Mental Health Clinician (ORR)

In-Person Full-Time Position based at Youth Village/Phoenix Rising Youth Home (Exempt)

Reports to: Associate Clinical Director for Youth

Who We Are

Ruby's Place dba Restorative Pathways (RP) is an innovative nonprofit committed to ending domestic violence, human trafficking, and violent crime through hope, advocacy and connection. Our services include emergency shelter, transitional housing, rental subsidies, mental health services, and wrap around services. All our services are trauma-sensitive and client-centered and are provided at no cost to our clients. There are no barriers to participate in our programs.  

RP is led by survivors.  At RP, we focus on reflection, innovation, and connection. We value diversity, and equity across all races, genders, sexualities, and abilities. We believe in fostering relationships, both in our direct service work and throughout our internal work culture. We aim to cultivate an inclusive workplace that appreciates and emphasizes the voices of those most impacted by violence including women, individuals with disabilities, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. We recognize these voices are vital to interrupting the cycle of violence and transforming lives towards safety, unity, and trust. We encourage those with lived experience with housing instability, trafficking, domestic violence, and interpersonal violence to join our team.

Who You Are

You have a strong commitment to the field of mental health as well as an understanding of, and sensitivity to, serving diverse populations. You have excellent interpersonal skills, the willingness to expand on your knowledge of trauma sensitive care and an orientation towards survivor-centered services.

You are a motivated clinician who enjoys a fast-paced environment while embracing change and growth. You are adept at time management and highly organized with a proven ability to ensure you can meet deadlines, plan, organize and execute. You are comfortable working independently to manage the needs of all clients on your caseload, enjoy working with a team and are an accountable collaborator. You excel at organizing, prioritizing, and following through on multiple demands of your role. You are flexible, creative, willing to grow in your role and take initiative in handling crises.

What qualifications are required for this position?

You Are Also:

• Registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as one of the following: a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or AMFT, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or ACSW, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) or LPCC intern, or a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP)
• Fluent in Spanish (spoken and written) required
• Someone with a Master’s Degree in clinical and/or counseling psychology or related field
• Someone with excellent organizational and strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated excellent attendance and reliability. People of color and ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply. Bilingual preferred.
• Experienced in providing therapy, crisis intervention, group counseling, general experience working with people who are survivors of violence, domestic violence and human trafficking. 
• Able to provide a copy of a college degree and California Board License or current Associated registration. Professional license or associate number from Board of Behavioral Sciences must remain valid at all times during your employment at RP.
• Able to move between different treatment approaches (clinical case management and evidence-based, trauma-focused psychotherapy) depending on the needs of the client. 
• Able to demonstrate cultural humility and a strength based, recovery philosophy and provide support to a multidisciplinary team. 
• Understanding of the dynamics of trauma caused from violent crimes and successful treatments for these traumas. 
• In possession of a valid CA driver's license, proof of insurance, and be approved by RP insurance as a driver in order to drive agency vehicles.  If a staff member cannot be approved by RP insurance as a driver, employment might not be able to continue.  Instances where staff cannot be approved to drive will be reviewed on a case by case basis to determine if employment can continue in their role without driving agency vehicles.  Items considered include but are not limited to: the shift the staff member holds and the frequency/necessity of driving during that shift, the amount of time before the staff member may be approved to drive by the insurance carrier, the availability of other staff on site to drive agency vehicles as program needs require, etc.
• Able to complete a background check, fingerprinting (Live Scan), and completion of all Community Care Licensing requirement documents.  Able to meet all licensing requirements of Community Care Licensing.

You will report to the Director of Clinical Services.  This position is a combination of telehealth and flexibility in visiting our UC shelter or other shelters as needed. In this role you will provide mental health services to our clients as well as unaccompanied minors and help support the staff with psychoeducation and professional consultation as it pertains to mental health.  This position will also provide you the opportunity to share your knowledge of mental health through presentations and collaboration with other providers within and outside of RP.  

