Mental Health Clinician/Consultant - Sana Sana/SPARK

Instituto Familiar de la Raza; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

An established community health agency is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Clinician to provide holistic support to families in San Francisco. This role emphasizes culturally responsive mental health services for young children and their caregivers, focusing on building strong relationships and addressing trauma. The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with diverse communities and a commitment to enhancing child-parent connections. Join a team that values collaboration and offers extensive training, making a meaningful impact in the lives of families in need.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

403(b) plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Ongoing learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years experience delivering services to children 0-5.
• Experience working with multicultural communities and complex trauma.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive wrap-around service to families with a focus on CPP therapy.
• Collaborate with community partners to integrate services.

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish/English

Clinical Case Management

Experience with complex trauma

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Ability to build community relationships

Culturally responsive interventions

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences

Job description

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Agency Description

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. is a multi-service community health and social service agency with an emphasis on serving the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community in San Francisco with a special focus on the diverse needs of the Mission District. Services include a wide range of mental health, HIV-related services, and social services, including health promotion, education, prevention, early intervention, case management, and psychological and psychiatric interventions, as well as cultural/social and spiritual re-enforcement. The agency serves children, youth, adults, and families. It has a rich history of working collaboratively with other agencies to meet the needs of the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community and other cultural/racial communities in San Francisco.

Job/Program Description

The Sana Sana Program offers a continuum of mental health consultation services to diverse Latino/multicultural early education and school-based settings in San Francisco. Additionally, the Sana Sana Program provides comprehensive, holistic, wrap-around services to families with young children (0-5) living in public housing who have experienced trauma. This sub-team is named SPARK (Strong Parents And Resilient Kids)

The SPARK team is seeking a bicultural/bilingual mental health professional who is enthusiastic, talented and has experience working with multicultural communities, in particular the African-American community. The position requires a minimum of two (2) years experience in health and social service fields, knowledge of child development, ability to bridge and build relationships, and experience with or interest in providing Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). The primary goal of the wrap-around program is to support and strengthen the relationship between a young child and his or her parent (or caregiver) as a vehicle for restoring the child's sense of safety, strengthening their attachment relationships (increasing attunement & responses to emotional needs), and improving the child's cognitive, behavioral, and social functioning. We accomplish this through client-centered, nonjudgmental, culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Extensive training on working with young children who have experienced trauma will be provided, as well as the opportunity to be trained and rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

Essential Job Duties are but are not limited to the following

• Provide intensive wrap-around service (including clinical case management) with a focus on CPP therapy to a small caseload of families (6-8 families)
• Manage and build community relationships that support a holistic, strength-based, culturally responsive system of care for families
• Collaborate closely with the Wellness Center CBO’s and partners within the housing development to leverage relationships and integrate services
• Responsible for maintaining service documentation and client files
• Participate in all training opportunities and learning circles on CPP in order to implement CPP with fidelity
• Attend supervision and agency-wide meetings, and represent the program and agency professionally
• Participate and support community events
  
  

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bilingual in Spanish/English is required
• Minimum of two years experience delivering services to children 0-5 and their families
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the health and social service field with Clinical Case Management experience
• Demonstrated experience working on issues of complex trauma, parent-child relationships, attachment, service integration, and holistic interventions that are culturally responsive to Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander and African American communities
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative
• Experience in settings that required maintaining confidential client information
• Ability to work occasional evenings and/or weekends
• Computer, internet and social media proficiency
  
  

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Bicultural competency
• Home visiting experience
• Experience with program evaluation
• Experience working with Human Service Agencies and Child Protective Services
  
  

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND LICENSES

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related behavioral services
• Must be CA licensed or license eligible (registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology)
  
  

CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT

• Must pass and maintain annual tuberculosis test
• Must pass Department of Justice Fingerprint screening
  
  

Compensation And Benefits²

This is a full-time (35 hours per week) exempt position with benefits. The incumbent will be hired as either a Mental Health Clinician I or Mental Health Clinician II based on licensure and/or experience.

The salary range for Mental Health Specialist I is $72,500 - $81,500, and the salary for Mental Health Specialist II is $78,000 - $88,000.

All positions at IFR working 17.50 hours per week or more are eligible to participate in benefit health plans, including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) plan, EAP, Life Insurance, earn vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and ongoing learning opportunities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here represent what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• General ability to communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner that can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking too, including a diverse population
• General alertness to address emergency or potentially dangerous situations
• Requires physical ability to remain seated at a desk for long periods of time when needed
• Basic manual dexterity to operate work processing equipment with skill, speed, and accuracy
• Must be able to view computer for long periods of time
• Ability to use public and/or private modes of transportation; duties are office-based, but travel to various offsite venues is required
• Activities that occur infrequently are: bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, twisting, reaching straight, above or below shoulders
• On occasion, must lift up to 35 LBS
  
  

TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should send an email to Human Resources Department, Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. at [email protected] with “Mental Health Specialist/Consultant - Sana Sana/SPARK" in the subject line and include:

• A cover letter describing why you would be an excellent fit for this position
• An up-to-date resume
  
  

Please note: only complete applications will be considered.

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. (IFR) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, please see the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission poster.

For the complete nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, please see the Civil Rights Department State of California's Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace policy.

² Please note that IFR reserves the right to change its benefits and contributions at any time at its sole discretion.

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