Mental Health Clinician

Alternative Family Services•Sacramento, CA

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

This is an opportunity to join a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable and under-served children and their families. As a Mental Health Clinician, you’ll be rewarded by knowing that you are truly making a difference in the community. The Mental Health Clinician serves abused and neglected children by diagnosing, developing treatments plans and by providing counseling and advocacy for foster youth in our Sacramento and occasionally to the Stockton/San Joaquin communities. You can help provide safety and stability to some of the most vulnerable children and families as a Mental Health Clinician at Alternative Family Services. You will earn supervised hours for licensure in a dynamic and growing mission-driven agency. In this full-time role you will be fully trained in Medi-Cal documentation, become certified in CANS Assessments, and gain the client and case management hours needed for licensure as an LCSW, MFT, or LPCC. This program is based on a culturally relevant, family-centered, strength-based approach to treatment. We provide extensive training, clinical supervision and support for a career that will develop you professionally and reward you personally. Alternative Family Services is a Foster Family, Adoption and Mental Health Agency that has been serving abused and neglected children in our community since 1973. Our mission is to support vulnerable children and families in need of stability, safety, and well-being in communities. We provide a wide range of foster, adoption, mental health and transition-aged youth services in English and Spanish. We have eight locations throughout the Bay Area including Oakland and over 200 employees. We celebrate diversity, equal opportunity, and excellence.

Requirements

Licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC / ASW, AMFT, APCC ) or registration with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Master’s Degree in related field
First Aid/CPR Certified or obtain shortly after hire
Ability to obtain fingerprint and government background clearances
Experience with in-home or community based services for children and families
Proven track record of implementing evidenced based or evidenced based informed models of service delivery
Experience in social services and system involved youth
Strong organizational and time management skills
Experience with EPSDT Medi-Cal funded programs
Experience working as part of a treatment team providing intensive services
Spanish/English bilingual a plus! (Differential offered for Spanish fluency)
This position requires the employee to work out in the community and within foster homes throughout the Sacramento, CA and occasionally the Stockton/San Joaquin, CA regions.
Thus, position requires employee to possess a valid CA driver’s license and valid automobile insurance with his/her name on the verification card as an insured driver on the policy at all times.
Position requires daily access to a car in safe working order.

Nice To Haves

Spanish/English bilingual a plus! (Differential offered for Spanish fluency)

Responsibilities

Conduct assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development to each client on caseload
Provide counseling, intake, clinical case management, advocacy, linkage, support, and individual and family therapy for clients and families
Positively contribute to program and agency team culture through collaboration, professional group participation, the de-escalation of conflict, and positive communication
Document delivery of service via daily progress notes
Services may be offered via telehealth or in-person depending on the needs of the client and assessment of safety issues
Maintain client charts to ensure compliance with Medi-Cal regulations
In-person services require travel to client's home, or other community locations which may be outside Sacramento area
Must be able/willing to provide services via telehealth or in person depending on the safety issues and needs of the client
Ability to work a flexible schedule as work is performed at various times of the day, and days of the week, including some weekends

Benefits

Salary range: $72,100 - $78,766/year, with opportunity for bi-annual bonuses
Additional pay differential offered for CA Clinical Licensure (MFT, LCSW) of $3,000/annually
Additional language differential offered for Spanish language fluency of $5,000/year (must be fluent)
Stipend to support licensure process and outside training
Various in-house training on modalities including family therapy, play therapy, trauma-informed practices, culturally responsive practices , Triple P Positive Parenting, early childhood mental health, navigating the child welfare system, and other evidence-based models such as CBT and DBT
We qualify as a public service loan forgiveness agency
A professional and supportive work environment
Benefits package which includes: Medical Dental Vision Chiropractic and Acupuncture Flex-spending options Life and disability insurance 403(b) option
Over 8 weeks time off annually! (11 vacation days the first year – accruals starting on your 1st day and progress up to 20 days a year! 12 paid holidays including your birthday off & 12 sick days annually!)
AFS makes substantial monthly contributions on your behalf to keep out of pocket premiums at an all time low!