Bilingual Crisis Youth Social Worker

About the role

The Bilingual Crisis Youth Social Worker provides crisis and connective services to youth and families experiencing significant psychological, emotional, and behavioral problems that interfere with well-being in settings such as client homes, hospitals, and community spaces. The position coordinates and implements treatment goals and service delivery for assigned clients, meeting regularly with clients and caregivers, and works alongside a treatment team to help deliver services.

About MRT Mobile Response Team (MRT): MRT is a short‑term program of clinicians and counselors who support youth in crisis when there are concerns for immediate safety. MRT completes comprehensive risk assessments to determine risk level, youth needs, and explores strengths of the client, family, and community supports. It facilitates the creation of safety plans to minimize future crises and provides linkage and advocacy to connect youth and families to long‑term services as needed.

About Seneca: Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. The agency is committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with excellent mental health, community‑based, and educational services, building a diverse staff, and engaging in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training to bring equity and justice to the youth and families served.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic crisis intervention, stabilization, risk assessment, and collaboration during acute crisis.
• Provide case management services to ensure successful transition of clients and families to community‑based resources.
• Provide services focused on skill building in all life domains.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with community members and providers.
• Aid in care planning and consultation to team members on clinical issues, including casework issues, as appropriate.
• Participate in all treatment reviews, program meetings, trainings, and client meetings when necessary.
• Complete clinical documentation, including mental health notes, paperwork, service tracking, assessments, and treatment planning.
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision.
• Adhere to clinical best practices.
• Maintain a flexible schedule that includes early mornings, evenings, and occasional weekends as needed.
• Participate in providing emergency on‑call response as scheduled.

Qualifications

Required:

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling.
• Eligible to register/registered with the CA BBS.
• At least 21 years of age.
• Bilingual Spanish.
• TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements.

Preferred:

• Experience working with children in out‑of‑home care.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work with a diverse population.
• Good organizational and writing skills.

Schedule

Full‑Time, On‑site; Wed – Sat, 8am – 6pm; 1 overnight on‑call shift every week, 10pm – 8am; Flexibility with schedule required to accommodate schedules of clients and families.

Benefits

• Starting at $90,559 – $104,559 per year (see Pay section for details).
• 5 weeks of Paid Time Off and 11 Paid Holidays.
• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer.
• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:
• Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, and fertility coverage.
• 50% paid premiums for dependents.
• Pet insurance.
• Long‑term disability, family leave, and life insurance.
• Employer‑paid Employee Assistance Plan.
• 403b Retirement Plan.
• Training stipend and professional development opportunities.
• Opportunities to develop specialized skills, including clinical supervision and evidence‑based practices.
• Seneca supports clinicians toward licensure and beyond: individual and group supervision, regular clinical case conferences, licensure and renewal courses led by field experts.
• Expenses such as outside trainings or licensure fees can be mitigated through the clinical training stipend.

Pay

Starting at $90,559 – $104,559 per year; actual salary dependent on creditable experience above the minimum qualifications for the role; $2,000 sign‑on bonus for new Seneca employees; additional $4,000 salary increase for BBS licensure; additional salary increase upon passing of a bilingual proficiency exam.