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Hope Services · 17 hours ago

Mental Health Clinician Licensed, Spanish-Speaking

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$5,859/mo - $7,461.30/mo

Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. They are currently seeking a Spanish-speaking Mental Health Clinician to provide assessment, diagnosis, and therapy to clients with dual diagnosis and severe mental illness.

Health CareMental HealthNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provides individual, group and family therapy to persons with a developmental disability who are diagnosed with severe mental illness

Utilize professional education and training to diagnose and treat the clients’ mental illnesses

Provide psychotherapy to empower clients to identify and manager their psychiatric symptoms to enable them to be maximally functional in the larger community

Constantly assess clients for potential harm to self, harm to others, or potential victimization and take appropriate measures to maintain safety. This includes, initiate involuntary hospitalizations when necessary to maintain safety

Provide 24-hour on-call crisis intervention

Use professional training and credential to advocate for clients with other agencies, educate other agencies to recognize and deal with the needs of clients who have a developmental disability and are diagnosed with a mental illness

Develop relapse prevention strategies with clients and their support systems to prevent future psychiatric hospitalizations and loss of community placements

Participate as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team designed to maximally meet the psychiatric and psychological needs of clients

Regularly attend training to update and keep current skills and maintain license

Maintain appropriate treatment records and documentation as required

Other duties as assigned to assure efficiency of the program

Qualification

PsychotherapyMental health assessmentSpanish-speakingCrisis interventionDisabilitiesRecord keepingTeam collaborationCritical thinkingCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

The Mental Health Clinician should be enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral degree program (MSW, MFT, PhD) that is eligible for licensure to provide psychotherapy by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, or the Board of Psychology

Basic computer skills in work processing and spreadsheet application

Ability to observe, evaluate, document and communicate verbally and in writing

Ability to accept supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with co-workers as well as with the client and community resources

Knowledge of disabilities and the biological, psychological and social models

Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in decision making situations, good organizational and record keeping skills, and good independent judgment

Knowledge of psychotherapy

Knowledge and understanding of multidisciplinary team and family dynamics

Ability to be flexible with scheduling and prioritization of tasks