PT Mental Health Specialist Clinical Supervisor - La Cultura Cura

• PT Mental Health Specialist Clinical Supervisor...

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. is a multi-service community health and social service agency with an emphasis on serving the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community in San Francisco with a special focus on the diverse needs of the Mission District. Services include a wide range of mental health, HIV-related services, and social services, including health promotion, education, prevention, early intervention, case management, and psychological and psychiatric interventions, as well as cultural/social and spiritual re-enforcement.

The agency serves children, youth, adults, and families. It has a rich history of working collaboratively with other agencies to meet the needs of the Chicano/Latino/Indígena community and other cultural/racial communities in San Francisco.

The La Cultura Cura Program (LCC) offers a range of services and opportunities to young people ages 12-24 and their families with a particular emphasis on youth that are, impacted by community and interpersonal violence, need access to mental and emotional support, and/or have had contact with/or are at risk of interfacing with legal and criminal justice systems. La Cultura Cura offers mental health and group services, as well as care management in different community settings.

Through the program, youth participants have access to culturally oriented, structured enrichment programs.

We are seeking an energetic, bilingual (Spanish/English) licensed mental health professional. The ideal candidate is someone who can demonstrate cultural competency in addressing the diversity of the community being served, including gender, race, language, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. The successful applicant will provide clinical consultation and individual, triadic and/or group supervision to mental health associates, intern trainees, and para-professionals. This role will participate in quality assurance and improvement spaces to assure ethnical and culturally responsive service delivery within a standard of quality care, which includes clinical case management, family-focused interventions, and community interventions.

The ideal candidate for this position is a highly motivated and community-driven professional who has a passion for youth development work, is knowledgeable of community resources available in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area, and has experience working in violence prevention, restorative practices, knowledge of legal justice systems, and behavioral health systems.

Clinical Supervision and Consultation Scope of Work:

• Responsible for reviewing mental health assessment of client’s needs, risks and strengths, and level of readiness as a way of ensuring an appropriate level of services at intake screening and registration
• Reviews progress notes, billing sheets, and charts; and is HIPAA compliant and complies with DPH standards for supervises.
• Conducts and facilitates care conferencing with the clients, caregivers and other service providers to coordinate care and set appropriate action goals
• Participates in agency meetings and IFR-sponsored cultural community events
• Complies with all legal and ethical requirements set forth by the Board of Behavioral Science and with the policies of the San Francisco Behavioral Health Department
• Provides clinical supervision to Behavioral Health Practitioners, including associate clinicians and graduate interns, which includes signing BBS hours
• Is responsible for Quality assurance of clinical services provided by staff under supervision and co-facilitates PURQC meetings while working closely with LCC Program Coordinator
• Attends CBHS System of Care meetings, trainings, and implements policies and procedures
• Provides crisis stabilization consultation and support to LCC providers on an as‑needed basis
• Facilitates group clinical supervision meetings for LCC clinicians and interns and care development meetings for para-professional care Managers and group facilitators
• Facilitates case development meetings with LCC group facilitators and care managers.
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