Mental Health Clinician​/Consultant - Sana Sana​/SPARK

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, 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 Sana Sana Program offers a continuum of mental health consultation services to diverse Latino/multicultural early education and school-based settings in San Francisco. Additionally, the Sana Sana Program provides comprehensive, holistic, wrap‑around services to families with young children (0‑5) living in public housing who have experienced trauma. This sub-team is named SPARK (Strong Parents And Resilient Kids).

The SPARK team is seeking a bicultural/bilingual mental health professional who is enthusiastic, talented and has experience working with multicultural communities, in particular the African‑American community. The position requires a minimum of two (2) years experience in health and social service fields, knowledge of child development, ability to bridge and build relationships, and experience with or interest in providing Child‑Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

The primary goal of the wrap‑around program is to support and strengthen the relationship between a young child and his or her parent (or caregiver) as a vehicle for restoring the child's sense of safety, strengthening their attachment relationships (increasing attunement & responses to emotional needs), and improving the child's cognitive, behavioral, and social functioning. We accomplish this through client‑centered, nonjudgmental, culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Extensive training on working with young children who have experienced trauma will be provided, as well as the opportunity to be trained and rostered in Child‑Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

• Provide intensive wrap‑around service (including clinical case management) with a focus on CPP therapy to a small caseload of families (6‑8 families)
• Manage and build community relationships that support a holistic, strength‑based, culturally responsive system of care for families
• Collaborate closely with the Wellness Center CBO’s and partners within the housing development to leverage relationships and integrate services
• Responsible for maintaining service documentation and client files
• Participate in all training opportunities and learning circles on CPP in order to implement CPP with fidelity
• Attend supervision and agency‑wide meetings, and represent the program and agency professionally
• Participate and support community events

• Minimum of two years’ experience delivering services to children 0‑5 and their families
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the health and social service field with Clinical Case Management experience
• Demonstrated experience working on issues of complex trauma, parent‑child relationships, attachment, service integration, and holistic interventions that are culturally responsive to Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander and African American communities
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative
• Experience in settings that required maintaining confidential client information
• Ability to work occasional evenings and/or weekends
• Computer, internet and social media proficiency

• Bicultural competency
• Home visiting experience
• Experience with program evaluation
• Experience working with Human Service Agencies and Child Protective Services

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or related behavioral services
• Must be CA licensed or license…