Instituto Familiar de la Raza is hiring! We are looking for passionate and committed individuals to work in and alongside the Latinx, Chicanx, and Indígena communities of San Francisco. We are currently seeking bilingual and bicultural Mental Health Clinicians and Case Managers across all programs in our agency. Apply now to learn more about our Sign-On bonuses¹, benefits, and all the ways IFR can support your career development.

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

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. (IFR) is the lead agency for Roadmap to Peace (RTP) initiative, a community-driven initiative to advance economic, health, and safety outcomes for Chicanx/Latinx/Indigena (CLI) identified youth ages 13-24 citywide. Participants are violence impacted and/or in crisis. The RTP initiative is a collaboration of seven community-based service providers and has three interrelated strategies: Healing through a culturally responsive service network, community-building activities, and policy reform. We support every youth/young adult to get back on their path to healing and wholeness through a wrap-around care model while supporting a sense of belonging with community activities and events. The RTP Vision is that San Francisco’s Latinx youth, most vulnerable to violence, are able to heal, transform and thrive.

For decades, IFR has been part of a long-term violence prevention/peace-building effort in the Mission District. RTP was born as a community-driven vision to address youth and young adults holistically. RTP leverages IFRs mental and behavioral health services and provide CLI youth care management and mental health services. Specifically, services provided include individual/family/group and community interventions; mental health consultation to violence prevention staff in other agencies; parent engagement and psycho-educational interventions to build protective factors and reduce risk factors related to untreated trauma among youth and family; community-level interventions including traditional (ancestral) approaches. Some examples include Drumming for Peace, Healing Circles, Community building and ancestral medicine.

IFR is looking for a bilingual (English/Spanish) mental health professional to join our team and work in a rewarding setting to provide individual trauma recovery and family crisis intervention for youth and their families. This position is part of La Cultura Cura, Trauma Recovery and Healing Services Team, providing services to program participants of Roadmap to Peace. This position will work with the RTP service provider staff and requires co-location (the RTP & LCC offices) with a flexible schedule. They will embrace a youth development approach and restorative practices and act in accordance with IFR philosophy, values, and best practices.

Essential Job Duties are, but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinates services and identifies resources for the RTP initiative staff and RTP participants
• Provides screening, referral information, and linkages to community services
• Facilitates, participates, supports, and coordinates group wellness education, field trips, and educational workshops
• Conducts mental health assessment and treatment care planning for youth clients in mental health services within timeline requirements and in compliance with the standard of care.
• Provides individual trauma recovery and family crisis interventions to program participants
• Conducts psycho-social educational services to parents and youth through individual, family and group interventions
• Supports the planning, development and execution of RTP in-service network training as needed and appropriate for effective service delivery
• Provides mental health consultation reinforcing and building capacity of the initiative staff around the quality of care/standards of care for the initiative - RTP WAY
• Must maintain an active client care load of two individuals at any given time with a maximum of four youth clients per year
• Supports the service network coordinator with care development meetings and our network of service providers
• Documents all encounters/contacts in the client records and maintains statistical data as required
• Completes monthly reports to LCC Director and to the RTP Initiative Director and to funding sources when needed
• Plans and facilitates wellness activities, including healing circles and restorative practices with core staff as needed
• Able to obtain jail clearance and comfortable working in an in-custody setting
• May be assigned chart and quality assurance reviews responsibilities
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bilingual English-Spanish and/or indigenous (Mayan) language a plus
• Experience with Crisis counseling and trauma recovery approaches
• At least three years of experience providing mental health services to youth in and out of the juvenile justice and adult criminal justice systems
• Experience in the group intervention process and team resolution strategies.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to issues of diversity in the Chicanx/Latinx/Indigenx communities, including gender identity, sexual orientation, culture, and language
• Ability to work a flexible schedule at multiple locations, evening hours required, weekend work as needed
• Experience with collaborative work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience working within healthcare environments and systems
• Experience with non-profit community agencies

PREFERED SKILLS

• Bicultural –Mexico, Central and/or Latin American
• Knowledge of juvenile justice and adult criminal court systems and experience with at-risk Latinx/Chicanx/Indiginx youth/TAY.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, & LICENSES

• A Master's degree in Social Work is desired for this position. We will also consider Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or related behavioral sciences master's degree
• Must be license eligible, registered, or licensed with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This is a full-time exempt position with benefits; the salary range is determined on relevant qualifications and experience. The salary 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 that work 17.50 hours a week are eligible to participate in benefit medical health plans, including dental, vision, 403(b) plan, earn vacation, sick leave, life insurance, EAP, FSA, paid holidays, and ongoing opportunities for learning.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $72,500.00 - $88,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to commute/relocate:

• San Francisco, CA 94110: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Are you registered or in the process of registering with the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences?

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in San Francisco, CA 94110