Bilingual Mental Health Clinician - San Francisco (mission district)

A Better Way is seeking a Bilingual Mental Health Clinician for the San Francisco Mental Health Program who is passionate about meeting the therapeutic needs of children, youth, and families involved in the foster care system--with respect, clinical excellence, and an ongoing commitment to cultural humility

A Better Way offers a comprehensive approach to therapeutic services for children and families. We serve over 250 children and their families in seven Bay Area Counties. We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits and a robust ongoing training program.

Role:Under the supervision of the Program Director and the individual supervisor, the Mental Health Clinician has the primary responsibility for the providing direct mental health services to children and their families. Services include: assessment; development of a family centered treatment plan; providing developmentally appropriate mental health treatment; coordination of care with social workers, parents, foster parents, medical home, and other collaterals; providing therapeutic visitation services; maintaining a written record of treatment, including initial assessments and treatment plans; providing monthly written reports to the social worker on the family's and child's progress.

Qualifications:
• Masters or Doctorate from accredited school of social work or psychology. Must be licensed or registered with BOP or BBS.
• Excellent clinical and writing skills.
• Direct experience working with diverse racial and ethnic populations.
• Bilingual in Spanish is required.
• Understanding of basic theoretical and developmental principles of child-family mental health.
• Must have a car and good driving record.
• Understand and desire to work with a strength-based clinical case management model knowledge, understanding, and willingness to work with interdisciplinary approaches and partnerships
• Understanding DSM and treatment plans
• Ability to work independently and to work as a member of a team.
• Excellent organizational, computer and communication skills.
• Ability to pass various background checks needed to work with children

Duties
• Direct client care for children and their families.
• Provide mental health services in Spanish desirable, but not required.
• Attend appropriate meetings, which include weekly group supervision, staff meetings, trainings and supervision
• Obtain consent for treatment from the child welfare worker, where appropriate
• Monitor eligibility and obtain authorizations where appropriate.
• Through regularly scheduled clinic and/or home visits, provide intensive clinical case management, crisis intervention, therapy or therapeutic visitation services, to assigned children and families.
• Work with various modalities including individual, dyadic and conjoint family therapy. 7. 7. Conduct assessments, diagnosing, and writing treatment plans. Provide appropriate mental health services.
• Follow all procedures and protocols related to EPSDT (Mental health component of program).
• Follow regulatory guidelines, mandated reporting, and program/agency protocols in performing duties
• Perform any other duties as directed
 
A Better Way, Inc. is committed to workforce diversity. Qualified applicants will receive full consideration without regard to age, race, color, ethnic background, religion, gender, sexual orientation, HIV-status, national origin or disability.

A Better Way strives to reflect the rich culture community of the clients we serve and puts a great deal of emphasis on cultural humility at every level of our agency.