Therapist (ORR/Residential Clinical Services)

Who We Are:

Hillsides is a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. We have provided services to surrounding communities since 1913. We promote a client-driven, strengths-based organization of excellence that embraces communities using Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles that builds trusting, collaborative relationships.

Job Type: Full-time with Opportunity with Flexible Scheduling

Schedule: Sunday- Thursday
Starting Salary Range: $68,640.00 - $77,640.00 per year

• Therapist BBS $68,640
• Therapist BBS plus Bilingual $72,640
• Therapist BBS, Bilingual, plus Licensed $77,640

What We Offer:

An outstanding benefits package and numerous opportunities for career growth and advancement within our organization.

• Employee Sign-on Bonus of $4,000
• Bilingual stipend of $4,000 for applicable positions
• Pre-Licensure Reimbursement Program: Receive $500 reimbursement for licensing fees and exam prep materials
• 13 Paid Holiday per year including Cesar Chavez & Juneteenth, earn up to 22 days of PTO
• Flexible work schedule
• Opportunity to gain extensive work experience as a clinician working with children & families
• Robust training opportunities: Evidence Based Practices, Shared Core Practice Model & Trauma Informed Care.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• This role is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Supervision available for Licensure.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Medical insurance offering 3 HMO with Kaiser and Health Net, and also a PPO Plan
• Dental insurance both HMO & PPO options, with 100% employer paid for HMO employee only coverage plan
• Life and AD&D insurance 100% employer paid up to two times the annual salary
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account for Medical and Dependent Care
• 401k Plan: Hillsides offers a standard 401k plan with employer match with bi-level matching up to 5%; eligibility for enrollment in this plan is upon the date of hire.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Other duties may be assigned.

The essential functions include:

• Conducts mental health assessments and ongoing risk and safety plans
• Provides ongoing evidence-based clinical individual and group therapy
• Adhere to all code of ethics, mandated reporting, and ensure confidentiality of client information including significant incident reports, CCL, and ORR. 
• Inform leadership and federal field specialists of any confidentiality breaches or third-party request to release information including those from client's legal counsel
• Screens for human trafficking concerns as well as other risk and safety issues that may require crisis intervention, safety planning and/or mandated reporting
• Conduct sponsor contacts to provide psycho education, safety planning, and family sessions as needed
• Involved in social skills training for each client
• Meet regularly with cottage/unit staff at staff meetings, unit meetings and informally
• Take part in selective client activities in the cottage/unit and maintain awareness of group interaction in the unit
• Coordinate with other staff who provide case-management and linkage services to ensure alignment across all services
• Evaluate progress and make recommendations as necessary
• Serve on agency committees and participate in staff meetings
• Maintain and complete all required case records and forms
• Write progress notes in a timely manner and regularly meet productivity standard for billing
• Other duties as required

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATES

• Master's degree in clinical social work, psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which clinical experience is a program requirement
• License, waiver and/or registration with California Board of Behavioral Sciences
• Valid California drivers license, driving record and personal vehicle insurance acceptable to Hillsides' insurance carrier
• Bilingual in Spanish required
• Be able to show proof of immunization or immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route, including Varicella, MMR, Tdap, & Influenza. Reasonable accommodations to vaccination requirements available to employees who, because of a sincerely held religious belief, a medical contraindication, or a disability, do not receive some or all of the required vaccinations.

TRAUMA INFORMED CARE (TIC)

Hillsides practices Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles which recognizes the signs, symptoms, and widespread impact of trauma; Employees are asked to comprehensively integrate knowledge of Trauma Informed Care into policies, procedures, and practices with the goal to prevent re-traumatization which promotes healing of families, youth, individuals, and communities.

Seat 830