Mental Health Clinician (Bilingual Spanish)

About the role

WestCoast Children's Clinic, a non-profit community psychology clinic in Oakland, California, provides mental health services to Bay Area children, youth, and families. The clinic is committed to being client-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and just.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clinical caseload of Spanish-speaking clients that meets productivity goals as set by the agency
• Provide individual therapy, family therapy, caregiver guidance, collateral contacts, and case management in the clinic and community
• Collaborate with other professionals within WestCoast and partnering agencies to ensure the highest quality of service to clients
• Comply with WestCoast policies, procedures, and deadlines related to billing, clinical record keeping, and timely, high-quality documentation
• Participate in agency-wide trainings, specific program meetings, clinical supervision, and case conferences as required
• Work proactively with program leadership to ensure the strength of the program and complete additional tasks as requested

Qualifications and Competencies

• Masters or doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Minimum two years clinical experience in community mental health with emphasis on underserved and at-risk children and adolescents
• Experience working with foster care, child welfare, court system, low-income, and immigrant families in community mental health settings
• Experience providing trauma-informed treatments to clients and families with complex trauma and attachment difficulties related to abuse, neglect, interpersonal and community violence, and foster care placement
• Sensitivity and awareness in dealing with issues of cultural competency, and experience working with diverse communities
• Ability to work effectively with clients who have complex, multiple diagnosis histories
• Efficiency and time management - ability to be well-organized and complete timely documentation
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Medi-Cal documentation policies and procedures
• Collaboration and team functioning - able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Able to travel by car to meet with clients, generally within a 90 mile radius of the WCC office

Benefits

• Employer-paid Medical Benefits for Employees
• 100% employer-paid dental and vision
• Dependent medical, dental, and vision (50% employer-paid)
• Medical and Dependent Care FSA and commuter plans
• 100% employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary accident, term life, and hospital indemnity insurance
• 403(b) and ROTH retirement plan options, employer contribution targeted at 7.5% after first year of employment
• Quarterly (5-10%) and annual incentive compensation (10%)
• Three weeks PTO during the first year of employment, 4+ weeks PTO with additional years of service
• Twelve paid holidays plus one paid floating holiday per year
• Four paid self-care days per year
• Wellness stipend ($100.00 per month)
• Professional development stipend and CEUs for trainings
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)