Team-Based Care Mental Health Clinician

WestCoast Children’s Clinic, located in Oakland, California, is a non-profit community psychology clinic that provides mental health services to Bay Area children, youth and families. Working at WestCoast Children’s Clinic means being part of an organization that is client-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and committed to justice and equity.

The  EMPOWR Program ( EM bracing P rogress and O pportunities, W e R ise), operates on a team-based care model designed to aid transition-aged youth (ages 16-24) in securing mental health assistance, stable housing, employment and educational advancements, and fostering community connections. The program delivers community-based therapy, case management, and care coordination, alongside peer and family support, all within a cohesive team framework. By pooling resources and expertise, the EMPOWR team collectively manages a single caseload, ensuring that youth receive comprehensive support while enabling staff to navigate the successes and obstacles of their clients together.

EMPOWR Clinicians deliver community-based, intensive strategies to address any current need for stabilization, crisis intervention, and individual trauma-focused treatment while coordinating care within a team-based setting.

As an EMPOWR Clinician, you will provide :

• Community-based trauma-informed psychotherapy to foster youth or former foster youth transitioning to or struggling with independent living.
• Intensive mental health services and clinical case management as part of a collaborative service team.
• Mental health screening to assess cognitive, emotional and social functioning and needs; facilitate the identification and engagement in mental health service
• Risk assessments, crisis intervention, stabilization, and safety plans.
• Coordinated services with other agencies and resources to address youth's needs, including housing, medical, mental health, education, employment, independent living skills, advocacy, placement stability, and enrichment activities.
• Stabilization support services to children and TAY in an in-person milieu environment.

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Salary range is $72,000-$82,000+ per year (unlicensed starting at $72,000 and licensed starting at $82,000). Added 10% Spanish language differential, if applicable.

Join us and make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families in the Bay Area.

WCC is passionate about leading and encouraging open conversations around race, gender, power, and privilege and how these impact community mental health. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diminishing the influence of privilege and discrimination in our field and our workplace, whether due to differences concerning age, citizenship, color, disability, marital or parental status, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.