Mental Health Clinician for Youth (Bilingual Spanish)

• →Maintain a clinical caseload of Spanish-speaking clients that meets productivity goals as set by the agency
• →Provide individual therapy, family therapy, caregiver guidance, collateral contacts and case management in the clinic and community.
• →Collaborate with other professionals within WestCoast and partnering agencies to ensure the highest quality of service to clients.
• →Comply with WestCoast policies, procedures, and deadlines related to billing, clinical record keeping and timely, high-quality documentation
• →Participate in agency wide trainings, specific program meetings, clinical supervision and case conference as required
• →Work proactively with program leadership to ensure the strength of the program and completes additional tasks as requested 

• Masters or doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy (required)
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (required)*
• Minimum two years clinical experience in community mental health with emphasis on underserved and at-risk children and adolescents (preferred)
• Experience working with foster care, child welfare, court system, low-income and immigrant families in community mental health settings (preferred)
• Clinical training and experience providing trauma informed treatments to clients and families with complex trauma and attachment difficulties related to abuse, neglect, interpersonal and community violence, and foster care placement
• Sensitivity and awareness in dealing with issues of cultural competency, and experience working with diverse communities
• Clinical service skill – assessment/evaluation, clinical skills, crisis intervention, ability to use supervision effectively, ethical and legal responsibilities, high quality clinical documentation
• Ability to work effectively with clients who have complex, multiple diagnosis histories
• Efficiency and time management - ability to be well-organized and complete timely documentation
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Medi-Cal documentation policies and procedures
• Collaboration and team functioning - able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to travel by car to meet with clients, generally within a 90 mile radius of the WCC office. Clean CA DMV record, current car insurance and a vehicle; travel is required.

This is a bilingual Spanish/English position. Candidates must demonstrate advanced Spanish language proficiency in order to effectively provide services to Spanish-speaking clients and families.

WCC is passionate about leading and encouraging open conversations around race, gender, power, and privilege and how these impact community mental health. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diminishing the influence of privilege and discrimination in our field and our workplace, whether due to differences concerning age, citizenship, color, disability, marital or parental status, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.