This a full-time, 40-hour position including 30 hours per week as a Rape Crisis Therapist and 10 hours per week dedicated to Child Abuse Advocacy Assistance.

Rape Crisis Therapist I (30hrs)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Under the general supervision of the Executive Director and the direct supervision of the Clinical Supervisors, the Post-Graduate Registered Intern is responsible for providing quality clinical treatment services to clients according to established policies and procedures. Quality of services is determined by professionally accepted standards as identified by the Board of Behavioral Services (BBS), C.A.S.A. established guidelines and practices, and emerging best practices in the field. Assist in the implementation of program activities in keeping with agency stated goals and objectives, facilitate effective communication within the organization, works collaboratively with all C.A.S.A. staff members, represent the agency in a professional manner.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

These essential tasks constitute the core functions of the Post-Graduate Registered Intern position. Competent performance of all essential tasks is critical to the continued internship and clinical supervision of the Post-Graduate Registered Intern.

• Provides direct psychotherapy treatment, performing client psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans and guiding the treatment process, developing exit plans, providing psychological and emotional support to clients
• Works with children and adults using various modalities including individual, family and group therapy, as appropriate
• Facilitates support groups.
• Completes all required administrative activity, including clinical record keeping, in a timely and accurate fashion
• Actively utilizes clinical supervision to develop and hone intervention skills and strategies.
• Participates in all required staff meetings and training opportunities.
• Works collaboratively with other C.A.S.A. support staff
• Participates in training in trauma informed therapy as well as group supervision and individual supervision each week
• In an attempt to foster greater client empowerment, all direct psychotherapy treatment duties are to be carried out through a client-driven model through which client input heavily shapes treatment plans and goals

KEY BEHAVIORAL TRAITS:

The consistent display of these behaviors is essential to continued employment:

• Professionalism: Treats others with respect. Accepts feedback without defensiveness. Understands needs of the organization might outweigh personal feelings and still provides diligent and careful work product
• Good Judgment: Considers impact of personal and professional choices. Consistently makes decisions in keeping with organizational values, supervisor’s direction, and common sense
• Problem Solving: Able to handle common problems without supervisor intervention while knowing when supervisor participation is warranted. Able to foresee when actions might have consequences to others and communicates appropriately before implementing changes
• Organizational Culture: Commitment to the agency’s mission. Familiarity or experience with issues that impact the lives of people supported by CASA. Sensitive to issues of confidentiality and diversity

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

The candidate must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for employment in this position:

• Registered MFT Intern, MSW Intern, ASW, Psychology Intern or Psychology Assistant. (Will also consider Student Trainee if the applicant is in their final year of graduate school and has previous experience working with children and/or trauma victims.)
• Must have State Certified Training as a Sexual Assault Advocate

• Good to excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills, including ability to relate to diverse client and community population
• Fingerprinting and background clearance
• Valid driver’s license, current auto insurance, ability to transport self to job-related events and education locations
• Basic experience with Microsoft Word
• An interest in working with victims/survivors/witnesses of violence and abuse
• Two years’ work or volunteer experience in a human services setting preferred
• Experience as group facilitator, or with crisis intervention

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS

Knowledge of:

• Theory, principles and techniques of psychotherapy, case management and crisis intervention
• Child, adolescent and family development; normal and abnormal psychology
• Local community mental health and social service resources

Ability to:

• Develop and maintain effective therapeutic client relationships
• Work effectively with ethnically and culturally diverse, at-risk and low-income populations
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Understand and follow oral and written directions

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Environmental Conditions

• Typical office environment; exposure to unpleasant client or facility elements; subject to varying and unpredictable situations, interruptions
• Working under significant time restraints

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

• Essential and marginal functions require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, standing, or walking for prolonged periods of time
• Person performing service in this position classification will exert 10 to 20 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects
• May occasionally lift and stack heavy objects not to exceed 30 lbs
• This type of work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods
• Perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral information, the manual dexterity to operate business related equipment and handle and work with various materials and objects are important aspects of the job

Child Abuse Advocacy Assistant Position (10hrs)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Under the direct supervision of the Advocacy Services Coordinator, the Volunteer Advocacy Services Assistant develops and implements the expansion of the sexual assault volunteer advocate program to include volunteer advocate services for child victims of crime, abuse, and/or neglect, expanding and enhancing the 42.5 Cal-OES certified training with topics required for CHAT volunteer advocates, ensuring sufficient CHAT coverage on the monthly calendar for 24/7 crisis hotline and accompaniment services. The Advocacy Services Coordinator provides for ongoing training and direct supervision and support of CHAT volunteer advocates.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Expand the existing sexual assault volunteer advocate program to include volunteer advocates for CHAT clients
• Expand the 42.5-hour CalOES certified training to include topics required for CHAT volunteer advocates not already covered in the current training
• Ensure sufficient CHAT coverage on the monthly calendar for 24/7 crisis hotline and accompaniment services
• Responsible for all follow-ups with all new CHAT clients. -Ensure that three follow-up attempts are made for all new clients unless they have indicated they do not want further contact. Create and maintain tracking form or tickler file if necessary
• Track CHAT Volunteer Advocate hours by shift for time sheets for CalOES reimbursement for grant compliance, record quarterly hour time sheets by shift signed monthly by volunteers, enter volunteer hours by month in APRICOT. Provide monthly timesheets to bookkeeper to be included in monthly bookkeeping file for reimbursements.
• Schedule CHAT Advocates for court accompaniment as needed
• Provide CHAT Advocates and staff with calendared on-going training meetings totaling 12 hours annually and ensure topics are relevant to CHAT volunteer advocates
• Create and update CHAT volunteer phone and contract information lists as needed and provide to answering service, all staff and advocates
• Create and maintain all CHAT volunteer advocate personnel files and update monthly with hours, on-going training participation. Audit files annually
• Provide continuous communication with CHAT volunteer advocates about crisis calls, schedule changes, notification/reminders of meeting or events
• Expanded Sexual Assault Counselor State Certified Training to include CHAT topics- Assist the Advocacy Service Coordinator in providing a minimum of three State Certified Trainings annually
• Revise and expand the C.A.S.A. Resource Manual to include additional resources for CHAT clients and update a minimum of once a year
• Conduct annual CHAT volunteer advocate evaluations on a rotating schedule
• Schedule in-service for CPS at least twice a year
• Provide assistance for completing TRO’s
• Represent C.A.S.A. at monthly RCCAT and quarterly CSEC meetings
• Create and maintain survivor packets for CHAT clients
• Provide advocacy to walk-ins and crisis phone calls during business hours as needed
• Attend conferences and trainings as the grants allow
• Other duties from time to time as assigned by the Executive Director

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of a Crisis Intervention Training certified by OES (CASA will provide training)
• Bachelor’s degree in social services or related field
• Two years’ experience in the delivery of direct services to child abuse victims
• Work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends, as well as willingness and ability to work in crisis-oriented situations
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills, teamwork orientation, and ability to motivate wide range of people. Sensitivity to issues of cultural diversity

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS

• Considerable skills and knowledge of training techniques
• Skill in public speaking and customer service
• Ability to relate and work with a broad and varied population; ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures to ambiguous situations
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The Physical demands and work environment 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.
• Work involves walking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 25 pounds.
• The noise level of the work environment is usually moderately quiet.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $19.00 /hour

Education:

• Master’s (Preferred)

Job Location:

• Hemet, CA (Preferred)

License or certification:

• CA State Rape Crisis Advocate Training (Required)