Bilingual Mental Health Clinician

Alternative Family Services; Vallejo (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Chiropractic and Acupuncture

Life and disability insurance

403(b) plan

Eight weeks PTO including holidays

Job summary

Alternative Family Services seeks a Bilingual Mental Health Clinician in Vallejo, CA to assess, diagnose, and treat foster youth and families. Travel to homes across the Bay Area may be required; telehealth optional based on client needs.

You will work toward licensure hours, gain supervision, and contribute to a mission-driven team with a strong emphasis on culturally relevant, family-centered care.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required for role and licensure eligible.
• Licensure or registration with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences required.
• First Aid/CPR certification required or maintained.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development for each client.
• Provide counseling, intake, clinical case management, advocacy, and family therapy.
• Document delivery of service via progress notes.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Strong organizational skills

Time management

Education

Master’s Degree in related field

Licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC) or registration (ASW, AMFT, APCC) with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences

First Aid/CPR Certification

Job description

Bilingual Mental Health Clinician - Vallejo, CAHere is your opportunity to join a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable and under-served children and their families. As a Mental Health Clinician, you’ll be rewarded knowing that you are truly making a difference in the community. As a Mental Health Clinician you'll serve abused and neglected children by diagnosing, develop treatments plans and provide counseling and advocacy for foster youth in Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch and surrounding communities. You can help provide safety and stability to some of the most vulnerable children and families as a Mental Health Clinician at Alternative Family Services.

Bilingual Mental Health Clinician - Vallejo, CAHere is your opportunity to join a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable and under-served children and their families. As a Mental Health Clinician, you’ll be rewarded knowing that you are truly making a difference in the community. As a Mental Health Clinician you'll serve abused and neglected children by diagnosing, develop treatments plans and provide counseling and advocacy for foster youth in Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch and surrounding communities. You can help provide safety and stability to some of the most vulnerable children and families as a Mental Health Clinician at Alternative Family Services. You will earn supervised hours for licensure in a dynamic and growing mission-driven agency. In this full-time role you will be fully trained in Medi-Cal documentation, become certified in CANS Assessments, and gain the client and case management hours needed for licensure as an LCSW, MFT, or LPCC. This program is based on a culturally relevant, family-centered, strength-based approach to treatment. We provide extensive training, clinical supervision and support for a career that will develop you professionally and reward you personally. Alternative Family Services offers a supportive work environment, an excellent benefits package! See details below! About Alternative Family ServicesAlternative Family Services is a Foster Family, Adoption and Mental Health Agency that has been serving abused and neglected children in our community since 1973. Our mission is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and well-being in communities. We provide a wide range of foster, adoption, mental health and transition-aged youth services in English and Spanish. We have eight locations throughout the Bay Area including Oakland and over 200 employees. We celebrate diversity, equal opportunity, and excellence. Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development to each client on caseload
• Provide counseling, intake, clinical case management, advocacy, linkage, support, and individual and family therapy for clients and families
• Positively contribute to program and agency team culture through collaboration, professional group participation, the de-escalation of conflict, and positive communication
• Document delivery of service via daily progress notes
• Services may be offered via telehealth or in-person depending on the needs of the client and assessment of safety issues
• Maintain client charts to ensure compliance with Medi-Cal regulations
• In-person services require travel to client's home, or other community locations which may be outside San Francisco County
• Must be able/willing to provide services via telehealth or in person depending on the safety issues and needs of the client.

Desired

• Experience with in-home or community based services for children and families
• Proven track record of implementing evidenced based or evidenced based informed models of service delivery
• Experience in social services and system involved youth
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Experience with EPSDT Medi-Cal funded programs
• Experience working as part of a treatment team providing intensive services
• Spanish/English bilingual a must! (Differential offered for Spanish fluency)

Needed Upon Hire

• Licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC) or registration (ASW, AMFT, APCC) with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Master’s Degree in related field
• First Aid/CPR Certified
• Ability to obtain fingerprint and government background clearances

Driving Requirements This position requires the employee to work out in the community and within foster homes throughout the Bay Area. Thus, position requires employee to possess a valid CA driver’s license and valid automobile insurance with his/her name on the verification card as an insured driver on the policy at all times. Position requires daily access to a car in safe working order. We Offer

• Starting salary $72,100 - $78,766
• Additional $3,000 for BBS Licensure
• Additional language differential offered for Spanish language fluency of $5,000/year (must be fluent)
• Stipend to support licensure process and outside training
• Various in-house training on modalities including family therapy, play therapy, trauma-informed practices, culturally responsive practices, Triple P Positive Parenting, early childhood mental health, navigating the child welfare system, and other evidence-based models such as CBT and DBT
• We qualify as a public service loan forgiveness agency
• A professional and supportive work environment
• Benefits package which includes:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Chiropractic and Acupuncture
  • Flex-spending options
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 403(b) option
  • Over 8 weeks time off annually! (11 vacation days the first year - accruals starting on your 1st day and progress up to 20 days a year! 11 paid holidays including your birthday off & 12 sick days annually!)

AFS makes substantial monthly contributions on your behalf to keep out of pocket premiums at an all time low! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of Ancestry, Age, Color, Disability, Genetic Information, Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Marital status, Medical condition, Military or veteran status, National origin, Race, Religion, Sex, or Sexual orientation.