiencing a crisis
• Attend and maintain appropriate crisis intervention/de-escalation training and certification as defined by state and contract requirements
• Attend and maintain CPR and First Aid certification by nationally recognized organization
• Travel 25-50% of time
• Assist with special projects and other duties as