Child & Family Therapist / Intensive Care Coordinator – We Care Services for Children – Walnut Creek, CA

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in: Social Work, Counseling or Clinical Psychology.
• Licensed, or License Eligible MFT, LCSW, PhD or PsyD.
• Previous clinical (mental health) experience working with children and families in multicultural communities.
• Valid California driver’s license, auto insurance and car.
• Must be able to conduct telehealth sessions in a private space from home during the covid-19 crisis.

Job Summary

Seeking a licensed or license-eligible clinician with experience working with young children and families. This full-time (40 hour) position is 50% Child & Family Therapist and 50% Intensive Care Coordinator.
As Child & Family Therapist, the successful candidate will provide telehealth and/or home- and clinic-based infant/child-parent assessment and/or psychotherapy services to children from birth to six years old and their parents/caregivers. As Intensive Care Coordinator, the candidate will perform
telehealth and/or home- and clinic-based case management and facilitate Child & Family Team (CFT) meetings in the Katie A program.
You will join a strong team of clinical colleagues who are passionate about serving the needs of young children and families. Through targeted, compassionate, and effective early intervention services, We Care helps young children and their families reach their full potential, regardless of their abilities or circumstances.

Job Duties:

• Assesses clients to determine appropriate diagnosis, treatment modality and interventions.
• Develops treatment plans based on clinical assessment of client and family needs.
• Provides dyadic therapy, collateral and case management services in the home, community and/or office for children 0-6 and their caregivers.
• Performs case management and facilitates Child & Family Team (CFT) meetings on cases children 0-6 with child welfare system involvement.
• Maintains an appropriate caseload and meets program billing goals.
• Participates in case consultations with other treatment team members and collaborates with outside providers as needed.
• Documents billable services according to county guidelines.
• Prepares files on a yearly basis for EPSDT Utilization Review.
• Attends all agency staff meetings and designated training events.
• Performs related duties as required.

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of early childhood development and mental health and the ability to apply this knowledge to relationship based infant/child parent-psychotherapy.
• Clinical experience providing trauma-informed services to young children and their families.
• Ability to accurately form diagnostic assessments of the mental health needs of young children, and to work under pressure of crisis situations at times.
• Ability to establish and sustain therapeutic alliance with young children and family members of diverse cultural backgrounds, with a commitment to cultural sensitivity and awareness.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and work independently on a day-today basis clinically, legally and ethically, and to consult with supervisor when appropriate.
• Must have working knowledge of all laws pertaining to mental health in general and child abuse in particular and be able to apply them in everyday practice.
• Previous experience as a meeting facilitator for Wraparound or Intensive Care Coordination preferred.
• Prior home- or community-based clinical experience is a plus.
• Some experience with providing clinical services via telehealth would be very helpful.
• Bicultural/bilingual preferred.

We Offer:

• Full-time employees have access to a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and many other voluntary coverage, 403(b) retirement savings plan,

• 11 Paid Holidays, 3 weeks if vacation, and accrued sick time available.

• Rewarding work environment with passion-driven team dedicated to social good

• Flexible work schedule, with attention to work/life balance

• On the job training and career development

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.00 – $30.00 per hour

Education:

• Master’s (Required)

License:

• CA Licensed, or License Eligible MFT, LCSW, PhD or PsyD. (Required)
• California driver’s license, auto insurance (Preferred)
• licensed or license-eligible clinician (Required)

Language:

• Spanish and English (Preferred)

Application Question:

• Do you have experience working with Children and their families?

Work Location:

• On the road

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19