Bilingual Program Clinician (Mental Health Therapist)

CYCSF•San Francisco, CA

4d•$78,000 - $82,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Community Youth Center of San Francisco (CYC) is seeking a Bilingual Program Clinician (Mental Health Therapist) to provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and community-based mental health services to youth, transitional-age youth, adults, and families. The program aims to reduce barriers to care and improve access to behavioral health support for underserved, immigrant, low-income, and limited-English-proficient communities. Services include individual and family counseling, case management, crisis intervention, care coordination, mental health education, support groups, outreach, assessment, and referrals. The Behavioral Health staff collaborate with CYC programs, schools, families, healthcare providers, government agencies, and community-based organizations to offer coordinated, client-centered support, emphasizing cultural humility, language accessibility, relationship building, and strengths-based care.

Requirements

Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, or a closely related behavioral health field.
A minimum of one year of direct experience working with youth, including individual and family counseling and parent psychoeducation.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, Cantonese, and/or Mandarin are required.
Ability to work with ethnically diverse groups of low-income youth.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth and families experiencing mental health needs is strongly preferred, particularly experience supporting Chinese-speaking, immigrant, or newcomer families.
Experience using Epic (SFDPH electronic record) is a definite plus.
Knowledge of community-based agencies in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Provide parent psychoeducation, skills training, bilingual therapeutic translation, and emotional support to identified Chinese parents and families, including parent support groups and parent consultations.
Provide family therapy for identified CYC clients.
Provide clinically appropriate therapeutic support services for youth of all races/backgrounds between the ages of 5 – 25, which include clinical assessment, screening, diagnosis, individual psychotherapy, treatment planning, progress notes, and discharge planning, etc.
Develop and conduct individual and family interventions that address each youth’s unique social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
Provide comprehensive case management services and linkages, advocate for client and family access to services, and collaborate with all systems involved with the family.
Deliver services in a manner convenient to families, which may include occasional home visits or evening calls or sessions.
Work with the parent/family to motivate and reinforce their child’s behavioral changes.
Maintain clinical documentation in compliance with SFDPH required standards.
Act as liaison between all systems (i.e., schools, Juvenile Probation Department, Public Defender’s Office, community partners) and CYC.
Participate in CYC clinicians' meetings and co-facilitate group supervision for CYC Trainee groups.
Contribute to any quality improvement/outcome measurement tracking, development, and data gathering as assigned.
Participate in assigned CYC staff retreats, community events, and agency fundraiser activities.
Make appropriate referrals to CYC programs and other agencies.
Other duties as assigned.