Bilingual Mental Health Clinician

Bilingual Mental Health Clinician - Concord

Here is your opportunity to join a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable and under-served children and their families. As a Mental Health Clinician youll be rewarded knowing that you are truly making a difference in the community. As a Mental Health Clinician youll serve abused and neglected children by diagnosing develop treatments plans and provide counseling and advocacy for foster youth in Concord Pittsburg Antioch and surrounding communities. You can help provide safety and stability to some of the most vulnerable children and families as a Mental Health Clinician at Alternative Family Services.

You will earn supervised hours for licensure in a dynamic and growing mission-driven this full-time role you will be fully trained in Medi-Cal documentation become certified in CANS Assessments and gain the client and case management hours needed for licensure as an LCSW MFT or LPCC. This program is based on a culturally relevant family-centered strength-based approach to treatment. We provide extensive training clinical supervision and support for a career that will develop you professionally and reward you personally. Alternative Family Services offers a supportive work environment an excellent benefits package! See details below!

About Alternative Family Services

Alternative Family Services is a Foster Family Adoption and Mental Health Agency that has been serving abused and neglected children in our community since 1973. Our mission is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability safety and well-being in communities. We provide a wide range of foster adoption mental health and transition-aged youth services in English and Spanish. We have eight locations throughout the Bay Area including Oakland and over 200 employees. We celebrate diversity equal opportunity and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment diagnosis and treatment plan development to each client on caseload
• Provide counseling intake clinical case management advocacy linkage support and individual and family therapy for clients and families
• Positively contribute to program and agency team culture through collaboration professional group participation the de-escalation of conflict and positive communication
• Document delivery of service via daily progress notes
• Services may be offered via telehealth or in-person depending on the needs of the client and assessment of safety issues
• Maintain client charts to ensure compliance with Medi-Cal regulations
• In-person services require travel to clients home or other community locations which may be outside San Francisco County
• Must be able / willing to provide services via telehealth or in person depending on the safety issues and needs of the client.

Desired

Needed Upon Hire

Driving Requirements

This position requires the employee to work out in the community and within foster homes throughout the Bay Area. Thus position requires employee to possess a valid CA drivers license and valid automobile insurance with his / her name on the verification card as an insured driver on the policy at all times. Position requires daily access to a car in safe working order.

We Offer

Medical

AFS makes substantial monthly contributions on your behalf to keep out of pocket premiums at an all time low!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of Ancestry Age Color Disability Genetic Information Gender Gender Identity Gender Expression Marital status Medical condition Military or veteran status National origin Race Religion Sex or Sexual orientation.

Key Skills

Facilities Management,Copy Editing,Cloud Services,Electronics,Interpretation,Accident Investigation

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 71000 - 81000