Adult Therapists

About the role

San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center is seeking a therapist to join their Older Adults Programs. This position is part of a collaborative effort with Upwardly Global.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect services involving clinical and field-based case management services, including plan development, placement services, assistance in daily living, individual and/or group counseling, crisis intervention, and community outreach and education as assigned.
• Participate in a team approach and provide outreach, assessment and evaluation of assigned older adult clients.
• Determine individual's strengths, needs and resources.
• Assess client's level of psychosocial impairment, self-care potential, family and support network availability, independent living needs, financial status, educational, employment or training needs, and social/recreational needs.
• Develop and coordinate service plans.
• Aid clients in developing independent living skills, and resources including peer or caregiver support, social/recreational, volunteer or educational goals, needed to implement and achieve goals of the individual service plan.
• Transports clients to and from appropriate service as necessary.
• Provide crisis intervention—intervene with the client/others at the onset of a crisis to provide support and assistance in problem resolution and to coordinate or arrange for the provision of other needed services.
• Provide 50% of services in the field in support of client's individual service plans.
• Meet with each client as frequently as needed.
• Assist clients in accessing peer support, self-help and recovery based services.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team; participate in staff and clinical meetings and community meetings as assigned.
• Provide consultation and assessments to community services.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate must have a Master's degree (Master Social Work) from an accredited school of social work AND a current ACSW Registration number through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, OR Master's in psychology or related behavioral science.
• Maintain current status as a registered associate under California law.
• Must have a valid California Driver License in good standing and be insurable by the Center's auto insurance carrier.
• Must have personal, reliable transportation to conduct field visits.
• Minimum of two (2) years experience in behavioral health care.
• Experience with adults and/or older adults with mental illness.
• Knowledge of DSM V required.
• Bi-lingual/ Bi-cultural in Spanish a plus.