Mental Health Clinician

Alternative Family Services; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Alternative Family Services as a Mental Health Clinician to make a positive impact on vulnerable children and their families. In this full-time role, you will diagnose, develop treatment plans, and provide therapy in foster care settings while earning supervision hours towards licensure. Enjoy a supportive work environment with numerous in-house training programs and competitive benefits, including a salary range of $71,000 to $81,000 per year, along with bonuses for Spanish fluency.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life and disability insurance

403(b) option

Over 8 weeks time off annually

Qualifications

• Licensure with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences required upon hire.
• Experience with in-home or community-based services for children and families.
• Experience in social services with a focus on system-involved youth.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development for clients.
• Provide counseling and therapy for clients and families.
• Document delivery of service via daily progress notes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Education

Master’s Degree in related field

Licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC)

Job description

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Alternative Family Services provided pay range

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Base pay range

$71,000.00/hr - $81,000.00/hr

Mental Health Clinician - San Francisco

Here 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 our Bay Area 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.

Mental Health Clinician - San Francisco

Here 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 our Bay Area 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 Services

Alternative 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 plus! (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 $71,000-$81,000
• Spanish fluency stipend $5,000
• Licensure stipend $3,000
• 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.

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