Clinician

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Rebekah Children's Services is passionate about Mental Health and providing the best care to our clients, employees, and community. We are looking for individuals who share in our passion of Mental Health and Quality Care. We are committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourage all people to apply. Our programs are deeply engaged in conversations and trainings on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in order to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

We are looking for a Clinician for our Differential Response program!!

Our Story

Rebekah Children's Services has been serving Children and Families since 1897 and is committed to seeing our community flourish by building pathways of Hope, Happiness, and Well-Being. Our agency offers family-centered mental health services, education and training that promotes healing, healthy development, and future success of those we serve.

We are always striving to be the BEST Agency for Quality Care, Education and Employment!!!

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 401K matching plan
• 7.5% Bilingual Stipend
• Excellent Medical Benefits
• Up to 5 weeks of combined PTO and Sick Time accrual
• 13 Holidays observed per year.
• Opportunities for growth and further training
• Family oriented environment
• Work, Life Balance focused.
• Individual and group supervision provided.
  
  

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the general direction of the Clinical Program Manager and requiring independent judgment in the application of established procedures, facilitating assessment, coordination of care, develops and implements the treatment plan for each client assigned, including maintaining authority for the clinical aspects of the treatment, case management, and adjunctive services. Performance of the typical responsibilities and duties requires the ability to explain to/instruct others, persuade and negotiate with others, involving job-related matters generally of moderate to unusual complexity.

Typical Responsibilites And Duties

• Service delivery that includes facilitation of assessment, care planning, coordination, and implementation specialty mental health services and non-clinical services to approximately 15 children and families.
• Maintains a critical function in supporting agency program staff, providing clinical leadership to assure compliance with the individual treatment plan, and monitoring the child's progress in their treatment.
• Ensure that medically necessary services are accessed, coordinated and delivered in a strength-based, individualized, youth/family driven and culturally and linguistically relevant manner and that services and supports are guided by the needs of the child/ youth.
• Conducts and maintains authority for all therapy; individual, group, child, family and day treatment.
• Monitor progress to determine effectiveness of interventions and determine the need for supplementary or supportive services such as Rehab, Collateral, Psychiatric Evaluation/ Medication, Individual/ Family Therapy, etc. Modifies the level of service provision to meet youth/ family needs.]
• Upon achieving goals of youth/ family’s plan, develops a transition plan to foster long term stability including the effective use of natural supports and community resources.
• Demonstrates an understanding of confidentiality policies, mandated child abuse reporting and duty to warn procedures. Utilizes clinical supervision in any case where these issues are in question.
• Utilizes supervision, consultation and training as necessary to continue to provide high quality services to children and their families as effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Actively participates in provision of 24/7 crisis response.
• Completes all clinical documentation develops and submits written reports in a timely manner per policy and procedures based on CalAims standards. Written reports include, but not limited to, treatment plans, assessment and admission documents, discharge plans and summaries, coordination of care plans, meeting minutes, and administered tools data from CANS, PSC-35, CSQ-8 and NCFAS.
• Coordinates treatment direction and discharge plans with county placement workers and the Program Director or Clinical Program Manager.
• Develops/maintains positive interaction with referral sources (DFCS DR Coordinator, DFCS, BHSD, and JPD) and internal consumers.
• Provides professional, active, and assertive leadership and collaboration in the implementation of strength-based services reflecting Best Practices. Supports the ongoing development of a strength-based systems philosophy based on Wraparound principles within all of the service and support components of the agency. Supports and provides active, assertive leadership in the ongoing development of a participatory, multi-disciplinary team methodology within the Agency.
• Maintains client charts in compliance with requirements of Phase II Medical Consolidation (Title 9, Chapter 11, Section 1810.440).
• Provides on-going education and training to staff through feedback in team and individual client care meetings, on-site observation, modeling and more formal in-service training.
• Every employee has the opportunity and responsibility to participate in one or more activities each year that support the performance quality improvement (PQI) of RCS programs and services. Activities might involve membership on a PQI committee or work group, service as a peer reviewer, data collection for PQI and evaluation purposes, completion of PQI questionnaires and surveys or participation in focus groups, or other activities as identified by PQI committees or work groups.
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Training And Experience

• AMFT, ASW, APCC or equivalent required.
• Current registration with the California BBS or the Board of Psychology required
• One year of full-time experience in a setting working with children and families, preferred.
• Experience in a children’s mental health setting, strongly preferred.
• Bilingual/Bicultural (Spanish & English) strongly preferred.
  
  

License(s)

• Valid California driver’s license and good DMV report (ability to be insured by our insurance carrier).
  
  

Knowledge And Skills

• Individual, family, child therapy.
• The ability to demonstrate maturity, leadership, flexibility and creativity, and problem-solving skills in the management of clinical residential programs.
• The ability to conceptually and pragmatically organize complex circumstances presented in residential care.
• Advanced skills in crisis intervention, suicide assessment, conflict resolution, and interpersonal communication.
• Ability to maintain a positive perspective in the treatment and care of emotionally disturbed youth.
  
  

Special Requirements

• Must be able to meet and receive a criminal records clearance as required by Title XXII licensing regulations.
• Ability to obtain licensure with the BBS upon completion of hours.
  
  

Physical And Mental Requirements

The following are required in day-to-day performance of the duties of this position:

• Sitting, walking, standing, grasping (simple), and visual/auditory acuity are constantly required (over 2/3 of the workday).
• Bending, squatting, kneeling, twisting, lifting, reaching and pushing/pulling are required occasionally (under 1/3 of the workday).
• Climbing and crawling are generally not required.