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

This position requires someone who can demonstrate cultural competency in addressing the diversity of the communities we serve, including gender, race, language, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. The qualified applicant will provide services that include individual/family/group and community interventions, parent engagement, psycho-educational interventions to build protective factors and reduce risk factors related to untreated trauma among youth and family, and community-level interventions, including traditional approaches. The La Cultura Cura program services offer a continuum of services and opportunities to youth and young adults and their families, with a particular emphasis on individuals that need mental and emotional support, have had contact with/or are at high risk of entering the juvenile justice system, and/or are newcomer Latinxs and Indigenous youth. Youth and families are provided with case management, mental health, and peer group services. Youth participants have access to culturally oriented structured enrichment and wellness programming. Services are provided at IFR service sites in addition to other co-located community-based and home-based settings, where youth receive other vital services.

Essential Job Duties are, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for screening potential clients for intake, eligibility, and registration for mental health services
• Responsible for intake, mental health assessment, and treatment care plan development
• Provides behavioral health, individual, and family therapy services to youth and their families, including Transitional Aged Young Adults within a multidisciplinary team setting
• Offers psycho-educational services to parents and youth in group settings and develops curriculum
• Offers behavioral health and co-occurring substance abuse services to adolescents, TAY, and their families within a multidisciplinary team
• Coordinates services with staff and community agencies to ensure that a continuum of services is provided to clients, including coordinating reporting progress toward treatment goals and compliance with justice expectations
• Maintains hard and electronic documentation, service track logs, and client records for system statistical data processes and meets standards of Quality Assurance and HIPAA compliance
• Provides mental health capacity development to community and partners
• Provides case management, advocacy, and intensive care coordination with staff and community agencies to ensure a continuum of care
• Conducts case conferencing and provides clinical supervision to case managers and group facilitators
• Complies with all legal and ethical requirements set forth by the Board of Behavioral Science and with the policies of the San Francisco Behavioral Health Department
• Completes monthly reports to the Project Coordinator and funding sources when requested
• Required to attend DPH trainings to implement policies and procedures for Specialty Mental Health
• Participate in agency meetings and IFR’s sponsored cultural events
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
• Attends CBHS CYF, TAY, and AOA System of Care Collaborative and is required to attend meetings and trainings
• Required to attend DPH trainings to implement policies and procedures for Specialty Mental Health
• Evening hours once a week and clinical on-duty coverage responsibilities on site once a week
• Evening hours and clinical on-duty coverage may be required
• Participate in agency meetings and IFR’s sponsored cultural events
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bilingual in English/Spanish
• At least two years of clinical services experience with an emphasis on working with the Chicanx/Latinx community
• Must have a valid driver’s license and have the ability to travel (Minimal ability to travel within a 30-mile radius outside San Francisco Country to reach youth clients in treatment settings)
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to issues of diversity in the Latinx/Chicanx/Indígenx community, especially around sexual orientation, culture, language, and gender
• Experience and capacity to provide Crisis counseling and trauma-informed services with adolescents, TAY, and families
• Experience in group process and team problem-solving and restorative practices
• Work flexible schedule to accommodate caregiver’s availability for family therapy; evening hours 1-2 a week
• Experience and ability to work collaboratively and participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Familiarity working within healthcare environments and systems
• Bicultural competency

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION AND LICENSES

• Master’s degree in Behavioral Sciences, Counseling, Psychology and/or, Social Work, or other related field
• Must be CA Licensed or license eligible (registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology)

CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT

• Must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Must submit to a tuberculosis test annually
• Must pass the Department of Justice Fingerprint screening pass
• Must provide proof of COVID-19 Vaccination upon hire (reasonable accommodation requests will be considered)

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS²

This is a full-time, exempt position with full benefits. The position is 35 hours per week. The incumbent will be hired as either a Mental Health Clinician I or Mental Health Clinician II based on licensure and/or experience. Salary Range: $73,000 - $78,000.

All full-time positions at IFR are eligible to participate in benefit health plans, including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) plan, earn vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and 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.  

• General ability to communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner that can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking too, including a diverse population  
• General alertness to address emergency or potentially dangerous situations   
• Requires physical ability to remain seated at a desk for long periods of time when needed 
• Basic manual dexterity to operate work processing equipment with skill, speed, and accuracy  
• Must be able to view computer for long periods of time  
• Ability to use public and/or private modes of transportation; duties are office-based, but travel to various  offsite venues is required  
• Activities that occur infrequently are: bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, twisting, reaching straight, above  or below shoulders  
• On occasion, must lift up to 35 LBS 

TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should send an email to [email protected] with “Mental Health Clinician - La Cultura Cura” in the subject line and include the following files:  

• A thoughtful cover letter
• An up-to-date resume

Please note: a resume without a cover letter will not 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.