Children's Community Mental Health Clinician (Bilingual Behavioral Health Specialist)

Overview

Since 1891, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF) has provided high-quality, community-based youth development services to youth in San Francisco. Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. We impact the lives of Club members, primarily ages six to 18, by focusing on academic success, healthy lifestyles, good character & community engagement, and job readiness with earning potential. We are nationally recognized for the high quality of our programs and comprehensive approach to serving youth. Whether you’re joining our administrative team, a Club team, or our Camp Mendocino team, you’ll be surrounded by enthusiastic, talented, and passionate colleagues who wake up every day ready to inspire young people to reach their full potential.

PRIMARY FUNCTION :

Working for Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco gives you the chance to be part of a dynamic and passionate movement that is out to change the world - starting right here in our community. Founded in 1891, our organization has 130 years of experience in the field; however, we continue to find new ways to learn, grow, and innovate. We are nationally recognized for the high-quality of our programs and comprehensive approach to serving youth. Whether you’re joining our administrative team, a Clubhouse team, a school-based team, or our Camp Mendocino team, you’ll be surrounded by enthusiastic, talented, and passionate colleagues who wake up every day ready to inspire young people to reach their full potential.

TheChildren’s Community Mental Health Clinician (CCMHC) will provide direct service, paraprofessional staff consultation, training and support for the afterschool youth development program. We seek a licensed or license-eligible clinician to serve as our CCMHC in a non-traditional, mental health setting, using an anti-racist, trauma-informed, community social work model. Our setting requires formal mental health skills (case management, assessment, individual & family therapy, referrals, and informal behavioral coaching, social emotional support, youth development and skill development. We are designed to bring mental health services to communities that wouldn't normally access support and are seeking a professional who will commit to the community. This is a Full Time Exempt position located in San Francisco and includes benefits.

Responsibilities

Bilingual Spanish required

Requirements

KEY ROLES (ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES) :

Clinical Care (40%)

• Provide individual, family and / or group therapy for youth
• Provide clinical case management for youth
• Develop, monitor, and implement treatment goals and interventions for all modalities of direct service
• Perform accurate and timely record-keeping and documentation of all client related activities (., assessments, progress notes and treatment plans)
• Coordinate with mental health providers to identify treatment options for members
• Work independently, demonstrate effective critical thinking, decision-making and risk reduction
• Consult with clinical team (off-site) proactively and preventatively
• Attend and participate in regularly scheduled client review meetings, clinical meetings, and staff meetings
• Orient afterschool staff regularly on referral process

Socioemotional Support (40%)

Staff Capacity building (20%)

Qualifications

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