Mental Health Clinician/Consultant - Sana Sana/SPARK

Agency Description

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. is a multi-service community health and social service agency with an emphasis on serving the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community in San Francisco with a special focus on the diverse needs of the Mission District. Services include a wide range of mental health, HIV-related services, and social services, including health promotion, education, prevention, early intervention, case management, and psychological and psychiatric interventions, as well as cultural/social and spiritual re-enforcement. The agency serves children, youth, adults, and families. It has a rich history of working collaboratively with other agencies to meet the needs of the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community and other cultural/racial communities in San Francisco.

Job/Program Description

The Sana Sana Program offers a continuum of mental health consultation services to diverse Latino/multicultural early education and school-based settings in San Francisco. Additionally, the Sana Sana Program provides comprehensive, holistic, wrap-around services to families with young children (0-5) living in public housing who have experienced trauma. This sub-team is named SPARK (Strong Parents And Resilient Kids)

The SPARK team is seeking a bicultural/bilingual mental health professional who is enthusiastic, talented and has experience working with multicultural communities, in particular the African-American community. The position requires a minimum of two (2) years experience in health and social service fields, knowledge of child development, ability to bridge and build relationships, and experience with or interest in providing Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). The primary goal of the wrap-around program is to support and strengthen the relationship between a young child and his or her parent (or caregiver) as a vehicle for restoring the child's sense of safety, strengthening their attachment relationships (increasing attunement & responses to emotional needs), and improving the child's cognitive, behavioral, and social functioning. We accomplish this through client-centered, nonjudgmental, culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Extensive training on working with young children who have experienced trauma will be provided, as well as the opportunity to be trained and rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

Essential Job Duties are but are not limited to the following

Provide intensive wrap-around service (including clinical case management) with a focus on CPP therapy to a small caseload of families (6-8 families)
Manage and build community relationships that support a holistic, strength-based, culturally responsive system of care for families
Collaborate closely with the Wellness Center CBO’s and partners within the housing development to leverage relationships and integrate services
Responsible for maintaining service documentation and client files
Participate in all training opportunities and learning circles on CPP in order to implement CPP with fidelity
Attend supervision and agency-wide meetings, and represent the program and agency professionally
Participate and support community events

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Minimum of two years’ experience delivering services to children 0-5 and their families
A minimum of 2 years of experience in the health and social service field with Clinical Case Management experience
Demonstrated experience working on issues of complex trauma, parent- child relationships, attachment, service integration, and holistic interventions that are culturally responsive to Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander and African American communities
Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative
Experience in settings that required maintaining confidential client information
Ability to work occasional evenings and/or weekends
Computer, internet and social media proficiency

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Bicultural competency
Home visiting experience
Experience with program evaluation
Experience working with Human Service Agencies and Child Protective Services

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND LICENSES

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related behavioral services
Must be CA licensed or license eligible (registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology)

CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT

Must pass and maintain annual tuberculosis test
Must pass Department of Justice Fingerprint screening

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS²

Salary Range: This is a full-time exempt position with benefits, with an annual salary range of $80,000 - $82,000. Commensurate with work experience, qualifications, and education.

All full-time positions are based on a minimum of thirty-five (35) hours per week.
This is a full-time exempt position at 35 hours a week. The position is eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision, and 403(b) plans, earn vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, two wellness days (birthday and hire date) and receive ongoing opportunities for learning.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here represent what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Working with children involves extensive physical activity, mental alertness and enthusiasm
Good general health, physical stamina and emotional stability are essential
Ability to hear within normal range, and communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner that can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population
Physical ability to sit at a keyboard for long periods of time and manual dexterity to operate word processing equipment with skill, speed and accuracy
Ability to move quickly to address emergency or potentially dangerous situations
Ability to move about the building and the organization as needed
Ability to use public and/or private modes of transportation, duties are office-based, but travel to various off-site venues is required
Must be able to work outdoors in various types of weather conditions
On occasion, must lift up to 35 lbs

TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should send an email to [email protected] with “Mental Health Clinician/Consultant” in the subject line and include the following:

A cover letter describing why you would be an excellent fit for this position and your interest in Instituto Familiar de la Raza
An up-to-date resume

Please note: only complete applications will be considered.

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. (IFR) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, please see the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission poster.

For the complete nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, please see the Civil Rights Department State of California's Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace policy.

² Please note that IFR reserves the right to change its benefits and contributions at any time at its sole discretion.