Child & Family Therapist

Who We Are

Casa de los Niños is one of the most established and well respected non-profit organizations in Tucson. We have been helping kids and healing families since 1973. Our services include parent education classes, Foster Care, Parents As Teachers, Behavioral Health, and Nurse-Family Partnership Program! Job Summary The Child & Family Therapist is responsible for clinically evaluating and assessing situations of culturally diverse families. In addition, providing group and/or individual therapy, either in the client's home or at the agency depending on program and/or assignment. The Therapist will maintain clinical files, complete required progress reports, and will work cooperatively with school programs, referral agencies, and other outside resources.

• Essential Duties Conducts thorough and ongoing child/family strengths and needs assessments, utilizing the program specific protocol.
• Assists clients in securing a variety of social services.
• Provides complete documentation and reporting of all client services in accordance with regulatory, contractual, and organization requirements.
• This includes timely submittal of notes.
• Provides effective crisis management, to include following the program triage protocol and treatment methods, responding in a timely manner, providing for follow-up care, assessing and providing appropriate responses, and handling the situation calmly.
• Engages the child/family using fluidity techniques for taking position of different family members as needed.
• Builds rapport and credibility simultaneously with varying members/age groups.
• Relates to variety of individuals with warmth, empathy, acceptance, and humor.
• Develops and implements successful intervention techniques, including identifying the treatment method, establishing treatment plans that identify problems, goals, and measurable objectives that are achievable in a reasonable time frame, interventions/strategies that address the assessment issues, and maintains timely progress notes that reflect movement towards goals/objectives.
• Plans for client treatment discharge/termination including establishing treatment plans that addresses projected length of care and discharge criteria, helping the family plan and prepare for discharge needs, maintaining progress notes that reflect movement towards goals/objectives.
• Makes follow-up referral as needed.
• Conducts educational activities to promote client understanding of treatment issues, including medication, diagnosis, parenting skills.