Social Worker/Clinical Counselor – CADD Preschool Part Time

South Portland, ME, USA
MaineHealth

Summary

• The CADD(Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders) Day Treatment Program provides integrated, intensive services for children and adolescents with autism or other developmental disorders with emotional or behavioral challenges that are not succeeding in their current school settings. Our goal is to provide an intensive treatment program that prepares a child to return to a less restrictive school setting. Our expert team of clinicians and educators work with both the child and family to stabilize behaviors and enhance educational functioning in school and at home.
  The CADD Day Treatment Social Worker is a member of the multi-disciplinary team.  His/her roll includes providing direct treatment to students and their families, participating in weekly multi-disciplinary clinical team meetings, coordinating care with external providers, and helping students transfer their newly acquired skills from school to home.
   
     Position Summary
  The Social Worker/Clinical Counselor is a position for the professional social worker/clinical counselor that involves the evaluation of psychosocial needs of patients and their families and provision of diagnostic/preventive and treatment services including individual, family and group therapy in the Day Treatment School of the Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders. He/She is a member of the IEP team and attends IEP meetings, as well as facilitates treatment team meetings that include family and other relevant providers. The Social Worker/Clinical Counselor II works in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to enact a coordinated treatment plan for family, social, educational and environmental needs. This work is performed under general supervision in accordance with institutional and social work/clinical counselor policies. The Social Worker/Clinical Counselor II may supervise other social work/clinical counselors, students or other staff.   
   
     Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities   
  ·       Master’s degree in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
  ·       Knowledge of social work theories, therapies and techniques, as used in individual, family and group treatment, as well principles of social welfare
  ·       Experience with the developmental disorders population, including children with intellectual disability
  ·       2+ years of work experience in a mental health setting
  ·       Proficiency in psychosocial assessment and treatment and considerable knowledge of community resources and agencies and how to use them in resolving complex problems related to health, illness and disability
  ·       Familiarity with the delivery of school-based services
  ·       Licensure by the Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred
  ·       Licensure by the Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure as a Licensed Master Social Worker – Clinical Conditional considered
  ·       Facility with CBT, TF-CBT and other evidence-based modalities preferred
  ·       Facility with social skills teaching and applied behavior analysis strategies preferred
   

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