Description
Want to have a career that contributes to the health and wellness of the community by providing access to mental health treatment?
San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services has career opportunities for Psychiatric Social Workers or Marriage and Family Therapists seeking to serve immigrants, first and second generation Latinx youth and adults, migrant farmworkers, rural working class, and other underserved clients facing the largest barriers to services and support every day.
Currently we have one full time regular position on the outpatient School Based Mental Health Team at Coastside, Half Moon Bay (may occasionally be needed in San Mateo) that is bilingual Spanish required. The position entails working with Special Education students providing intensive individual therapy, family therapy, crisis intervention, and case management.
What we offer:
- We offer a relaxed intimate and supportive multicultural team environment
- Opportunity to work in a community, with close partnerships with community service agencies;
- Diverse, and rich experiences in working with youth and adults seeking mental health treatment, in outpatient settings;
- Participation in health equity initiatives to address race disparities;
- Opportunities to work with LGBTQ population;
- Licensed clinical supervision;
- Opportunities for both bilingual Spanish and English clinicians, as well as non-bilingual Spanish clinicians;
- Excellent training opportunities towards licensure, Tuition Reimbursement, Education Leave and a Wellness Program, among others;
- Flexible schedules, hybrid telework;
- Mileage reimbursement and County cars available;
- Competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits and pension plan for regular employees
- Participation in student loan repayment programs
- $15,000 hiring bonus in 3 phases
What we are seeking
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Solid clinical treatment, assessment, diagnostic and evaluation skills.
- Experience/interest in providing treatment to youth (individual therapy, family therapy, and case management).
- Experience/interest in working with youth with emotional disturbances and with varying degrees of functional impairment and psychiatric presentations.
- Knowledge of Special Education and Individualized Education Plans
- Experience/interest in risk assessments, crisis assessments, and triage.
- Knowledge of principles, techniques and trends in counseling, psychotherapy, clinical case management, crisis management as well as evidence-based practices.
- Demonstrated ability or interest in working with a broad range of clients from diverse cultures, and backgrounds, and an ability to provide culturally appropriate clinical services.
- Experience/interest in working in rural communities and/or migrant and seasonal farm working population.
- Experience/interest in working collaboratively with primary care, psychiatry, and school districts.
- Experience/interest in generating community referrals and helping clients to connect with those community resources.
- Comprehensive and timely documentation skills: assessments, progress notes, client care plans, discharge plans, etc.
- The ability to make sound decisions based on the exercise of judgment and the consideration of all available information.
Minimum qualifications include:
Licensure/Certification:
- Psychiatric Social Worker I: Registration with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Clinical Social Worker. If an individual is not registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Clinical Social Worker at the time of hire, they must have submitted the application, and must obtain and provide the registration number within 90 days of hire. An individual hired in this classification must become licensed within six years from the date of employment as a Clinical Social Worker issued by the State of California within three years of appointment.
- Psychiatric Social Worker II: Current California license as a Clinical Social Worker.
- Marriage and Family Therapist I: Registration with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. If an individual is not registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at the time of hire, they must have submitted the application, and must obtain and provide the registration number within 90 days of hire. An individual hired in this classification must become licensed within six years from the date of employment as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California.
- Marriage and Family Therapist II: Current California license as a Marriage and Family Therapist.
SALARY
Psychiatric Social Worker I/Marriage & Family Therapist I:
$7,928.27 - $9,911.20 Monthly
$95,139.20 - $118,934.40 Annually
Psychiatric Social Worker /Marriage & Family Therapist II:
$8,914.53 - $11,148.80 Monthly
$106,974.40 - $133,785.60 Annually
To apply please visit copy and paste this link into your web browser: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sanmateo/jobs/4549175/psychiatric-social-worker-marriage-family-therapist-i-ii-open-and-promotional
*When applying please select preference for School Based Mental Health Program**
Applications are only accepted online.