Current Openings
At Boys & Girls Village, we understand that children and families are the cornerstones of our society. Since 1942, it has been our mission to preserve and strengthen family bonds. As a leader in services for troubled youth and their families, we continually strive to develop a seamless continuum of care. Boys & Girls Village offers an array of services for children and their families. These services range from highly structured sub-acute services on campus to intensive intervention and care in the home and the community. Our broad range of programs and services are designed to work collaboratively with families, state and local agencies, and other community providers.
Extended Day Treatment Clinician
Boys & Girls Village is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Clinician to join our team. As a Clinician, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality mental health services to our clients. The ideal candidate should be licensed and experienced in conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and delivering therapeutic interventions.
Paraeducator
Energetic, motivated individual with future connection to expand BGV. Solid experience working with youth with disabilities in a school environment. Experience working with youth in crisis.
Increased compensation for Bachelors level candidates
Extended Day Treatment Behavior Specialist
Bachelor's level EDT Behavior Specialist/ Clinician provides direct care, behavior management, therapeutic and recreational programming in a safe, orderly and nurturing environment in order to meet the goals of client specific treatment plans.
Mental Health Counselor
• BGV is seeking a Bachelor’s Level Mental Health Counselor for our Intensive In-home Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Services (IICAPS).
• Increased compensation for Bi-lingual Spanish speaking candidates
Mental Health Worker (MHW)
The Mental Health Worker are responsible for directly supervising and engaging with youth and assisting them in developing adaptive living skills. They also actively monitor and manage crisis situations. They drive youth to court, appointments and recreational trips.
Increased compensation for Bachelors level candidates
Resource Family Recruiter-
The Recruiter is responsible for the identification, development, and implementation of BGV’s recruitment and retention goals in compliance with contract requirements. Works within the vision, mission, and philosophy of the agency to effectively recruit and determine eligibility based on initial screening, and efficiently approve qualified resource families for the FFT- FC Program within assigned geographic areas.
The Recruiter is also responsible for pre-approval training, post- approval training, and the retention of foster families. This position serves as a liaison between Boys &Girls Village FFT- FC Program, DCF, the media, and other community members. Provides continuous recruitment services throughout Greater New Haven area to raise awareness and develop resources for children and/or youth who require care due to abuse, neglect, or other at risk factors.
School Social Worker
Boys & Girls Village is seeking a certified School Social Worker for our K – 12 therapeutic school, Charles F. Hayden.
This is an 11-month position
Therapist- Family Based Recovery
The FBR Therapist provides community/home-based FBR treatment services to families fulfilling the role as the Parent-child clinician and Individual Substance use Clinician based on the case assignment. Therapists also assume responsibility for coordinating the provision of services by other community professionals. Therapists work a flexible schedule to accommodate individual family needs and respond to a crisis, as required by the model, including some evenings and weekends on call (no in-person sessions). Each clinician serves as the parent-child clinician for 12 of the 24 families on a full caseload and the individual/substance use clinician for the other 12 of the 24 families.
Family Time Specialist
• BGV is seeking a bachelor’s Level Family Time Specialist for our Quality Parenting Center program (QPC)
• Increased compensation for Bi-lingual Spanish speaking candidates
. Must be able to work Tuesday-Saturday. Weekday program hours are 12pm-8pm and weekends/holidays are 9am-5pm
Life Safety Officer-
BGV is seeking a Guard Card certified Life Safety Officer
This role is considered “essential” to the operations of the agency
Must be able to work Monday & Wednesday 4pm-8pm in Bridgeport and 9am-5:30pm in Milford for Part Time
Family Worker-IFP
• BGV is seeking a Bachelor’s level Family Support Worker
• Increased compensation for Bi-lingual Spanish speaking candidates
Care Coordinator-Child First
The Care Coordinator partners with a Mental Health and Developmental Clinician to support families served by Child First. The Care Coordinator works collaboratively with the family to connect the child and family with desired, community-based services and support while maintaining Child First’s reflective, relationship-based stance. The Care Coordinator also enhances caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress) and engages the caregiver-child dyad in activities to strengthen the relationship. Through their work with families, the Care Coordinator both decreases the “toxic” stress in the home environment and enhances opportunities for optimal child development, thereby promoting healthy brain development for infants and young children. The best candidate for this position is highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work non-traditional hours, including at least one evening) with an openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision and desire to be part of a team
Clinician-Child First
The Mental Health and Developmental Clinician partners with a Care Coordinator to support families served by Child First. The Clinician engages with both the caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters a protective, nurturing, and responsive caregiver-child relationship. The Clinician’s therapeutic intervention focuses on 1) healing from trauma; 2) helping caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations; 3) increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior; 4) supporting caregivers’ problem solving; and 5) helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child. The Clinician can also provide consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed. The best candidate for this position is highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible with an openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision, and desire to be part of a team.