Clinician

Behavioral Health & Wellness Clinician

This position is full time, exempt, and located at La Mirada Elementary. The salary is $75,000 for a license-eligible therapist as ASW, IMFT, or APCC. The schedule is Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with availability to work evenings as needed to support the program.

SBCS (formerly South Bay Community Services) transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth, and families. For more than 50 years, we've worked throughout San Diego to provide safe shelter, transitional housing, intervention prevention programs, mental health support, and many other services that meet the ever-changing needs of our communities.

Our organization is dedicated to offering high-quality services and ensuring all services align with the community's needs. To best serve our communities, SBCS partners with various grassroots organizations throughout California to develop innovative strategies that enhance services, empower clients, and ensure that culturally appropriate and trauma-informed care is offered. SBCS provides a wide range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs. At SBCS, our client-centered approach highlights the importance of respect, empathy, and compassion when interacting with all community members.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Program Director and Department Director, the Clinician is responsible for providing evidence-based social-emotional and mental health services to students within the San Ysidro School District, and their families. This position will include on-site services and may include frequent travel between school sites throughout the week. Other responsibilities include working closely on a day-to-day basis with teachers, administrators, nurses, counselors, and caregivers to create a school environment which results in improved behavior and academic achievement for all students. Services will be in keeping with the agency goals, objectives, mission, and style provided within a team framework.

• Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and consultation on school campuses, in keeping with SYSD and school policy.
• Utilize evidence-based strategies to provide social emotional learning through developing social skills and conflict resolution.
• Conduct intakes, assessments, and treatment plans with clients.
• Conduct assessments with students and their families, as indicated by referrals.
• Provide individual, group, and/or family therapy, as well as case management, and collateral services, as indicated by assessments.
• Provide therapeutic, case management, and crisis intervention services to clients and their families.
• Process program referrals from designated school site.
• Potential travel between multiple school sites.
• Conduct training for program staff and caregivers.
• Communicate with school personnel regarding referrals, waitlist times, and students' participation.
• Maintain accurate and timely electronic case records, including data entry, assessments, treatment notes, and service documentation, in accordance with agency, program and school district requirements.
• Participate in team meetings, training, individual supervision, and clinical group supervision.
• Participate in agency required trainings, staff meetings, and activities.
• Participate in school and community-based meetings as requested or required
• As other duties assigned.

Duties

The Clinician will:

Requirements

• Master's degree in psychology or related field.
• Must be registered with the California BBS as an AMFT. APCC, or ACSW.
• Minimum 1-year of experience working with children and adolescents; experience should preferably have been in a community based or neighborhood service organization.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Must adhere to agency client confidentiality, HIPAA, and mandated reporting policies
• Demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with a diverse population, possess cultural sensitivity, and maintain appropriate boundaries with clients
• Must be able to take initiative, set goals, and prioritize.
• Must be organized and computer literate.

Conditions of Employment

• Employment may be conditioned upon satisfactory completion of certain background clearances which may include a Department of Justice criminal background check requiring my fingerprints (Live Scan), screening through the National Sex Offender Public Website, drug test, tuberculosis (TB) test, and such additional clearances as may be required under the program.
• Candidate is required to have reliable transportation; therefore, the candidate must successfully complete a motor history check. Candidate must also possess and maintain a current valid California driver's license and valid auto insurance policy. (Approximately 10% of the time.)

Physical Demands

• Mentally and emotionally: Ability to work under deadlines, various projects and dealing with clients in crisis and difficult situations.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position during shift.
• Moves throughout the building.
• Moves, raises, or lowers (includes upward pulling) an object or equipment up to 50 lbs.
• Transports an object, from 20 to 50 lbs. across the facility, for various needs.
• Ability to exert force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force.
• Ability to exert force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking)
• Ascending or descending stairs and ladders when applicable. Body agility is emphasized.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when ascending, descending, traversing.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with objects or office machinery.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas. Communicating is important for those activities in which workers must impart information to clients or to the public, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately, or quickly.

The statements contained herein describe the scope of the responsibility and essential functions of this position but should not be considered to be an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time unless restricted by a negotiated contract.

SBCS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, parental status, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program – Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Please note that all employment with SBCS is at-will, which means your employment may be terminated at any time by you or SBCS, without cause or advance notice. The terms and conditions of any employment may also be modified.