Associate Training Director, Behavioral Health
Description
Petaluma Health Center's mission is to provide high quality health care with access for all in Southern Sonoma County & West Marin. We pride ourselves on our Patient-Centered care while maintaining an engaging environment for our staff. The Center accomplishes this mission through collaborative, innovative programs, services and referral resources that meet the economic needs of the entire community.
FULL TIME EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
- 21 Days of Paid Time Off
- 10 Observed Holidays
- Medical Insurance (Entire deductible paid by us!)
- 30 Chiropractor and Acupuncture visits per year included with enrollment in our health insurance plans (Kaiser and WHA)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Gym Membership Discounts at Active Wellness Center and 24-Hour Fitness!
- 401K Matching after 1 year of employment
- Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care FSA
- Life Insurance (included at no cost to the employee)
- Long Term Disability (included at no cost to the employee)
- Employee Assistance Program (included at no cost to the employee)
Summary: Under the supervision of the Associate Clinical and Operational Director, Behavioral Health, Associate Training Director will provide clinical oversight and supervision to Spanish-speaking ACSWs, AMFTs, and licensed therapists and counselors. The Associate Training Director is responsible for developing and implementing a Spanish-language training program for behavioral health trainees. Supervision duties include but are not limited to maintaining supportive, collaborative working relationships with supervisees, clients and the leadership team, ensuring that services offered to clients are clinically, compliantly, and ethically sound; enhancing the professional skills of the clinical staff, supporting supervisees adherence to policies and practices that enhance the quality of programmatic and organizational functioning. In addition, the Associate Training Director will also provide direct assessment, treatment, and necessary collateral services to assigned youth and families as needed.
Areas of Responsibilities:
Clinical Duties:
· Provides care, within the scope of licensure, as a Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW)
· Maintains a clinical caseload of patients
Spanish Counseling Training Program Management:
· Develop and implement Spanish-language, culturally-sensitive counseling curriculum and training modules
· Clinically supervise and train approximately 6 Spanish-speaking Trainees and counselors (ACSW, MFTI, MSW, etc), including trainees who may be conducting behavioral health case management, schools-based services, agricultural worker services, special populations services, etc.
· Engage in the performance review and professional development of the professional staff involved in the training program.
· Day-to-day operations of mental health treatment services delivered by clinical trainees and interns.
· Annual recruitment, interviewing, and selection of clinical trainees and interns for the coming placement year; directing and training other staff in the interviewing and selection process.
· Maintain training and clinical supervision standards consistent with those of trainees and interns graduate departments/schools, CAPIC (The California Psychology Internship Council, with relevant professional organizations, and the relevant regulatory boards (Board of Psychology and the Board of Behavioral Sciences).
· Address quality improvement matters in individual clinical supervisors’ clinical supervision of interns and trainees (quality/style).
· Ad hoc clinical supervision to clinical trainees and interns as needs arise or when their assigned individual clinical supervisor is not directly available.
· Collaborate with Clinical Director on evaluating the performance management of all clinical staff involved in supervision and the Clinical training program.
· Supervision, direction and support to clinical trainees and interns:
· Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Education/Experience:
· A Master’s in Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapist required
· Academic teaching experience at an accredited counseling program highly preferred
· Minimum of 5 Years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed MFT working directly with clients required
· A minimum of 3 years of Training and Supervision experience required
· Licensed in California as an LCSW or LMFT required
· Superior/Native Spanish-language Proficiency (spoken and written) required
· Demonstrated experience in providing culturally-sensitive, linguistically-competent counseling services to medically-underserved Spanish-speaking/Latinx populations highly preferred
· Passion for training the next generation of Spanish-speaking /Latinx behavioral health providers
Desired Skills
· Demonstrated abilities in incorporating diverse cultures, ethnicity and abilities in clinical work.
· Ability to communicate effectively orally, auditorily, visually, in writing and via computer.
· Ability to maintain confidentiality.
· Knowledge and skill in working with county and state children’s services bureaucracies (e.g., Social Services, Mental Health, Probation, schools and school districts, psychiatric hospitalization protocols and procedures, alcohol and drug treatment services, etc.).
· Demonstrated abilities in incorporating diverse cultures, ethnicity, languages and abilities in programming.
· Background clearance from the FBI and Department of Justice. TB clearance is needed.
· A valid California Driver’s License, access to a reliable vehicle and proof of automobile liability insurance with minimum policy requirements as established by Girls Inc.
Licenses and Certifications: Licensed as an LCSW or LMFT
Language Skills: English, both written and verbal is required. Bilingual in English and Spanish, both written and verbal required.
Qualifications:
· A minimum of 2 years of outpatient assessment and treatment experience with adults, adolescents and children, as well as experience in family therapy and group dynamics and therapy preferred
· A minimum of 2 years’ experience and training in child therapy preferred
· A minimum of 2 years’ experience and training in various modalities of conflict resolution and crisis intervention preferred
· A minimum of 2 years of provision of mental health services in community-based setting preferred
Reasoning Ability: Ability to recognize problems, collect data and establish facts.
Computer Skills: MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and web applications.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Movement within health center complex environment repeatedly throughout the day.
· Ability to write by hand, use phone, use computer keyboard and mouse extensively to perform general office functions.
· Manual wrist and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions for extended periods of time.
· Ability to effectively communicate by hearing continuously and speak in a manner which can be understood by a diverse population.
· Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
· Must have visual acuity near and far (20 inches to 20 feet), depth perception, field of vision, ability to focus on an object, ability to identify and distinguish colors.
· Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time (minimum periods of one (1) hour at a time).
· Ability to frequently walk, bend, squat, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, and climb with the use of a step stool.
· Ability to grasps, hold and pick up and reach with hands and arms.
· Ability to frequently lift and or move up to twenty (20) pounds.
· Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
· Ability to travel to and from other health center sites and community locations.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to Health Center areas and general office environment. This job position may have exposure to fumes, chemicals, noise, blood and body fluids, and infectious diseases. The work environment is a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, and temperature-controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The hours of duty are lengthy and irregular.
Acknowledgment: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. The employee may be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.
Petaluma health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Petaluma health Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.