Baby Bexar Clinician I

JOB SUMMARY:
The Clinician I serves in a professional counseling capacity to deliver behavioral health services on behalf of the agency for the clients that are enrolled, while integrating evidence-based and best practices and strategies associated with neuroscience, trauma informed care, dual generation practices and resiliency, while ensuring that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency. The Clinician I carries a full clinical caseload with the appropriate case mix of shorter and longer term cases, accompanied by regular supervision. Counseling program services are provided in the client’s home, office and/or in various community-based locations.

 

Required Competencies/Skills:
1. Healthcare and Human Services Environments: Ability to explain issues and advancements in the healthcare and human services industries.
2. Achievement Orientation: A concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one's own past performance; an objective measure; outperforming others; challenging goals, or something that has not been done previously.

3. Community Orientation: Ability to align one's own and the organization's priorities and assess and address
community needs in an evidence-based and holistic manner, one that addresses the social determinants of
health through a trauma-informed lens.
4. Professionalism and Ethics: The demonstration of ethics and sound professional practices, as well as
stimulation social accountability and community stewardship. The desire to act in a way that is consistent with
one's values and what one says is important.
5. Interpersonal Understanding: Ability to understand other people as well as to accurately hear and
understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. It measures
increasing complexity and depth of understanding of others and includes cross-cultural sensitivity through a
trauma-informed care lens.

 

To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and
skills required for this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to
perform the essential functions listed above.

Education/Training/Experience:
1. Bachelor’s degree in social work, related science or a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), as
applicable, with clinical experience; or a Master’s degree in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy,
Social work or other related areas.

2. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate state agency preferred. The Clinician I must hold an
LPC-Intern, LMFT-A, LMSW, LCDC or other equivalent, provided that the required regular clinical supervision
occurs, with an board approved supervisor(with the exception of LMSW’s), to conduct face-to-face
supervisory conferences and case record reviews.

3. A minimum two years of experience that can include internship experience in a similar setting and doing
direct service.

4. Prefer fluency in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.

5. Experience working with young children and/or families and fluency in English and Spanish (read, write, and
speak) desirable. Additional compensation may be considered for English/Spanish proficiency.

 

6. Travel Required:Yes 

 

7. Staff will be required to submit proof of their vaccination status or may request to be exempt from
vaccination due to a religious and/or medical accommodation.

8. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.

9. State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance.

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, you must be able to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or
balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear, and taste or smell.

2. You may be able to lift up to 25 pounds, have close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to
adjust your focus with good hand-eye coordination.

TIMES WORK WILL BE PERFORMED:

The agency’s hours of operation are extended and non-traditional, and may vary based on office location
and/or stakeholder requirements. Employees are asked to work the schedule that is best suited to the
achievement of deliverables and stakeholder requirements based on the agency’s posted business hours, or as
required by stakeholder and contractual requirements. Employees who work in an exempt position are paid on
a salaried basis and are not entitled to overtime pay. The amount of salary is intended to compensate the
employee for all hours worked to perform the required job.