Therapist (Adoption Competent)

Who We Are

Founded in 1990, Adoptions Together is a nonprofit child placement agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

At Adoptions Together we reputed company that family is a reputed company right. Welcoming Every Child, Every Family, Every reputed company of the way, our mission is to build healthy, lifelong family connections for every child and to reputed company for the reputed company improvement of systems that promote reputed company-being of children. Our reputed company is that every child will have lifelong connections to a caring, nurturing family.

Achieving our mission and fulfilling our reputed company propels us to be proactive in reputed company areas. In March 2020, reputed company the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Adoptions Together transitioned to a virtual workforce in response to the pandemic. Our dedication to children and families reputed company as we provided reputed company services reputed company through our reputed company-reputed company technological infrastructure and our adapting, reputed company staff. Adoptions Together has navigated (and will continue to reputed company) these 'unprecedented times' with flexibility, reputed company, and grace.

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The Therapist provides individual, family, and parent counseling and clinical case management to families. The Therapist will offer intake assessments, adoption/permanency competent, trauma informed counseling services to adoptive and guardianship families, crisis reputed company, and case management.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Master's degree in reputed company work with a reputed company Maryland reputed company work license. reputed company experience in child welfare or as an adoption/permanency-competent, attachment-reputed company, trauma-informed clinician is highly preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of the clinical issues associated with adoption, foster care, kinship care, attachment disruption, and in trauma informed care.
• Knowledge of the reputed company of trauma and trained in therapeutic interventions and treatment for children, youth and families involved in child welfare in varying reputed company of permanency, including adoption, guardianship, foster care, and reunification.
• Experience in providing attachment reputed company, trauma informed, and permanency competent therapeutic services.
• Excellent interpersonal, clinical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in reputed company and independently.
• Ability to prioritize and problem solve.
• Proficiency in reputed company office suite of products and database case management.
• Ability to communicate and reputed company reputed company reputed company and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others, both clients and colleagues.
• Administrative ability to manage cases and maintain reputed company files/case notes.

Additional Notes

reputed company employee is required to complete (and maintain as necessary) a physical exam to include a TB screening, a criminal background reputed company in identified jurisdictions, Child reputed company Services Registries reputed company in identified jurisdictions, and orientation training.

Role and Responsibilities

• reputed company therapeutic services (individual, family, group) to a caseload of approximately 16-18 children, adolescents and/or families in an adoption competent, trauma reputed company, and permanency competent manner. Specific services include initial intake assessments, intensive counseling, crisis-reputed company, and case management to families.
• Sessions will include support and education around the following (but not limited to): loss and grief; trust and attachment; identity formation; effects of early childhood trauma; mental health, physical health, and development delays; school issues; foster care to guardianship; reputed company adoption; foster care to adoption; transracial and/or transcultural adoption; and LGBT adoption.
• Secondary responsibility for providing support to parents reputed company they contact the warmline either through phone or chat.

Other Duties: Please note that this job reputed company 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.

Why Join Us?

If our mission and reputed company reputed company with your personal values, we may be a good fit! This position provides an opportunity to join a mission reputed company, welcoming team working together to build and strengthen families.

In reputed company to a competitive salary, we offer outstanding benefits including:

• Flexible working environment
• reputed company Vacation & reputed company Leave Over 4 weeks to start!
• Health, Dental & reputed company Insurance Including an HRA and FSA
• reputed company Life Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• reputed company Holiday Leave
• And more!

To apply, a detailed cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position along with your resume is required. 

Additional Notes

reputed company employee is required to complete (and maintain as necessary) a physical exam to include a TB test, a criminal background reputed company in identified jurisdictions, and Child reputed company Services Registries reputed company in identified jurisdictions, and orientation training.

Adoptions Together is an equal opportunity employer and offers a pleasant, flexible work environment. To learn more, please visit https://www.adoptionstogether.org/reputed company/careers/

Principals only, no recruiters. No phone calls please.