Child and Family Specialist, Specialty Mental Health

Program and Role Summary

Wayfinder’s Specialty Mental Health Program  offers therapy to children, youth, adults and families in the program. Our mental health care in the community is focused on preventative services to build resilient individuals and families.

The primary focus of the Child and Family Specialist, is to provide mental health skills-based rehabilitation services and behavioral interventions to assist clients in our clinical therapeutic program in learning ways to manage their behaviors to increase positive social and emotional functioning. The child and family specialist works in coordination with inter- and intra-agency treatment team members and across various community-based settings and works collaboratively with any identified Child and Family Team (CFT) and delivers professional services that are trauma-informed, culturally competent, and as outlined in the client’s treatment plan(s).

Primary Responsibilities :

• Adhere to the Placer County Department of Mental Health vision, practice principles, and steps of the Child and Family Team (CFT) process.
• Attends and participates in regularly scheduled CFT meetings
• Work collaboratively with the client, family, therapist, treatment team members, identified Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) personnel, school staff, and all other inter and intra-agency personnel in order to provide services towards objectives, including Targeted Case Management (TCM / ICC), Rehabilitative (IHBS), Collateral, Crisis Intervention.
• Meet face-to-face with each assigned client to provide mental health rehabilitation services that are individualized, within his / her scope of practice, and consistent with Wayfinder's department of mental health services policy and procedure manual standards and guidelines. Such services are inclusive of anger management, social, communication, and daily living skills..
• Demonstrate professional and effective communication abilities, including the completion of written reports, letters and plans, initiating verbal communications with clients, families, the CFT and inter and intra-agency personnel, and exhibits an ongoing ability to engage formal and informal supports on behalf of clients and families.
• Able to establish and maintain appropriate rapport with children, adolescents, families, inter and intra-agency personnel, and regulatory bodies.
• Responsible for maintaining current knowledge of client services, best practices, coordination of care, risk assessment and planning, and intervention strategies via continued education, workshops, seminars and / or specialized trainings so as to remain current and proficient in factors / interventions relevant to the client and family population.
• Other duties as outlined in the position description.