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• Licensed Mental Health Therapist

  Organizational Overview:

  The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) is part of a national effort to revolutionize pediatric medicine and transform the way society responds to kids exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. Started in 2012, by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, now California’s first Surgeon General, CYW is a health organization partnering with the Bayview Child Health Center to serve children and families in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. 

  Currently led by Interim CEO, Gatanya Arnic, CYW was created to respond to an urgent public health issue: early adversity harms the developing brains and bodies of children. 

  We are a fast-paced, results-oriented organization that is growing rapidly. Our work has been featured at local, statewide and national levels including contribution to The Shriver Report, partnership with Hillary Clinton and Next Generation’s Too Small to Fail Initiative, hosting California’s first Statewide Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Summit and plenary presentations at the national meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. We’re poised to continue growing our model of clinical intervention, applied research and advocacy in the relentless pursuit of our goal to improve the health of children and adolescents exposed to ACEs. 

  Read more about our past successes and new partnerships at our website: centerforyouthwellness.org

  POSITION OVERVIEW

  CYW seeks an experienced Licensed Mental Health Therapist to provide family-focused, trauma-informed psychotherapeutic services to children, adolescents, caregivers, and adults referred for integrated care by primary care providers at the Bayview Child Health Center (BCHC) as well as other partners.

  GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide short- and long-term, trauma-informed individual, dyadic, collateral, and family therapy to child, adolescent, adults and caregivers 
  • Organized and able to maintain clinical goals/metrics for grant proposals 
  • Work closely with the Development team 
  • Facilitate the intake process for the individual or family you will be serving 
  • Provide brief interventions and receive warm hand-offs from our partners 
  • Facilitate psychotherapeutic groups, as needed 
  • Participate in Clinical Team Meetings and Multi-Disciplinary Rounds (MDR) to provide assistance in identifying and resolving biomedical, psychosocial, and mental health needs of patients and families 
  • Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to implement Individual Action Plans (IAPs)/Care Plans and track patient progress 
  • Maintain careful documentation of all service activities within the patient’s Electronic Health Record/EHR in the time frame expectations 
  • Provide consultation to primary care providers on matters relating to behavioral health and integrated care 
  • Participate in regular trainings to augment delivery of trauma-informed care 
  • Participate in team work groups to improve the quality of services provided to the community we serve 
  • Provide therapy with a social justice and equity lens 
  • Maintain positive relationships with our partners and teams 
  • Other duties as assigned

  SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Mission driven and committed to the work of CYW 
  • Self starter, Entrepreneurial spirit 
  • Analytical, critical thinking, problem solving and highly organized 
  • Understand the importance of meeting deadlines and goals/metrics 
  • Professional presentation and appearance 
  • Active Listening Skills 
  • Highly-developed communications skills (written/verbal) and emotionally intelligent 
  • Good sense of judgement in regards to confidential matters 
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization and all stakeholders 
  • High confidence, low ego and open to feedback
  • Organizational and political agility; developed negotiation skills

  EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

  • Licensed to provide child, adult and/or family therapy in the State of California (LMFT, LCSW) 
  • Master’s Degree in a related field from an accredited graduate program 
  • Minimum two years experience post-licensure 
  • Experience and demonstrated skill in providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Experience and demonstrated skill in providing evidence-based psychotherapy interventions for trauma (e.g., Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cue-Centered Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Seeking Safety) strongly preferred 
  • Experience helping children and families: (1) manage anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and other common mental health conditions, and (2) develop and strengthen coping skills in both children/adolescents, caregivers, and adults 
  • Experience and demonstrated skill in counseling and providing mental health therapy/support for school-aged children and adolescents in either a school or clinical setting 
  • Experience and demonstrated skill in counseling and providing mental health therapy/support for adults 
  • Experience and demonstrated skill coordinating provision of care, treatment plans, assessments, and goal-setting with other mental health providers and child support staff 
  • Familiarity with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their effects on children and adults 
  • Ability to work collaboratively with members of an interdisciplinary team 
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred 
  • Ability to use relevant software programs effectively, including MS Suite and Google of services

  COMPENSATION

  This is a full- time position. Salary is $75,000. A background check, fingerprinting, HIPPA and Harassment training is required for this position.

  POSITION DETAILS

  ● Location: San Francisco, CA
  ● Full Time / Exempt status