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The Clinical Therapist will provide comprehensive treatment services to adults and children who have experienced trauma. These services will include extensive psycho-social assessments, testing, development of comprehensive treatment plans, coordination with involved agencies, and provision of intensive trauma treatment. Treatment provided will include long and short-term individual, family and play therapy, and psycho-educational sessions.

The Clinical Therapist will serve as a member of the center’s multidisciplinary team and participate in weekly staffing to provide feedback and treatment recommendations for children seen for medical evaluation. The Therapist will provide consultations needed to the other staff members on complex cases in regard to mental health assessment and treatment. The therapist will also provide training to students and community mental health providers on an as needed basis.

One Place Child Advocacy Center is seeking a full-time Mental Health Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team serving child victims of abuse and their non-offending caregivers.

This full-time clinical role provides trauma-focused, evidence-supported mental health services to child victims and their supportive, non-offending caregivers. The therapist delivers individual, group, and family therapy—including TF-CBT and Advanced TF-CBT for Problematic Sexual Behaviors—while collaborating closely with our multidisciplinary partners to ensure coordinated, comprehensive care. Ideal candidates are licensed clinicians (LCSW, LCMHC, or LMFT), rostered in TF-CBT, and experienced in providing therapeutic services to children and families impacted by abuse.

Southmountain Children and Family Services is seeking a qualified candidate to join its team as a Family Advocate.

The Family Advocate supports the children and families who utilize the services of the Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson County Children’s Advocacy Center. The Advocate ensures a continuum of services for children who have been victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, neglect, or other types of trauma. The focus of this position is to provide case management services that include: support, orientation and education to children who are victims of crime and to their family members, as well as coordinate services with partnering agencies involved in the investigation and treatment of child abuse, neglect and trauma.

The Family Advocate reports directly to the Regional Director and is required to work cooperatively with all multi-disciplinary partners.

This position is full-time 40 hours per week, typically Monday through Friday, but requires flexibility for after-hour emergencies and periodic on-call.

The Finance Director (FD) leads Carousel Child Advocacy Center’s (CCAC’s) financial oversight to ensure sufficient agency resources, quality stewardship, and ethical practices of grant, foundation and donor funding. Coordinates/directs day-to-day financial/accounting operations of the agency, plans/manages/amends agency budget, grant reimbursement processes, payroll, benefits management, grant/funder relationships, third-party insurances/NC Child Medical Evaluation Program (CMEP)/Medicaid/Crime Victims Compensation (CVC) billings and annual audit processes.

Carousel Child Advocacy Center (CCAC) is seeking a compassionate and skilled CME Provider to conduct child-sensitive, forensically sound medical assessments for children and adolescents (birth–18 years) suspected of being sexually, physically, and/or emotionally maltreated.

The CME Provider collaborates closely with multidisciplinary partners—including law enforcement, DSS, and the NC Division of Social Services—to support investigations, provide expert medical opinions, and ensure that every child receives trauma-informed, comprehensive care.

The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Part-Time Medical Provider collaborates with the CAC team and the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) conducting medical evaluations for children involved in allegations of abuse referred by Law Enforcement and/or the Department of Social Services. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive medical assessments and examinations, documenting findings in detailed medical reports, and providing recommendations based on the evaluation. Each evaluation should include a review of medical history, current concerns, and presenting allegations. All medical providers must meet eligibility requirements and be rostered through the North Carolina Child Medical Evaluation Program (NCCMEP).

Position Description

The Children’s Advocacy and Protection Center (CAPC) Medical Director is a professional position that involves conducting comprehensive medical examinations of children, providing clinical evaluations, and offering consultation services. This position is responsible for providing direct service to clients referred for child medical examinations. In addition, the duties of a CAPC Medical Director include community outreach, participation in Peer Review sessions, and attending Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings.

COMPENSATION & SCHEDULE INFORMATION:

• Salary is negotiable, dependent on education and experience.
• Schedule is negotiable. Typical schedule works 20 hours per week, with on-call availability as needed.
• There are no benefits associated with this position.

Responsibilities

• Conduct child medical examinations and provide completed reports, including documentation for client files.
• Provide referring agencies with appropriate medical documentation of the examination
• Provide medical consultations on referrals from Law Enforcement, Department of Social Services, or other medical providers.
• Participate in all team case reviews, offering medical findings and opinions on the results of each child's medical exam.
• Assist in establishing medical policy and protocols in accordance with CAPC goals and objectives
• Provide training in the topic of child abuse to MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) members, local medical providers, and other child abuse professionals.
• Attend Court Proceedings when needed for the purpose of providing expert witness testimony regarding the performed child medical exams.
• Attend ongoing education in child abuse and neglect, to include conferences, seminars, consultation with other child abuse experts, literature review, and case/peer review.
• Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Collaborate with the Child and Family Advocate to input accurate client data into the agency's database.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or M.D./D.O. (specialized in Pediatrics, Family Practice, or Emergency Medicine)
• Licensed in North Carolina

Additional Requirements

• Rostered with the North Carolina CME Program, or ability to obtain within a specified timeframe
• Certified to obtain pediatric S.A.N.E., or ability to obtain within a specified timeframe
• Medical knowledge of child abuse issues
• Ability to work with multi-agency partners
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system to testify in court
• Ability to provide medical consultation to non-medical personnel who work in child abuse investigations
• Work well with children and family members
• Knowledge and skill in operating colposcope and taking photographs of injuries
• Maintain medical license
• Must be an independent worker
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Commitment to the Mission and Vision of the Children’s Advocacy and Protection Center.

The Department of Pediatrics of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is the organizational unit. The primary purpose of the department is teaching, research and patient care in those issues involving the needs of children, with particular emphasis on the children of eastern North Carolina.

TEDI BEAR Children’s Advocacy Center of the Department of Pediatrics is in accord with this primary purpose. This purpose will be achieved by providing

1) comprehensive evaluation and specialized treatment of children who have experienced abuse and trauma 2) an educational resource for students and professionals and the community in eastern North Carolina regarding child abuse, neglect, and trauma.

TEDI BEAR CAC serves abused and neglected children, ages birth to 18, and their non-offending family members by providing child medical evaluations; forensic interviews; individual, group, and family therapy; community development, outreach education for individuals and groups, and child abuse prevention programming. The agency also collaborates with ECU Health by providing in-house child abuse consults.

Job Duties

The Clinical Therapist will provide comprehensive treatment services to adults and children who have experienced abuse and trauma. These services will include extensive psycho-social assessments, testing, development of comprehensive treatment plans, coordination with involved agencies, and provision of intensive trauma treatment. Treatment provided will include long and short-term individual, family and play therapy, and psycho­educational sessions. The Clinical Therapist will serve as a member of the center’s multidisciplinary team and participate in weekly staffing meetings to provide feedback and treatment recommendations for children seen for medical evaluation. The Clinical Therapist will provide consultation as needed to the other staff members on complex cases in regard to mental health assessment and treatment. The Clinical Therapist will provide training to students and community mental health providers on an as needed basis. The Clinical Therapist will engage in family advocacy through court testimony and attendance to outside agency reviews is provided on an as needed basis.

CACs accept volunteers on an as needed basis. If you would like to request volunteer placement please submit an email detailing your request, with contact information, to info@cacnc.org.