We have openings for Mental Health Clinicians to join the School-Based team at our Long Beach location

About The Guidance Center (TGC)
TGC is a private, nonprofit community agency incorporated in California in 1946. We operate four mental health service delivery sites in southeast LA County, including in Long Beach, San Pedro, Compton, and Avalon (Catalina Island). The mission of TGC is to provide comprehensive mental health treatment to our community’s most disadvantaged children and their families struggling with mental illness and abuse, leading them toward a positive and productive future.

Summary:
Join the School-Based team at The Guidance Center (TGC) in a full-time role as the Mental Health Clinician. This position is to provide therapeutic services through assessment, individual, collateral, group, family, and/or other modes of psychotherapy to enable clients to reach and maintain optimal level of functioning. The selected candidate will report to the Program Manager.

Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree from a nationally recognized accredited school or program offering a degree in social work, counseling, psychology or equivalent mental health related field
  • Registered with the California BBS as MFTI, ASW or LMFT or LCSW
  • Bilingual in Spanish is preferred but not a requirement

Duties (but not limited to):

  • Provides direct clinical, psychosocial, and/or rehabilitative mental health services to Center clients, including but not limited to intake evaluation/assessment, individual, collateral, group, family, psychotherapy or counseling, crisis intervention and emergency intakes, in- home, community services, and/or services at other locations away from the Center
  • Coordination of services and case management, discharge planning, and case consultation with referral sources, school, allied agencies, and

Equal Opportunity Employer

We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment coverage. In addition, we provide 11 paid holidays and employer matching 403(b) retirement plans.

Please visit www.tgclb.org or our Facebook site to learn more about us!
Instruction for applicants:

Job Type: Full-time

Required education:

  • Master’s
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