WAT-75 Nielson Street
75 Nielson Street
Watsonville, CA 95076, USA
Pay or shift range: $31.40 USD to $38.61 USD
The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.DescriptionThis position will serve residents of San Benito County; applicants are required to use personal vehicles to perform crisis services throughout San Benito County. What We OfferThe initial compensation for this position ranges from $31.40 to $38.61 an hour.Salary is dependent on commensurate experience above the minimum qualifications for the role and internal equity considerations.The salary may also vary if you reside in a different location than the location posted.Benefits We OfferBenefits eligibility starts on day ONE!We Offer Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, Voluntary Life Insurance, Flex Spending, Health Savings Account, EAP, and more!Employer Paid Long-Term Disability & Basic Life Insurance401K Employer Match up to 3.5%Competitive Time Off Plans (may vary by employment status)Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.Who We ArePacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and support. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.
Who We ServePacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout various counties.
JOB SUMMARY:Mobile Crisis Schedule: Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Works within the vision, mission and philosophy of the agency. Within a team process, develops a strength-based relationship with youth and caregivers. Intervenes with maladaptive behaviors while developing the youth's strengths and interests. Responsible for linking to community resources and transferring skill sets to the caregiver. Does whatever it takes to meet the needs of the family in a strength-based approach while also working to preserve the family unit. Helps to create permanent connections for youth and families. May search, locate and engage family members for youth. Assists with transitioning kids to the lowest level of care. Works independently in the family's home and in a variety of community and/or treatment settings.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIESProvides direct services to youth and families.Provides direct billable mental health services, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations and achieves set productivity expectations.Engages and builds alignment and relationships with parents, youth, and others in the normal course of working with the families.Utilizes strengths of youth, families, and others to assist in the implementation and achievement of goals and outcomes.Works with youth and family teams to support family-driven, strength-based planning and interventions.Understands and takes advantage of therapeutic opportunities in crisis situations.Conducts observations regarding specific target behavior, tracks progress and modifies plans with the family to support their intended identified outcome.Assists teams in developing a hypothesis of function and underlying unmet need in an effort to develop individualized, strength-based strategies and interventions that will result in positive behavior change.Engages caregivers, family members and other natural supports in building youth-specific parenting responses that support positive behavior change and overall family relationships.Works in the community directly with youth and families to develop and implement safety and skill refinement plans.Supports families in bridging to and/or building on natural resources and accessing community-based program supports that will continue support over time.Develops resources within the community to serve children and families.Assists youth and family teams to meet specific service needs and monitor outcomes.Participates in family finding team activities by identifying family finding needs, obtaining authorizations, creating teams, conducting searches and setting deadlines.Documents interactions and practices and maintains administrative expectations in a timely manner.Meets and/or exceeds all direct service expectations and documentation requirements.Assists in developing program responses to needs identified across a number of youth and families where natural community resources are not available or appropriate.Builds on individual strengths, concerns, and needs with balanced focus on the family as a unit.Facilitates and/or co-facilitates, supports, and models participation in healthy group dynamics within various settings including family homes, schools, parks and recreation centers, and treatment facilities.Builds solid, cooperative, culturally responsive relationships with youth and families as well as community resources to assist with the planning, organizing, implementation and evaluation of appropriate activities to achieve family-identified goals.Performs other responsibilities, as assigned, to support department/business needs.JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIESDocuments clearly and accuratelyEncouraging customer focusLearning on the flyQUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCEHigh school diploma or GED.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS1 year working with childrenBA/BS in related field preferredHIGHLY DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONSSpeak, read, and/or write another language is highly desirable.Equal Opportunity Employer We will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.
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