Clinician

Description

Department: Youth Prevention & Intervention

Programs: Achievement Center and Casa Nuestra

Status: Regular, full-time, exempt

Annual Salary: $75,000 (Licensed Eligible Therapist)

                             $100,000 (Licensed Therapist)

Schedule: Office hours consist of Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Must be available for crisis situations on weekends and evenings, as needed.) 

Who we are

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.   

As a mission-driven organization, our work is centered around providing exceptional, face-to-face support to our clients and community members to foster trust, accessibility and personal connection that are critical to our mission. 

About YOU

You are an advocate and champion of nurturing communities where families can pursue their dreams and fulfill their potential. 

You are dedicated to and energized by engaging directly with individuals and communities. 

You care deeply about the well-being and prosperity of ALL children and youth throughout San Diego.

You want to become a part of an energetic and effective team, and contribute your expertise, creativity, and insights to a unique role encompassing program management, development, and direct counseling services for at-risk children, adolescents, and families. 

About our organization

SBCS is home to a committed team of 470 dedicated employees and volunteers who diligently serve all of San Diego County. Having offered services for 52 years, SBCS is committed to providing hope and support for numerous young children, individuals, and families facing adversity. With an annual budget of $68 million, SBCS continues to be a beacon of assistance in the community. 

Competitive and Sustainable Employee Pay Package:

SBCS offers competitive pay and additional benefits for full-time employees, including generous vacation time, holidays, health, vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, discount programs, public service forgiveness loan, and an excellent retirement plan with matching contributions. 

Programs:

SBCS’s Casa Nuestra is the emergency housing component of a continuum of existing prevention and intervention services. Casa Nuestra will be available to youth who have either been arrested and/or referred to San Diego County’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) or the Community Assessment Team or Juvenile Diversion (CAT/JD), as well as homeless youth referred by community entities (e.g., churches, schools) or youth on Probation (Ward). 

SBCS’ Achievement Center (AC) provides a spectrum of services to help youth on probation remain in compliance with court orders, avoid reoffending, and to reach their full potential. The program also provides youth with opportunities for pro-social activities, games and free time, educational groups, restorative circles, music engineering & production, and career & job readiness & education. The AC also serves non-probation youth residing in the central region communities of San Diego Program participants are provided with transportation to and from the center each day. Dinner is also provided daily. A full-time therapist is available to provide individual, group and family therapy, as needed. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Youth Prevention & Intervention (YPI) Clinician will be responsible for providing trauma-informed mental health services to YPI clients residing at Casa Nuestra. In addition, this position will support the mental health needs of youth enrolled in CAT, ATD, or Achievement Center as needed and feasible, pending caseload. Under the supervision of the Program Director & Department Director, the YPI Clinician is responsible for crisis intervention, stabilization, and providing individual and group therapeutic services to youth and their families. Services will be in keeping with agency goals, objectives, mission, and style and provided within a team framework The YPI Clinician is responsible for working with the team in developing team goals and objectives and in meeting those goals and objectives, including but not limited to:

DUTIES:

• Conduct intakes, assessments, and treatment plans with clients.
• Provide psycho-education, crisis intervention, and safety planning services to clients.
• Provide therapeutic case management, advocacy, and referrals to other services for clients.
• Conduct strengths-based assessments and develop service plans with clients.
• Provide mental health services and assessments for identified youth and develop treatment plans including goals and objectives, in collaboration with other YFDAs.
• Provide quality trauma-informed counseling services to program clients that may include individual, family, and/or group services. 
• Provide ongoing support and supervision of youth participating in programs.  
• Participate in training and implement various evidence-based therapeutic models, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide to Education and Therapy (TARGET), to fidelity.
• Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings with other YPI team members.
• Complete all required case file documentation in a timely and routine fashion.
• Facilitate coordination of services as well as contacts with other organizations and individuals, as necessary to effectively serve clients.
• Collect data, input case notes, and maintain case records and client files in the Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) database as required by SBCS and its funding sources.
• Coordinate contacts with other public and private organizations and individuals, as necessary to effectively serve clients. 
• Provide crisis intervention to clients as needed.
• Participation and assistance in implementing program components.
• As other duties assigned.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work, psychology, or related degree with current BBS registration as LCSW, MFT, LPCC, OR ASW, Associate LPCC, or IMF.
• Experience counseling youth with a history of justice or foster care-system involvement or other forms of trauma, preferred.  
• Experience in the areas of individual, group, and family counseling, outreach, community education and development, advocacy, and case management. 
• Ability to work with a diverse population, possess cultural sensitivity, and maintain appropriate boundaries with clients.
• Flexibility to provide clinical support at client’s homes, Achievement Center, or other locations accessible to clients.
• Knowledge of trauma informed care, cognitive based therapy, Positive Youth Development, and/or restorative practices is desired.
• Demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with confidential information.
• Ability to adequately observe participants’ activities and enforce safety regulations and apply appropriate policies and procedures.

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.
• Candidates/employees who have received a conditional offer of employment will be required to undergo testing for controlled substances, (including THC and CBD), in accordance with the County of San Diego's drug and alcohol policy and the federal Controlled Substances Act.
• 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 30 – 40%)

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.

Accessibility Accommodation

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

At-Will Employment Status

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.

Salary : $68 - $75,000