Clinician, REACH (Teen Suicide Prevention) Program - Bilingual

North County Lifeline•Vista, CA

2d•$30 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

Lifeline Services is hiring a mental health clinician to support our growing team. The mental health will be responsible for providing comprehensive trauma-informed school-based Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services in the North Inland and North Coastal regions. The REACH Program Clinician is responsible for providing education and trainings to school staff and gatekeepers to include outreach and school-wide suicide prevention education, risk assessments, individual intervention services, and care coordination with area mental health support and services. Specifically, will work with district/school employees, youth, and parents in creating an overall school environment conducive to appropriate learning for students, promoting positive mental health, stigma reduction, and suicide prevention. This is a BBS registered role that will help our team implement suicide prevention and early intervention services to schools throughout inland and coastal North County area. We're looking for a candidate who is able to connect with youth and families using culturally sensitive and trauma informed practices. This role requires creativity, flexibility, and teamwork, since your day-to-day work will be as part of a team at schools and will require the ability to make sound clinical decisions.

Requirements

Master's degree in counseling, social work or related field
BBS-registered AMFT, ASW OR APCC, or BBS eligible
Ability to handle stressful and crisis situations with professionalism, tact, and appropriate intervention, seeking supervision when necessary.
Must have reliable transportation to provide services at multiple sites (mileage reimbursement available).
Must be adaptable to changes in work schedule and job responsibilities as needed
Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
Previous experience with presenting to or assessing youth
Confident and effective in delivering presentations to various audiences
Comfortable communicating with students, parents, and school representatives
Comfortable in discussing suicide prevention with professionalism and sensitivity

Nice To Haves

Bilingual required

Responsibilities

Implementation, and delivery of culturally-competent services on middle and high school campuses and in community locations that serve children, youth and transition aged youth (TAY), with suicide prevention and early intervention services in a culturally-sensitive and culturally-competent manner.
Present an evidence-based curriculum, Signs of Suicide (including bullying prevention), to 7th- 12th grade students with the purpose of reducing risk and enhancing protective factors as well as facilitate mental health and safety trainings for parents/caregivers, district staff and community members.
Plan, coordinate and conduct trainings to school staff and gatekeepers.
Provide one-on-one safety assessments and crisis management to at-risk students and their families, while utilizing a trauma-informed care philosophy and recovery principles.
Work with the school to connect high-risk youth to selected level (psychosocial group) and individual As needed, provide individual intervention services to youth identified as "at-risk" based upon assessment.
Care coordination with area mental health support and services as well as other needed services for youth/ families with depression, other mental health problems, substance abuse or whose history of trauma would indicate a high risk for suicide or self-harm.
Work collaboratively and cooperatively with staff and volunteers within the program, the agency, and the community.
Participate in all required trainings and consultation/supervisions.
Attend all required agency and county trainings and meetings.
Maintain accurate and timely uniform record Maintain data collection and contract compliance of records as required.
Maintain clear, effective and open communication.
Work with school personnel and families to reduce disparities and stigma in accessing mental health services and to provide high quality services to youth and families.
Maintain confidentiality and privacy standards of service-partners' protected health information and other applicable information and material in accordance to agency and center policies, and applicable regulations and laws, including HIPAA.
Completes other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Full employer paid benefits package
Medical
Dental
Vision
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
Paid parental and bereavement leave of up to 80 hours for qualifying events
Mileage reimbursement
Access to training programs and leadership development resources
Opportunities to contribute to innovative programs and initiatives that make a tangible difference