The Center for Women and Families – Therapist/Project Manager

Together, disrupting the cycle of intimate partner and sexual violence is our mission. Do you want to join us in making a difference in the lives of people surviving power-based violence? The Center for Women and Families is looking for warm, caring, and empathetic individuals driven by a desire to help others! The Therapist/Project Manager helps to move toward our vision of thriving survivors in safe communities!

The Center for Women and Families provides free services to people of all identities who have experienced intimate partner violence and sexual assault. We help our clients and their dependent children become survivors through trauma-informed advocacy. Our goal is to mitigate the impact of their trauma by reducing their risk factors and building their resiliency. We serve anyone in Jefferson, Bullitt, Spencer, Shelby, Oldham, Henry, and Trimble counties in Kentucky and Floyd and Clark counties in Indiana.

The Therapist/Project Manager provides leadership support for the oversight and implementation of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant, as well as uses evidence-based therapeutic interventions to provide ongoing individual and group therapy to residential clients who have experienced domestic violence/sexual assault.

This position is scheduled for Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:30pm, with one evening per week per the program's needs.

Our Amazing Benefits!

• Six weeks of annual combined (PTO) plan that starts accumulating on your first day
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Accident and critical illness insurance
• Flexible savings accounts for health and dependent care
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Group life insurance: The Center pays the premium
• Voluntary life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• 401(k) with company matching 2% after 1 year

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project partners to conduct assessments, implement screening tools, and follow treatment protocols.
• Co-facilitate project management meetings to ensure project benchmarks are met in a timely and effective manner.
• Collaborate with grants management, community project partners, PIRE, and the Director of Grants.
• Collaborate with the Director of Data and Performance Analysis to integrate project data collection tools into the client database.
• Develop and cultivate community partners to establish referral networks and protocols.
• Supervise project advocates and contractors.
• Provide individual and group therapy sessions for residential clients, including maintaining case records, therapeutic notes, and treatment plans.
• Provide expert consultation to CWF staff on screening and responding to clients.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or related field, with at least 3-5 years of as a practicing therapist.
• Independently licensed to practice a mental health discipline under Kentucky laws (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, etc.)
• Evidence of leadership in project management.
• Experience working with trauma and dual diagnosis.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain a driving record that meets CWF automobile insurance requirements.
• Fluency in languages other than English are a plus.
• Developed sense of empathy
• Self-starter
• Organizational skills

The Center requires the basic round of COVID vaccinations and highly recommends boosters. The Center also requires all employees to wear a mask and maintain a distance of 6 feet while working.

Learn more about us from our social media links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecenteronline/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-women-and-families/jobs/

We value diversity and inclusion as a key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for helping others. For us, diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. We support an inclusive workplace where staff succeed based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.