FFTC-Interventionist at Rising Ground, Inc. – The Bronx, New York

Job Summary:

The goals of an Interventionist are to keep families together while continually assessing for risk and safety issues. Interventionist provides a family-focused approach, with weekly visits, that is designed to motivate and link families to resources and services to address referral behaviors and family risk factors. Interventionists help the families to generalize gains and new skills by locking in these changes and planning for the future.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessment including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic risks and protective factors, and developing an analysis of the problem behaviors within the ecological context and model process.
• Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• Implement a problem conceptualization, identify community-based resources to provide family specific intervention, monitor community-based intervention and outcome review and strategy revision procedure using the model's process.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with model Analytic Process and NYS Connection System requirements.
• Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and cooperation throughout treatment.
• Participate in all model program training, supervision and consultation activities.
• Provide home-based interventions weekly.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology or in related field
• Good writing and oral communication skills; computer literate
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner while managing competing priorities.
• Bilingual preferred but not required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient use of Microsoft applications; knowledge of PROMIS/CONNX desired.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity when serving clients that come from different backgrounds and walks of life.

Supervisory Responsibility: No

Work Environment: Hybrid

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Full time position, scheduled appropriate to the needs of client and families. This position calls for a thirty-five (35) hour work week, but more than 35 hours per week may from time to time be required.

Travel (if required): Travel requirements may include travel from Rising Ground sites and various locations, including home and school visits. Work-related travel expenses will be reimbursed by agency.

Physical Requirements: Must have the ability to complete all standard administrative and support tasks including but not limited to climbing up and down stairs, operation of computers/phones/fax/printer/copy machine, and the ability to lift boxes, furniture, and equipment up to 50lbs. Must be able to travel from the various locations and sites of Rising Ground.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or

veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring,

compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer,

layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment