Description

• ent interests in resources; develop and implement client care plans; support and accompany clients through interpersonal and institutional transitions; teach and enhance coping skills; facilitate healthy dialogue between clients and respective family members or relevant parties; leverage the interests of family members and clients towards common goals; and provide referral and linkage services to specialty mental health services in the community.
• Provide case management duties for clients and connect them to various resources as necessary, including, but not limited to, assisting clients to apply for General Assistance and Social Security Income; initiate and follow-up with referrals to temporary shelters and long-term housing; referral and linkage to services available within Alameda County Behavioral Health (ACBH) as well as other necessary community resources and supports.
• Consistently collaborate with mental health and other social service professionals in various institutional capacities and settings to initiate, refer, and follow-up with services in conjunction with or on behalf of clients.
• Provides and implements brief evidenced-based therapeutic interventions with clients and their respective families in regards to various psychotherapeutic modalities, including, but not limited to, clinical case management, structural family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, trauma-informed care, and dialectical behavioral therapy.
• Conducts clinical consultation to IHOT staff in regards to the symptomologies of various psychological disorders and provides input and feedback regarding appropriate therapeutic approaches and interventions.
• Conducts clinical interviews with clients and their respective families as a means to evaluate and implement appropriate short-term therapeutic interventions which will strengthen client and family buy-in to services, build rapport and therapeutic alliance, and enhance efforts of referral and linkage to services.
• Provides psycho-education to relevant stakeholders involved the lives of clientele, including, but not limited to, family members, relevant community members, and other professionals
• Consistently write case notes regarding services rendered in a timely manner and in compliance with standards of care of La Familia IHOT.
• Consistently attend weekly meetings of IHOT Staff Meetings/Group Supervision; weekly meetings of individual supervision with the Program Supervisor; monthly ACBH meetings; and other meetings or trainings relevant for community or professional stakeholder purposes or professional development.
• Serve as a liaison with staff of ACBH in coordinating services with ACBH and our IHOT program.
• Assist Program Supervisor in periodically reviewing ACBH webpage for up to date information regarding Alameda County policies, procedures, trainings, and announcements.
• Maintain client confidentiality and charts in compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Serve as On-Duty Clinician during designated times of business hours of La Familia Clinic.
• May serve as a liaison to other community agencies

BENEFITS:

• Excellent Health benefits package for you and your family including:
  • Medical/dental/vision benefits with 95% employee & 80% dependent employer premium contribution and employer paid life insurance.
• Vacation, 15 paid holidays, 12 paid sick days upon accrual
• Employee Assistance Plan to support yours and your family’s wellbeing and finances
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Work-life wellbeing & excellent work hours
• Supportive/Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities for Growth and Professional Development
  • License and Certification renewals reimbursed

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate degree in mental health (e.g. PhD, Psy.D., MSW and/or MA in Psychology or related field). Must be registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology (or able to show proof of pending application); must be eligible for licensure via the BOP or BBS.
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
• Experience working with serious mental illness and culturally-diverse populations is strongly desired.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of modern clinical psychology, including family systems, abnormal psychology, personality theory, diagnostic interviewing. Psychotherapy including brief therapy and behavior change, casework, systems theory, family therapy, community psychology and community mental health.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and staff of all levels.
• Ability to determine the needs of individual situations regarding diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, taking an effective course of action, and follow through with effective treatment plans.