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  New Hire Sign on Bonus: $500 after 90 days; additional $1000 after 6 months

Essential Job Functions

• Provide support, counseling, and interventions in the child’s home, school and/or other community locations that is focused on building children’s and caregiver’s competencies.
• Form a positive therapeutic alliance with children and families. Provide behavior management consultation, parent or life-skills training, and general support based on empowerment, strength-based and solution-focused frameworks.
• Maintain working knowledge of community resources; ranging from food and clothing to job training & recreational programs, aid and support to families enabling them to access community resources.
• Provide behavior management consultation and regular on-going support to school classrooms. This includes individual support to students, behavioral consultation to teachers and school staff, classroom groups, crisis intervention, or specific services requested to assist students and families.
• Provide clinical feedback to clinicians to assist with the development of the treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Conduct sessions with clients and families based on the goals and objectives outlined in the treatment plan.
• Form positive work alliances with representatives of community agencies including schools, mental health, social services, probation, and others.
• Maintain open communication with internal treatment team members to ensure congruency in treatments provided.
• Participate in any necessary case meetings including, IEP, re-entry or school transition meetings, case staffing or other requested meetings.
• Meet weekly productivity goals.
• Complete documentation of individual and family sessions, case management contacts, and other required forms of paperwork within required timeframes of Medicaid standards and other contracted referral sources.

Other Job Functions

• Participate in team meetings, as well as individual and group supervision.
• Assist clinician’s in completing intake assessments.
• Provide transportation for children & families when therapeutically indicated.
• Attend scheduled internal trainings and participate in continuing education and professional development to develop increasing levels of expertise, areas of specialization, and professional goals.
• Maintain general understanding of educational paperwork and IEP law.
• Maintain the highest standard of cultural competency in all dealings with clients and staff.
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to implement agency policies, procedures, SPB’s, collateral policies, and COA’s guidelines.
• Support the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action goals of the agency to better reflect the population of children and families served by TCC.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time in an office setting.

Working Conditions

• Working in the community, in client’s homes, and in schools.
• Mobile Office provided: car, gas card, laptop, hotspot.
• Telehealth sessions can be performed from a remote, confidential location when necessary.
• Schedule is Sunday to Thursday or Tuesday to Saturday with evening hours and on weekdays.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.A. in Human Services or related field preferred.
• Prior experience (2-3 years preferred) with EBD children and their families.
• Training and demonstrated skills in crisis intervention.
• Strong theoretical background/understanding of clinical issues and family systems.
• Must be flexible to schedule appointments when families are available; most appointments will occur in the evenings and on weekends.
• Must have the ability to work independently, have strong communication/coordination skills, and make clinically sound decisions.
• Experience and knowledge working with neuroatypical population, implementing behavioral interventions.
• Valid CO driver’s license

Benefits

For employees working 30 or more hours:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Options (Kaiser, Delta Dental, EyeMed)
• Health Savings Account (with High Deductible Health Plan)
• Generous PTO + 13 paid holidays
• Retirement Plan with the Pension Fund: Tennyson will match up to 4% of annual salary.
• Voluntary Benefits through Colonial Life: Accident, Cancer, Disability, Critical Illness, Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Flexible Schedule
• Professional Development Assistance

EEOC

Must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States in compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Tennyson Center for Children currently does not sponsor work visas.

Tennyson Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer; we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We seek applicants of diverse backgrounds and prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, military status, conditions relating to pregnancy or childbearing, and/or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. If you have any questions, please email our team at HRServices at Tennysoncenter.org. We appreciate your interest in Tennyson Center for Children.

Don’t meet all the requirements? We encourage you to still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are keen to speak to people who connect with Tennyson Mission and Values.