Mental Health Therapist – East Bay Wrap - $5000 Sign-on

Fred Finch Youth Center; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Mental Health Therapist, where you will make a significant impact on the lives of youth and families in the East Bay. This role involves providing culturally responsive services, implementing behavioral interventions, and facilitating collaborative family meetings. With a focus on professional development, the organization offers supervision towards licensure, free trainings, and scholarship opportunities. Enjoy a supportive work environment recognized as one of the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces, where your contributions will help shape the future of mental health care in the community. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

$5,000 sign-on bonus

Free CEUs

Free trainings

Mileage reimbursement

Biannual scholarship opportunities

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling is required.
• Registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as ASW, AMFT, or APCC.

Responsibilities

• Meet weekly with youth and families to support treatment goals.
• Facilitate team meetings to collaborate with families and partners.
• Provide individual or family therapy as needed.

Skills

Culturally responsive services

De-escalation techniques

Behavioral interventions

Psychoeducation

Education

Master’s degree in social work/psychology/counseling

Tools

Transportation

Job description

Mental Health Therapist- East Bay Wrap

$5,000 sign-on bonus

Roll up your sleeves and join Fred Finch to make a real difference in the lives of youth and families. Mental Health Therapist in our East Bay Wrap Program use a high-fidelity model that is honest, family centered, culturally/linguistically responsive and community based. The work is very challenging, and spiritually rewarding, especially to those who may have overcome barriers in the past.

Wraparound staff work with families utilizing a comprehensive team-based approach. Our program offers a myriad of services and support including behavioral and mental health assessment and interventions as well as medication and psychiatric support.

Fred Finch offers weekly individual and group supervision toward licensure hours, free CEUs, free trainings to improve clinical skills, and biannual scholarship opportunities for professional development.

Fred Finch has been recognized as one of the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces. We’re committed to racial equity and justice work. Fred Finch is dedicated to building a diverse staff to reflect the communities that we serve.

Responsibilities

· Meet weekly with youth and families to support treatment goals, and provide psychoeducation

· Facilitate Child and Family team meetings to collaborate with families and community partners to help families meet their goals

· Develop and implement behavioral interventions

· Provide individual or family therapy as needed

· Utilize de-escalation techniques

· Deliver culturally responsive services in working with diverse families

· Drive to meet youth and families in their communities (mileage reimbursement provided)

· Participate in individual and group supervision sessions

Qualifications

REQUIRED

· Master’s degree in social work/psychology/counseling

· Registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as an ASW, AMFT, or APCC. Some programs may consider candidates who are able to obtain registered status within first six (6) months after hire

· Clean driving record; current CA Driver’s License or ability to obtain within 10 days after hired

· Must have access to dependable transportation and minimum liability coverage

· TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements

Schedule

· Full-time; Monday - Friday, 9am – 5:30 pm

Benefits

· Starting at $68,700 - $87,680 per year, commensurate with experience

o Additional 10% salary increase for BBS licensure

o Great opportunities for internal promotions o Amazing Benefits with Affordable Copays - Click here for more detail.

o $5k sign-on bonus! · Fred Finch is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer

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