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Hartford HealthCare · 1 day ago

Developmental Clinician (LCSW, LMFT, or LPC) - Child First DCF

Torrington, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, and they are seeking a Developmental Clinician to join their interdisciplinary team at the Charlotte Hungerford Center for Youth and Families. This role involves providing home-based psychotherapeutic interventions for young children and their caregivers, as well as conducting mental health and developmental assessments.

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Responsibilities

Join an established and multicultural diverse interdisciplinary team at the Charlotte Hungerford Center for Youth and Families – a Nationally Accredited Child Advocacy Center - that provides a safe and therapeutic healing environment for children, teens, and their families

The children served in Child First range in age from prenatal up to 6 years of age

The Center for Youth and Families supports clinicians work by providing, weekly individual and team clinical supervision, weekly clinical group supervision to review cases and interact with colleagues, professional development opportunities that include training in the Child First model, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and additional clinical topics, committed focus on employee wellbeing, work-life balance, and professional growth, and regular engagement with Department Medical Director & Administrator

The Child First Clinician engages with families and the Child First Care Coordinator in the collaborative assessment process

The clinician uses all available information to develop a thoughtful, well-integrated clinical formulation and Child and Family Plan of Care in partnership with the Care Coordinator and family

Provides Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities

Helps caregivers gain insight regarding personal history, feelings for child, and current parenting practices

Averts crisis situations by assisting the family in times of urgent need in consultation with the Clinical Coordinator and Care Coordinator

Provides mental health and developmental assessment and consultation within early care and education setting and to other childhood providers

Keeps all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement

Career development and advancement is available for those who want to participate in department as well as Hartford Healthcare system committees

Experienced staff can explore opportunities to supervise clinicians in our intern program or potentially be selected to participate in leadership development training

Qualification

LCSWLMFTLPCChild-Parent PsychotherapyClinical experienceCrisis interventionTeam collaborationDocumentation

Required

Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or M.S. in Counseling and current State of Connecticut licensure or license eligible as an LCSW, LMFT, or LPC