Position Summary:
The Clinician will be responsible for a variety of services including assessments, treatment planning, participant education, documentation, and therapy sessions.
Essential Duties:
Maintain clinical supervision, including review of student (student/participant) files, and have the ability to perform initial and/or ongoing student (student/participant) assessments.
Provide mental health structured therapeutic services.
Provide gender-responsive, trauma-informed, structured treatment services, including implementation of trauma-informed curriculum.
Provide individual, family, and group counseling
Provide specialized classes and workshops relevant to the population (including Domestic Violence, Incest Survivors, Family Relationships, other topics as needed).
Work with the Managing Director to develop and maintain the program culture.
Ensure the program has family-focused services and is trauma-informed.
Integrate the assessed and stated goals of student (participants) work in coordination with the ARC/JCOD staff in determining continuum of care services for student (participants) including educational and vocational planning.
Participate in case conferences.
Responsible for all aspects of medical, dental, mental health related appointments, including making appointments, follow-up, arranging transportation and prescriptions.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience / Knowledge:
Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or
Another professional licensed by the State of California to provide mental health services in California.
AND Minimum of two (2) years of experience in providing trauma-informed services preferably to women.
Certification:
Within six (6) weeks of hire, obtain First Aid and CPR certification AND pass a physical examination and tuberculosis test from a health professional.
ADA Information:
Physical Requirements:
Faculty occasionally adjusts or moves objects up to 25 lbs. in all directions.
Remains in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
Repeats motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Moves about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
Required to communicate verbally and in written form.
Uses all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks.
Assesses the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
Occasionally required to bend, stretch, reach or stoop.
Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.
Mental Demands:
Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
Ability to thrive in environments that require the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Ability to cope with occasionally difficult or temperamental students/participants and faculty/staff.
Ability to cope with mental and emotional stress related to the position.
Work Conditions:
Generally, in an indoor setting.
Will be working with computers and phones frequently.
Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
Occasionally work that includes moving objects up to 50 lbs.
Environmental Conditions:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud.
The temperature in the work environment is usually moderate to cool but can be cold.
Travel:
Frequently travels locally and operates motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
Frequent moves about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
