Description

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency: Building Brighter Futures for Children and Families.
• Provides treatment and case management to Foothill clients and their families
• Carries caseload of which will possibly include individual therapy, conjoint, family and group therapy play therapy, sexual abuse treatment, child abuse treatment, group therapy, crisis intervention, school based services and in-home treatment. Meets productivity standards as set by department.
• Provides direct service to child, adolescent, and adult clients, including difficult to reach, traumatized, or disengaged individuals and families.
• Identifies and intervenes with the needs of abused and neglected children and adults.
• Facilitates groups that engages and motivates group members in a manner that is beneficial to the group member and enhances his/her participation in the group. Leads discussions and facilitates group activities as relevant to group issues and topics.
• Demonstrates an understanding of group dynamics.
• Identifies symptoms of health, mental health and substance use conditions and responds accordingly.
• Advocates for clients, as well as providing relevant information about community resources when needed.
• Attends meetings as required to assist in client care. Attends all mandatory Agency meetings.
• Completes all client forms for intake assessment, on-going progress notes and treatment plans within the prescribed timeframes.
• Prepares for supervision and incorporates supervisor’s input into client care.
• Assists intake, reception, clinical staff, and accounting in the collection of complete and accurate information necessary for treatment and billing.
• Follows Agency billing procedures by providing accurate information, working in concert with accounting and maintaining a clinical relationship with clients.
• Represents the Agency at community meetings; provides in-service training consults with other agencies, the Department of Children and Family Services, courts, and schools. Represents the Agency at marketing events and to professionals from other agencies.
• Provides telephone counseling for emergencies both during office hours and outside of office hours for clients.
• Provides individual, family and group short-term treatment utilizing evidence based practices to facilitate positive strength-based change.
• Delivers services required by each treatment plan for assigned cases.
• Meets productivity standards as set by the program or department.
• Completes all required documentation, including charts, reports, client files and billing, in accordance with Agency policies.
• Meets treatment goals for the majority of their caseload.
• Communicates effectively with supervisor, co-workers and outside agencies.
• Works in close harmony with the Director of Clinical Services and their Clinical Manager/Supervisor, accepting direction and implementing policies and procedures reflective of this direction.
• Relates harmoniously with staff and clients of diverse backgrounds.
• Performs work in a safe manner at all times and ensures that other individuals do not put themselves or others at risk.
• Follows all Agency guidelines on confidentiality, reporting of child abuse and neglect, and recording in case records.
• Follows all policies, procedures and legal mandates including HIPAA, client releases of information, protected health information (PHI) and client files.
• Ensures performance and behaviors support the Agency’s performance quality improvement (PQI) goals and objectives.
• Reports to work on time and maintains reliable and regular attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist or registration with State of California and an active intern number as an MFT Intern or Associate Clinical Social Worker.
• Master’s degree from accredited social work, marriage and family therapy, or psychology program.
• Valid CA Driver License.
• Possess and maintain a safe driving record and insurability on the Agency’s auto-liability insurance policy.
• Experience in providing direct service to individuals, families and groups.
• Experience in providing child abuse treatment.
• Experience in providing treatment to children with serious emotional problems.
• Ability to effectively use of DSM V.
• Good computer skills. Ability to navigate Foothill Family’s EHRS.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work cooperatively as a team member.
• Knowledge and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• An understanding of child development, as well as individual and family functioning.
• Ability to relate harmoniously with staff and clients of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle that seats more than two people.
• Ability to make sound clinical judgments and follow and give complex directions.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as assessments, journal articles and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of clients or employees of an organization.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Some positions require bilingual skills