Mental Health Clinician (ACSW)

Summary

DWC is seeking a full-time Clinician - Mental Health to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed clinical services to women and gender-diverse individuals in the context of our Trauma Recovery Center program. The Clinician - Mental Health will engage women in biopsychosocial assessment & treatment planning, and will provide crisis intervention and de-escalation, individual & group therapy, clinical case management, and consultation to a multi-disciplinary team. This role is a member of the Clinical Department and reports directly to the Clinical Program Manager.

Essential Functions

• Provide trauma informed, culturally responsive therapeutic services to participants, including individual and group therapy and crisis intervention
• Carry a caseload of 15-20 therapy clients and provide brief, evidence-based treatment to survivors of violent crime
• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and engage participants in establishing goals for mental health treatment and recovery
• Provide effective crisis intervention and verbal de-escalation, including risk assessment, safety planning and follow-up interventions as needed
• Identify and provide needed resources and referrals to survivors of violent crime, including housing-related assistance, basic needs support, medical and mental health services, substance abuse treatment, vocational support, and public benefits including SSI as needed
• Work to effectively meet clients' needs and resolve individual barriers through follow-up, advocacy, and collaboration with DWC staff and other community service providers.
• Develop and maintain relationships with participants, staff and community providers
• Assist staff with clinical consultation, care coordination and coaching around clinical interventions and de-escalation techniques as needed
• Comply with local, state, and federal laws and regulations around confidentiality and mandated reporting
• Maintain accurate and timely records per contract and DWC Documentation Policy, including required Trauma Recovery Center and ACCESS Center program paperwork, mental health and case management progress notes, incident reports, and documentation of services provided to each client
• Provide regular, written reports to the Clinical Program Manager and additional reports as assigned
• Provide clinical consultation and trainings to staff across departments as needed
• Participate in individual and group supervision, multidisciplinary team meetings, and required trainings
• Act as supervisor or preceptor to clinical interns, as appropriate
• Provide weekly individual and group intern supervision as needed, and review intern clinical documentation and provide necessary feedback
• Serve as an ambassador of DWC and its mission and values by participating in community meetings / collaboratives / events
• Other duties as assigned to support the mission of the organization

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have direct reports. This position may require offering support and clinical guidance to Master's level student interns.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position. Days and hours of work are Monday- Friday 8 : 00 AM- 4 : 30 PM.

Travel

Regular travel throughout Los Angeles County is required in this position.

Remote

Expectation to be able to work onsite full-time as scheduled, with possibility of some remote work.

Required Education, Experience, and Qualifications

Pay Range

71,000.00 annually

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. DWC does not sponsor employment visas, such as H-1B.

Fair Chance Act Statement

Downtown Women's Center will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Downtown Women's Center is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right's Department Fair Chance Act webpage.

Downtown Women's Center provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants and actively seeks candidates who reflect the rich diversity of the communities that we serve. We are committed to a work environment that embraces and promotes individuality and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion of varied perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences are essential to our organization's effectiveness, and allow us to serve our clients in the respectful, responsive, and understanding way that they deserve. We define diversity in broad terms to include race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, mental or physical disability, marital status, pregnancy, military and veteran status, medical condition, geography, socio-economic status, and other unique attributes that make us who we are.

Downtown Women's Center complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Pay Range : $71,000 - $71,500 per year

Salary : $71,000 - $71,500