Responsibilities include

• Carries a caseload of 15-18 clients with seven of them being unaccompanied minors (UC) residing at our UC shelter and complete progress notes for approximately 10-18 clients per week.  
• Visits assigned shelters as needed in order to provide in person individual and group counseling. 
• Conducts clinical intakes of new clients using a trauma sensitive approach and identifies service needs when appropriate. Assessment includes identifying presenting problems, psychosocial history, mental status exam, and DSM-5 diagnosis.
• Clinical interventions include: crisis intervention on-site at any of the shelters and/or while providing telehealth.
• Clinical services also include short-term, trauma-sensitive individual and group psychotherapy as well as comprehensive clinical case management, liaison with other health care providers, and referral and accompaniment to community services when appropriate.
• Caseload consists of complex clients, all of whom have histories of trauma, including acute and chronic physical and sexual abuse, and are victims of interpersonal violence such as sexual assault, physical assault, domestic violence, gunshot wounds, political torture, and immigration trauma. Many clients also have concurrent medical problems, psychosocial problems, and may have substance abuse problems as well. 
• Utilizes knowledge of the mental health, medical, and community resources in Oakland, San Francisco and other surrounding counties and maintains familiarity with new programs.
• Develops a comprehensive treatment and service plan for each client, integrating knowledge from a wide range of human service resources.
• Facilitates coordination of services among various agencies and complete required case management services to meet the client’s needs. 
• Complete UC training that is required under our grant guidelines. 
• Flexibility around unfolding the grant to contribute to clients' continuity of care , close collaborations with all departments and the ability to navigate ambiguity while working with clients. This clinician needs to be open to working with clients of all ages.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Clinical Supervision, Teaching, Training, and Program Development:

• May provide supervision to clinical interns if meets the qualifications to supervise.
• Participates in in-service training and case conferences.
• Conducts community presentations and training to partner organizations and mental health providers.
• May assist with program development, including identification and implementation of types of appropriate measurement-guided mental health treatment.

Record Keeping and Administration and Other Duties:

• Maintains client records according to California, and licensing requirements.
• Records data in client’s chart. 
• Meets program productivity standards; Completes productivity forms, clinical documentation, and other documentation of services in a timely fashion.
• Assists in processing Quality Improvement requests.
• Assists in data collection for program evaluation and research purposes; Works collaboratively with the clinical multi-disciplinary team.
• Attends staff meetings, administrative and reflective supervision and other assigned meetings.
• Create and maintain documentation of processes and procedures in relation to duties of the job.
• Maintain the required documentation in order to meet UC grant guidelines. 

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1. Have knowledge in working with immigrant and refugee, runaway, juvenile justice systems, LGBTQ and/or chronically mentally youth.
2. Has had experience with those who have had prior incarcerations and or have done harm. 
3. Familiarity with diagnosing clients and developing effective treatment plans.
4. Demonstrated excellent attendance and reliability. 
5. Excellent organizational and strong interpersonal skills. 
6. Awareness of social service agencies, state regulations and APA/BBS standards as it relates. to client treatment, client rights and client/client confidentiality.
7. Fluent in both English and Spanish (written and spoken) required
8. Open-minded, non-judgmental, flexible, and have good humor.
9. People of color and ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply. 
10. Bilingual preferred.
11. Complete functional timesheets by assigned due dates in compliance with time allocations.
12. Actively participate in reflective supervision sessions.
13. Create and maintain documentation of processes and procedures related to job duties.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.

This position will require both in person and telehealth in order to meet the needs of our clients. Time spent on-site versus remote working will be discussed and agreed upon with your supervisor.  You are expected to be available on-site as necessary given business needs. You must be able to stand for long periods of time and perform physical activities, including lifting up to 25 pounds. You will be subject to frequent interruptions and must be able to multitask and handle stress.

Local travel in the greater Bay Area may be required.

The pay scale for the Mental Health Clinician position is $75,000-$93,000 per year (exempt), pending licensure with the Board of Behavioral Science (BBS). The benefits that come with working at RP at full-time hours include medical, dental, and vision plans, a life insurance policy, significant vacation, sick time, sabbatical, and immediate vesting in our 403(b) with a generous match. This is a full-time, 40 hours a week, salaried position. This is a hybrid position (flex work), with some days required in our Castro Valley Office. Applicants must be located in the greater Bay Area.

If all this sounds like a good fit for you, please submit your resume and, instead of a traditional cover lever, respond to the following three prompts:

• Why do you want to work for RP and why are you a good fit for this role? (200 words max)
• Using the qualifications listed above (under Who You Are section), please list the top 5 qualification(s) that you feel you currently excel in and 2 qualifications you feel you will need to work toward proficiency. Please provide a brief explanation for each (a few sentences).
• Are you registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences in California (BBS)?
• Please list all populations you have worked with in the past.  

At RP, we are committed to workplace diversity and providing equal employment opportunities. Please also note that we are going to be especially excited about candidates who understand the unique nature of a mission-driven organization and have lived experience or direct experience working with survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, or violent crime.

Salary : $75,000 - $93,000