Mental Health Therapist

Pacific Clinics • San Bernardino, CA

304d • $68,640 - $81,860

About The Position

The Mental Health Therapist position at Pacific Clinics involves working independently in various community and treatment settings, coordinating services for families and youth. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of family dynamics and the ability to blend clinical care with life domain planning. The therapist will provide facilitation, assessment, and case management services, ensuring culturally sensitive care and effective communication among team members. This position is eligible for a hiring incentive of $2,000 and offers a competitive salary range based on experience.

Requirements

• Master's Degree (M.S./M.A.) in related field.
• Experience serving individuals with complex needs including SED youth/families and/or youth residential settings.
• Experience with the mental health, child welfare and/or juvenile probation systems.
• Availability to participate in 24-hour on-call program.
• Must possess a valid CA driver's license and insurance with two years experience and maintain an insurable driving record under the agency's liability policy.

Nice To Haves

• MHRS and licensure eligibility.
• Speak, read, and/or write another language fluently.

Responsibilities

• Provides facilitation and coordination in the development of individualized services for youth and families.
• Implements strength-based family centered methodology into planning and develops creative methods to ensure individualized culturally sensitive care.
• Understands interactions of complex systems in the context of a family's life, service delivery structures and the community's resources.
• Elicits, values and incorporates divergent perspectives in action plans and strategies in order to help youth stabilize in a placement and connect them with a permanent setting.
• Participates with families as a complete unit with focus on individual strengths/concerns/needs.
• Partners with parents of special needs children in order to ensure parent voice, choice and access.
• Facilitates the development and refinement of effective reactive and proactive safety plans.
• Provides leadership role in linking parents, youth and staff when a crisis arises.
• Ensures the involvement of natural members with the Child and Family team.
• Assists Family Specialists and other line personnel to develop strength-based interventions and strategies which include plans for transition to primary caregiver.
• Provides meeting minutes to all Child and Family Team members and facilitates communication plans to support ongoing inclusion and accountability of all team members.
• Participates effectively in both internal and external multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Assesses and integrates internal and external customers' concerns, needs and expectations into planning process.
• Organizes and presents clinical evaluation and initial treatment plans to staff and community partners and participates in service reviews.
• Understands and implements funding policies/procedures and trains Child and Family Teams in stewardship practices.
• Provides effective, therapeutic linkages with referral sources, collateral contacts, community resources and program staff.
• Manages flexible schedule consistent with family and program needs.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with youth and families.
• Demonstrates effective personal organizational systems for ensuring paperwork/information management accuracy and timeliness.
• Performs other responsibilities, as assigned, to support department/business needs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits.
• Voluntary Life Insurance.
• Flex Spending.
• Health Savings Account.
• EAP.
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability & Basic Life Insurance.
• 401K Employer Match up to 4%.
• Competitive Time Off Plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree