Part-Time Mental Health Clinician/Head of Service (LMFT, LCSW OR LPCC)

Reach to Win Youth Home and Family Services is a Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) facility that provides residential and mental health services to foster girls ages 12 to 17 years old.

We are seeking a dynamic, licensed Mental Health Clinician / Head of Service to accept this part-time opportunity, grow and develop with us.

Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.

The Mental Health Head of Service oversees the operational and clinical delivery of all services for each resident served by the Mental Health program.

The Head of Service is responsible for fostering a climate, policies, and routines that enable residents to reduce crisis situations and improve the resident's functioning.

This climate shall provide residents with the highest practical level of treatment and coordination of care. Oversee clinical supervision of staff and coordinate 24-hour on-call accessibility with other staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Education :

Master's Degree in Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy, or doctorate in psychology required.

Experience :

• 3-5 years' experience in mental health programs, preferably with children.
• Must have at least two years post licensure experience, including the state required clinical supervision trainings.
• Management / administrative / supervisory experience preferred.

License or Certification :

• Licensure as either Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, or Clinical Psychologist in active status with State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Valid California driver's license.

Specialized Skills :

• Ability to interact and communicate both verbally and in writing with seriously emotionally disturbed children, other staff, physicians and the public.
• Demonstrated understanding of psychiatric illness and its treatment.
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of community services and county agencies.

Physical Requirements :

• Ability to visually and audibly assess resident's behavior and needs.
• Ability to sit at a desk and communicate over the telephone for extended periods of time each day, up to 1 hour at a time.

POTENTIAL JOB HAZARDS :

• Assaultive residents
• Blood and Body Fluid Contact (Category III)
• Operation of Company Vehicle

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED :

• Demonstrated knowledge of response to assaultive behavior.
• Demonstrated use of Universal Precautions.
• Demonstrated safe driving record with DMV and attendance at vehicle orientation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Plans, organizes, implements, evaluates, and directs a comprehensive program. Accountable for clinical practice, measuring outcomes to interventions, documentation and departmental productivity.
• Develops and maintains a good working rapport with other staff, as well as other community agencies which serve the residents.
• Assists the Executive Director in determining departmental staffing and budgetary needs.
• Recruits, interviews, selects, supervises, and evaluates all staff.
• Reviews departmental policies and procedures to assure compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement, Safety, and other interdisciplinary meetings.
• Ensures all regulatory requirements for documentation are met by all staff members and monitors compliance.
• Prepares department for regulatory surveys.
• Directs staff to help residents and family take a more proactive role in self-advocacy to improve quality of life.
• Responds to issues identified by residents or family to determine satisfaction with services.
• Maintain a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.
• Ensure that each child admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.
• Ensure that each child in the STRTP has commonality of needs with the other children in the STRTP, including whether the child's presence is adverse to the safety or mental health needs of the child or other children admitted to the STRTP.
• Ensuring the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and appropriate to meet the individual needs of the child.
• Make arrangements, including transportation, for children to receive mental health services that cannot be provided by the STRTP.
• Arrange for special provision of mental health services to children with disabilities including visual and auditory impairment.
• Ensuring that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.
• Liase with STRTP team to develop schedules for the operation of the STRTP mental health program.
• Supervises and oversees the documentation of services by staff.
• Manages the provision of therapeutic interventions by all staff.
• Serves as a mentor to staff to develop and provide clinical interventions.
• Serves as a resource to staff and residents / family for conflict resolution as needed.
• Develops community linkages and a system of collaboration with community based providers and coordinates the clinical application of services.
• Establishes relationships and maintains contact and referral flow with community based agencies / services.
• Coordinates contacting residents and family post transition to ensure successful transition.
• Participates in new employee orientation, including but not limited to educating staff regarding program.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and employee will also perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by the Executive Director or their designee as needed.

Job Type : Part-time

Pay : $50.00 - $85.00 per hour

Expected hours : 20 per week

Education :

Master's (Required)

Experience :

mental health programs, preferably with children : 3 years (Required)

License / Certification :

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Required)
• LMFT (Required)
• LPCC (Required)

Ability to Commute :

Antioch, CA (Required)

Work Location : In person

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