Clinical Case Manager - La Cultura Cura Program

Clinical Case Manager - La Cultura Cura Program

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Agency

Description:

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, psychological and psychiatric interventions, and 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.

Job/Program

Description:

The La Cultura Cura program services offer a continuum of services and opportunities to youth and young adults and their families, with a particular emphasis on individuals who need mental and emotional support, have had contact with or are at high risk of entering the juvenile justice system, and/or are newcomer Latinxs and Indigenous youth. Youth and families are provided with case management, individual and family therapy and peer group services.

Youth participants have access to culturally oriented, structured enrichment and wellness programming.

Services are provided at IFR serve sites in addition to other co‑located community‑based settings, home‑based and where youth receive other vital services. Please note this position does not provide supervision to others.

This position requires someone who can demonstrate cultural competency in addressing the diversity of the communities we serve, including gender, race, language, sexual orientation and socio‑economic status. The qualified applicant will provide services that include individual/family/group and community interventions; parent engagement and psycho‑educational interventions to build protective factors and reduce risk factors related to untreated trauma among youth and family, community‑level interventions, including traditional approaches.

The ideal candidate for this position is a highly motivated and community‑driven professional who has a passion for youth development work, has an understanding of community resources available in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area, and has experience collaborating with multi‑disciplinary provider teams to coordinate and navigate care within various system structures, such as juvenile justice, educational, and immigration.

• Manage a caseload of a minimum of 10 youth at a time, and 15‑20 youth per year as assigned.
• Collaborate with Mental Health Specialist to assist in Initial Assessment (CANS/ANSA) and Treatment Plan of Care (TPOC) at service opening in order to identify needs, risks, strengths and interventions to support youth engaged in LCC Mental Health Services.
• Provide intensive and restorative care management, access to cultural affirmation activities, and family engagement services to youth and young adults, with an emphasis on serving unaccompanied minors and clients stepping down from higher levels of clinical care.
• Schedule weekly face‑to‑face appointments with each individual participant to review care plan goals, implement interventions and complete linkages and referrals.
• Connect individual participants to resources by referring and linking them and their families to resources available in San Francisco (including educational & legal resources, food, hygiene products, personal protective equipment, clothing, technology, rental support, internet access, self‑care packages, access to health services, peer socialization activities, etc.).
• Coordinate care with Comprehensive Crisis Services and hospital staff to ensure an appropriate level of care for youth stepping down from higher levels of care.
• In support of participants in Juvenile and Adult Justice Systems, CM will attend court proceedings, Probation Officer and Public Defender…