Clinician I

Pacific Clinics•San Jose, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mental and behavioral wellness is a cornerstone of strong, thriving communities. Across Santa Clara County, Pacific Clinics’ Simple Steps Counseling program is making that vision a reality by providing accessible, high-quality psychotherapy services through a combination of telehealth and in-person care. Our teams are helping children, families, and adults navigate mental and behavioral health challenges. Individuals come to our program facing a variety of challenges — stress and burnout, anxiety, depression, family conflict, trauma, grief, attention and impulsivity challenges, and difficulties related to major life transitions. Our clinicians provide evidence-based care to individuals of all ages with mild to moderate level mental and behavioral health needs, including individual, play, family, couples, and group therapy, and caregiver coaching. School-based services!!!! With limited supervision, provides comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, clinical and interventions. Provides facilitation and support to enhance the efforts of individuals and their families/caregivers in the design and implementation of evidence-based treatment, working directly with children and adults.

Requirements

Master’s degree (MA/MS) in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health field and two (2) or more years of relevant experience required including practicum/internship hours, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education) to include:
Registration with the California BBS as an Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW), Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC).
Obtain Licensure in the State of California within 5 years
Familiarity with trauma-informed care, DSM-5 diagnosis, and treatment planning.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish Speaker Preferred!

Responsibilities

Completes assessments and evaluations that are culturally relevant and appropriate to youth and family strengths and needs, including identification of target behaviors and the function of those target behaviors.
Independently develops effective treatment plans with clear and measurable intervention strategies, which are tailored to child and family strengths, needs and cultural preferences.
Provides clinical leadership regarding family system observations and relays behavioral data to team in ways that demonstrate strengths based, solution focused values throughout all phases of service; i.e. engagement, stabilization, planning, intervention and transition.
Records and collects clinical information in ways that promote and reflect family input while maintaining accountability to risks and threats associated with presenting problems.
Independently coordinates the integration of comprehensive Functional Behavior Analysis and plans into overall child and family service plans with family members, referral sources, collateral contacts, community resources and other agencies and support persons involved with a child's plan for stabilization and wellness.
Facilitates the development and refinement of effective behavior and risk specific reactive and proactive safety plans.
Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with youth and families.
Demonstrates proficient skills and abilities regarding conflict management and mediation of teams.
Meets revenue and productivity standards.
Ensures that effective personal organizational systems for paperwork/ information management are developed and maintained to support timelines and priorities.
Performs other related responsibilities, as assigned, to support specific department/business needs.