CALM’s mission is to prevent childhood trauma, heal children and families, and support resilient communities throughout Santa Barbara County.

The Therapist provides therapy services on-site or in the field as needed for children up to age 21 and their families. The Therapist supports the client and his/her family in meeting their mental health goals. Therapy is focused on healing mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, problems in the parent-child relationship, or other social-emotional challenges with the ultimate goal of restoring children and families to a healthy level of functioning. The Therapist provides written documentation of all client, family and case management contacts, and meets Medi-Cal documentation standards.

Responsibilities:

-Complete clinical mental health assessments with diagnosis for children ages 0-5 in order to make Katie A determination for Child Welfare Services
-Identify child/family needs; make recommendations and referrals
-Collaborate with outside agencies to ensure children and families are linked with the services they need
-Facilitate Child and Family Team meetings, which involve various members of child’s support system, to collaborate in the best interests of the child
-Manage and track all incoming referrals from CWS
-Provides developmentally appropriate therapeutic interventions for children and families. Therapy services are often provided during after-school and evening hours when most convenient for clients.
-Maintains a minimum of 60% documentable clinical time.
-Participates in individual and group clinical supervision on a weekly basis. Seeks guidance from Clinical Supervisor to handle complex client issues.

Education/Experience:

MFT Associate or ASW, from an accredited university or college. Experience working with complex issues surrounding children and families preferred. Experience working with Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model preferred. Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred.

Qualifications:
-Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.
-Able to get along well with others and work collaboratively in a positive manner
-Must have valid CA drivers’ license, clean DMV, and criminal record clearance from DOJ.

Hours of Employment:
A work schedule will be established in consultation with the supervisor, evening and weekend hours may apply. The normal work week is Monday – Friday. Normal hours of work will be established between the hours of 8:00am and 8:00pm.

Compensation and Benefits:
We value wellness and offer a generous compensation and benefit package that includes a competitive salary dependent on experience and education, generous benefits that include up to 100% paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance for employees and a highly subsidized portion of dependent coverage. Paid holidays, vacation accruals starting at 2 weeks and sick accruals of 12 days per year (accruals based upon a 40 hours per week basis) and a 403(b) 3% matching program.

For complete descriptions of the position please visit: http://calm4kids.org/jobs/

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume & cover letter to CALM Human Resources. Please reference position name and location in the subject line.

CALM is an Equal Opportunity Employer.