Mental Health Clinician (Bilingual)

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Seeking Mental Health Clinician to provide individual and group counseling services and assessments for Morrison’s shelter Mi Futuro serving immigrant youth.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ORR Immigrant Youth Services - Shelter Our shelter is well equipped to comfortably house and care for up to 25 youth at a time. The youth are place in our residential facility by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with the main purpose of assessing and completing family reunification in a timely manner. In our residential facility, the youth have access to education, medical, case management, mental health, legal and religious services. The shelter serves adolescent boys and girls (13– 17 years of age) who primarily arrive from Latin American countries, and occasionally from other countries such as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Position Summary

The Mental Health Clinician provides mental health assessments, with the ability to conduct a mental status examination, as well as provides ongoing individual and group counseling services, screens for human trafficking concerns, and provides crisis intervention services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides mental health assessments for unaccompanied youth including best practice suicide risk assessments and flight risk assessments
• Provides ongoing individual and group counseling services and ability to conduct a mental status examination, and when appropriate, may complete a DSM diagnosis
• Provides required documentation, services and external communication for youth on their caseload
• Referrals for Psychiatric and Psychological services
• Develops and facilitates transition plans for clients per ORR guidelines
• May help supervise children and youth in milieu, on outings, and to appointments outside facility
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
• Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to equity and inclusion in the workplace; model appropriate behaviors; develop, recommend, and implement improvements to business practices with awareness and understanding of the impact in a trauma-informed and culturally diverse organization.

Experience/Education Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work with clinical experience in the program, or Master’s degree in psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement
• Bi-lingual in Spanish and English, written, read and verbal required. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish.
• Licensure or licensed eligible preferred

Preferred Qualifications not required

• Experience working in a multicultural/diverse work environment
• Experience working in an environment serving clients who are struggling with severe emotional and mental health related disorders
• Ability to follow HIPAA guidelines, federal regulations and Morrison policy
• Ability to regularly attend scheduled shift, be punctual for scheduled shifts and meetings, and be in a condition suitable for assuming responsibilities of position
• Skills in assessing and treating disturbed adolescents
• Knowledge of Federal, State and agency regulations

Other Requirements

• Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion.
• Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For further information review :
  https://www.opm.gov/suitability/suitability-and-credentialing-faqs/
• Proof of Vaccination (MMR, Varicella, DTap & Influenza annually)
• May need to travel with youth on occasion on airplane or company vehicles.
• Position may require working at multiple ORR Program sites
• Current CPR and Standard First Aid required
• 40 hours of required training per year

Physical Requirements

• Constantly operates a computer and other office equipment like a copy machine, and computer printer.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with staff and clients. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• The person in this position needs to frequently move around the residential site including up stairs several stories
• Occasionally moves equipment weighing up to 10lbs
• Position requires moving youth from different rooms in Milieu, checking on youth throughout Milieu, and transitioning activities with youth consistently
• We serve youth that can become escalated in behavioral circumstances, and this position will be required to participate in and lead de-escalation frequently and physically de-escalate or restrain occasionally. Proper training on techniques that are safe for youth and staff is provided at time of hire.