JOB TITLE: Mental Health Clinician (Refugee Program)

REPORTS TO: Refugee Services Director

STATUS: Full-time (37.5 hours) Exempt

Languages: Dari/Farsi

Salary Range: $75,000.00 to $85,000.00 annually

LOCATION: Concord

OUR AGENCY

JFCS East Bay partners with our clients, staff, and community to pursue justice, promote healing, and advocate for meaningful change. We are an innovative social service agency and community-based organization that has served individuals and families throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties since 1877.

We reunite and strengthen families and care for the mental and physical health needs of people impacted by trauma. JFCS East Bay supports healthy relationships between young children and their caregivers, provides legal representation to immigrants, and helps seniors, holocaust survivors, and resettled refugees who seek to start their lives anew.

Our staff of almost 70 employees is characterized by dedication, teamwork, warmth, and humor. JFCS East Bay actively seeks to hire a dynamic Mental Health Clinician who reflects East Bay's cultural and linguistic diversity and our clients. BIPOC, LGBTQ , immigrants, multilingual, mature, or differently abled candidates, and people of all faiths or none at all are encouraged to apply.

JOB SUMMARY

The Refugee Mental Health Program provides mental health services to refugees, training for community providers, and consultation with other refugee-serving staff. Reporting to the Refugee Services Director, this role promotes and strengthens the social and emotional well-being of diverse individuals and families throughout East Bay.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provide mental health services: clinical assessments for adult and child therapy referrals.

• Manage the agency's Mental Health Services Act Prevention & Early Intervention (PEI) program in Contra Costa County, providing and coordinating services.

• Develop training courses for providers to increase their capacity to serve refugee clients.
• Provide or arrange for three Afghan women's support groups per fiscal year.
• Provide consultation, training, and support to refugee-serving staff regarding mental health.
• Develop collaborative relationships with community providers.

• Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential case files to document client interactions and interventions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, marriage, and family therapy or relevant to providing mental health services to refugees and immigrants
• Well-developed written and verbal skills in Dari/Farsi and fluency in English or extensive experience working with interpreters
• 2-3 years of experience providing mental health services to refugees and immigrants
• Current or pending registration with California BBS or BOP
• Clinical licensure preferred (LCSW, MFT, or licensed psychologist)
• Sensitivity to different cultures and a calm approach to complex situations
• Clean DMV record, current California driver's license, and car required
• Able and willing to make home visits and transport clients when necessary

COMPETENCIES

• Ability to recognize appropriate boundaries
• Ability to cope with emotionally stressful situations
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Patience, compassion, flexibility
• Excellent interpersonal skills with people of all ages
• Ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse individuals and institutions
• A high degree of cultural competence and sensitivity

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to communicate via phone and email.
• Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance.
• FSA/HSA plans.
• 401(k) with employer match after one year.
• (28) Twenty-eight days off per year generous holiday schedules.
• Work-from-home flexibility.
• Great colleagues.
• Friendly, respectful work environment
• Receive clinical supervision by a dedicated supervisor to assist toward your licensure.

Equal Opportunity Employer

JFCS East Bay is an Equal Opportunity Employer that highly values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of age (40 or older), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical), including HIV and AIDS, marital status, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, national origin (including language use restrictions), race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.