Behavioral Health Clinician (Therapist) - Nancy J Cotterman Center
Broward County
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Behavioral Health Clinician (Human Trafficking Unit)
Broward County
HumSvcs C/I C&C Counseling
Location
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33301-4800
Salary
$65,401.26 - $104,381.37
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 10, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves providing counseling, assessments, and support to victims of human trafficking and their families, including home visits, group sessions, and connecting them to community resources like housing and food assistance.
It requires working flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a supportive role within Broward County's Human Services Department.
Ideal candidates are compassionate professionals with a background in social work or psychology who have experience helping vulnerable people and can handle crisis situations.
Key Requirements
- Master's degree in social work, psychology, gerontology, or related field
- At least one year of experience in social services casework, counseling, or clinical case management
- Valid Florida driver's license
- Ability to pass and maintain a Level 2 background check
- Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed
- Experience with human trafficking victims (preferred)
- Bilingual skills in English/Spanish, English/Creole, or English/Portuguese (preferred)
Full Job Description
The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for a Behavioral Health Clinician position in the Human Services Department's Human Trafficking Unit.
General Description
Provides counseling, screening, assessment, and intervention to individuals and families.
Works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Requires a Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in social work, gerontology, psychology, or closely related field.
Requires one (1) year of social services casework, counseling or closely related field. Six (6) months of clinical case management may also be required.
Special Requirements
Required to work nights/weekends/holidays at times.
Must pass and maintain a level 2 background verification to be employed in this position.Special Certifications and Licenses Required
Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver's license.
Preferences
* Doctorate in Social Work, Mental Health, Family Therapy, Psychology or related field.* Experience working with Human Trafficking Victims.
* LMFT, LCSW, LMHC or Registered Intern (Social Work, Mental Health, Family Therapy)
* Bilingual English/Spanish, English/Creole and/or English/Portuguese.
Requirements
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Conducts clinical screenings, interviews and bio-psychosocial evaluations in hospital district.
Conducts home and community visits as needed to provide substance abuse counseling to participants and their families.
Observes, evaluates, and monitors reports and records program participant status and progress.
Conducts clinical interviews and biopsychosocial evaluations.
Conducts group and individual counseling sessions.
Counsels program participants, including those with complex issues; facilitates intermediate and advanced group sessions concerning substance abuse and co-occurring related issues.
Provides advocacy services to clients (greets family, obtains consent for medical exam, walks client to the exam room, provides emotional support during the examination, provides counseling service referrals and any other referrals family may need).
Answers after hours calls from front desk, and from the 24-hour rape hotline.
Assists with physical abuse intakes for Crisis Protection Team.
Links families to different agencies within the community, such as housing assistance, childcare, and foodbanks, to assist them with various needs.
Assists clients with completing assistance applications.
Coordinates treatment with other community, governmental and service providers.
Prepares accurate and timely written reports on assigned caseload as well as the quality and/or quantity of work completed.
Documents progress notes and tracks daily reports for documentation purposes.
CISD/NJCC/Crisis II (Human Trafficking):*Conduct human trafficking screenings and needs assessments.
*Coordinate treatment and services with community, governmental and service providers.*Develop service plans with program participants and/or their families.*Maintain associated clinical records manually and/or electronically using computer based applications.*Prepare accurate and timely reports on assigned caseload using computer based software applications.*Observe, evaluate, monitor, report and record client status and progress.*Provide accompaniment services to clients (e.g., court, appointments) *Answer after hours calls as needed.
*Assess clients for abuse and suicidal/homicidal ideation and make reports to the Florida Abuse Hotline or Law Enforcement.*Act as an advocate between the families and law enforcement, state attorney's office, child protective services and other entities to ensure that the needs and/or concerns of the client are being addressed and rights upheld.*Link families to different agencies within the community to assist them with various needs.*Confer with program participants their families and/or other caregivers regarding issues of treatment.
*Assist clients with completing Human Trafficking relocation applications.*Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Staff Meetings bimonthly.*Represent the agency in community events, educational workshops, committee and stakeholder meetings.*Assists with special projects assigned by the supervisor.*Perform emergency service duties in the event of a County emergency or disaster (e.g., staffing a shelter prior, during or after a hurricane).
*Performs related work as assigned.
Qualifications
Physical DemandsPhysical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time or sustained keyboard operations.
Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment)
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery.
Additional Information
Competencies- Business Insight
Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals. Has a sophisticated grasp of business drivers, finds new ways to increase own contribution. Stays attuned to business and industry changes, ensures own activities remain aligned to key objectives.
- Manages Complexity
Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Consistently looks at complex issues from many angles; obtains a rich and deep understanding; swiftly cuts to the core issue; skillfully separates root causes from symptoms.
- Plans and Aligns
Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Strengthens alignment and coordination between own work and others', providing well-sequenced activities and exact time frames. Foresees and resolves many potential bottlenecks and delays.
- Ensures Accountability
Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. Accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.
- Communicates Effectively
Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Tailors communication content and style to the needs of others. Pays attention to others' input and perspectives, asks questions, and summarizes to confirm understanding.
- Persuades
Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others. Positions and packages ideas so that they will resonate strongly with a wide variety of stakeholders. Uses strong logic and compelling evidence. Works with others to find creative win-win solutions; achieves consensus through compromise.
- Manages Ambiguity
Operates effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear. Sees and seizes possible opportunities in unknown situations. Steers others skillfully with a stabilizing presence and clear targeted coaching in order to make significant progress.
- Nimble Learning
Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Ensures that the organization gathers, shares, and benefits from lessons learned across the organization. Strongly champions and rewards exploration and learning and emphasizes their importance.
- Situational Adaptability
Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. Sees even subtle cues to adapt; deploys a wide range of behaviors to stay effective. Exemplifies flexibility and resourcefulness; responds deftly to a variety of challenges and situations.
County Core Values
All Broward County employees strive to demonstrate the County's four core behavioral competencies.
- Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Customer focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Instills trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
- Values differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance
Broward County is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion. Broward County is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. We support the hiring of people with disabilities; therefore, if you require assistance due to a disability, please contact the Professional Standards Section in advance at 954-357-6500 or email Profstandards@broward.org to make an accommodation request.
Emergency Management Responsibilities
Note: During emergency conditions, all County employees are automatically considered emergency service workers. County employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.
County-wide Employee Responsibilities
All Broward County employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.
All Broward County employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.
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