Interventionist, Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Description

Reports to: MiFamily Together Program Manager

Estimated Start Date: September 7, 2026

Term: This is a 3-year, state-funded contract, with the possibility of extension.

Position Summary:

The BSFT Interventionist is responsible for providing Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) services to children, adolescents, and families referred through the MiFamily Together program. This position delivers structured, evidence-based therapeutic interventions designed to improve family functioning, reduce conflict, strengthen caregiver-child relationships, and decrease risk factors associated with child welfare involvement, family disruption, and placement instability.

The BSFT Interventionist works with families experiencing elevated conflict, behavioral challenges, and complex family dynamics through a family systems approach that emphasizes engagement of the entire family unit. Services are delivered in the family home, community, or through approved virtual platforms, consistent with model expectations and program requirements.

This role requires strong clinical skills, sound judgment, flexibility, and the ability to maintain fidelity to a structured evidence-based treatment model while collaborating closely with MiFamily Together staff, MDHHS, and community partners.

Qualifications:

• •Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field required
• •Experience providing therapeutic or clinical services to children, adolescents, and families required
• •Experience delivering family-based or systems-oriented interventions within child welfare, prevention, reunification, or related settings required
• •Experience working with families experiencing elevated conflict, behavioral challenges, or risk of child welfare involvement required
• •Demonstrated ability to engage entire family systems and intervene using structured therapeutic techniques
• •Experience working within evidence-based or manualized treatment models required
• •Ability to utilize required technology platforms and video-recording systems in accordance with program expectations
• •Strong clinical, organizational, communication, and engagement skills
• •Ability to work independently and collaboratively in community-based settings

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Direct Clinical Service Delivery

• •Provide Brief Strategic Family Therapy services to children, adolescents, and families referred through MiFamily Together
• •Support transition planning and referral to ongoing therapeutic services when clinically appropriate following completion of BSFT services
• •Collaborate with MiFamily Together staff in completion of FAST assessments and coordination of family-centered intervention planning
• •Maintain a BSFT caseload consistent with program and fidelity expectations

Assessment and Treatment Planning

• •Assess family strengths, needs, interactional patterns, and barriers to stability and functioning
• •Develop and implement individualized treatment goals in collaboration with families and program partners
• •Monitor family progress and adjust interventions in accordance with clinical judgment and model expectations
• •Participate in case consultation and treatment planning activities with supervisors and interdisciplinary team members
• •Utilize evidence-based and family systems approaches to support prevention, reunification, placement stabilization, and family preservation goals

Model Fidelity and Professional Practice

• •Participate in all required BSFT workshops, consultation sessions, practicum activities, and fidelity review processes required by the model developer and training purveyor
• •Maintain adherence to all BSFT model expectations, documentation standards, competency requirements, and certification expectations

Collaboration and Service Coordination

• •Collaborate closely with MiFamily Together Advocates, Parent Partners, supervisors, MDHHS staff, and community providers to support coordinated service delivery
• •Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, staffing discussions, and collaborative planning activities
• •Represent the agency professionally in all community and family interactions

Documentation and Compliance

Complete all required clinical documentation, assessments, service notes, treatment records, and reports in accordance with agency policy, BSFT model expectations, contractual requirements, and program timelines

Supervisory Responsibility:

None

Work Environment and Schedule:

This position requires extensive community-based and in-home work with children and families. Work will often occur during non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet family and program needs, including urgent responses to referral timeframes

Physical Requirements:

This position requires the ability to:

• •Operate a motor vehicle and travel within the agency’s service areas
• •Navigate homes and community environments, including climbing stairs, bending, and crouching
• •Sit, stand, and move for extended periods

Employment Responsibilities:

• •Must possess a valid driver’s license, maintain a satisfactory driving record, and provide proof of automobile insurance
• •Must not have been convicted of child abuse or neglect, or a felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual within the 10 years immediately preceding the date of hire
• •Must not be listed on the central registry as a perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect

Commitment to Mission and Values:

The BSFT Interventionist will follow and uphold the agency’s Mission and Vision Statements, including its commitment to strength-based services, inclusion, and diversity.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Hands Across The Water does not discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment, because of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, height, weight, familial or marital status, mental or physical ability, socioeconomic status, military service obligation, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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