Mental Health Clinician II

Los Angeles Lgbt Center•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Provide individual, group and crisis counseling with youth experiencing homelessness (ages 18-25) to assist them in achieving housing stability and develop treatment strategies to address their mental health needs.

Requirements

Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people.
A passion for the Center’s work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people.
Minimum 2 years of paid post-graduate counseling experience, i.e., residential care, social services, child welfare services, general counseling, chemical dependency treatment, juvenile justice, youth services, etc.
Ph.D. or Masters in behavioral science discipline.
Ability to work as a team member dedicated to generating resources/services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities.
Proven ability to work under direct supervision.
Ability to relate in a non-judgmental and respectful manner to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, or people experiencing a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong organizational, detail and interpersonal skills.
Computer skills and knowledge including word processing, database operations, spreadsheets, and other software systems.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual skills, a plus (English/Spanish fluency preferred).

Responsibilities

Work in milieu with a multidisciplinary team in a LGBTQ youth drop-in center and emergency housing programs to meet the immediate or urgent needs, as well as longer term needs of youth experiencing homelessness.
Serve on-duty to handle walk-ins, provide crisis intervention when necessary.
Conduct individual and group counseling services with youth documenting progress, utilizing short term models in treatment planning to the greatest extent possible.
Make appropriate referrals to services outside the Los Angeles LGBT Center, within and to other services within the department, e.g., psychiatric evaluation, substance abuse; and, follows up on those referrals with the client to assure appropriateness of the referral and continuity of care.
Assist in the coordination and training of the work of non-clinical staff.
Participate and/or take a leadership role in client care and supporting non-clinical staff with clients.
Participation with supervisor and/or members of the CYFS Management Team in program planning, program evaluation, dissemination activities and training.
Assume responsibility for completing all documentation in a timely, legible and thorough manner, submitting client records at the end of each business day.
Other duties as assigned.