3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic is a community-based agency providing youth in the Bayview Hunters Point with medical and behavioral health services that encourage them to make decisions that support their health, safety, and development. 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic also manages a number of successful Transitional Age Youth (TAY) housing stabilization programs and one of the city's few Youth Access Points.
The Lower Polk TAY Navigation Center, or 'TAY Nav' is a low barrier residential program for unhoused Transitional Age Youth (ages 18 to 27) located in San Francisco.
Built around the ideologies of 'housing first' and 'harm reduction' the program strives to meet young people where they are at and provide a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for them to stabilize and grow. The TAY Nav provides beds, shower facilities, laundry, food service, case management, mental health supports and linkage to vocational and education supports to assist the residents in developing their independence through achieving short- and long-term goals.
We are looking for qualified trauma informed Behavioral Health Clinicians to observe, assess, and treat individuals with emotional or behavioral problems and disorders such as depression, anxiety, addiction, psychosis, autism, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, etc. The Behavioral Health Clinician will provide clinical support including: conducting evaluations and assessments; provide ongoing counseling, treatment and intervention; conduct individual, group, and couples psychotherapy; develop and implement treatment plans, maintain progress reports; and provide consultation to other staff, as appropriate, on treatment needs and behavioral plans.
The Behavioral Health Clinicians should be patient, compassionate, and have good communication skills. Top behavioral specialists also have excellent stress management and problem-solving skills. Clinicians should additionally be familiar with the latest treatment methods and collaborate with other mental health care specialists. Top-notch candidates have excellent clinical knowledge and demonstrable client engagement skills and therapy experience.
We are actively designing our Behavioral Health services here at the TAY Nav and are currently building our team. This position therefore offers a chance to be a creative partner with our residents and the Clinical Director of Behavioral Health to innovate and design the best possible program to fit the youths’ needs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Providing general program support to the TAY Nav and its residents and staff including de-escalation of residents and follow up behavioral health intervention.
- Deliver high quality culturally attuned therapeutic interventions in an active shelter milieu environment, delivering both individual and group therapy in a variety of modalities individualized to the needs of residents.
- Working with Case Management and onsite Behavioral Health staff to support residents from date of entry to date of discharge.
- Engaging in rapport building and relationship development with clients to encourage participation in the program and its services
- Observing and assessing clients' behavior.
- Developing and implementing treatment plans to address behavioral health issues.
- Supporting clients throughout the treatment process.
- Monitoring and recording treatment progress.
- Conducting assessments to determine clients' improvements.
- Maintaining client records and treatment reports.
- Maintaining regular meetings with residents whenever possible
- Maintaining professional boundaries at all times.
- Collaborating with other healthcare specialists and support organizations.
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, community resources and organizations.
- Organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.
- Interpret, explain, and apply regulations, policies and procedures.
- Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Analyze, evaluate and make sound decisions.
- Prepare clear, accurate and effective reports, correspondence and other written materials.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Other programmatic duties and tasks as requested
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Experience and direct contact providing therapeutic services with clients between the ages of 18-27.
- Experience working with a diverse populations including persons experiencing homelessness and those who are dually and triply diagnosed.
- Experience working with youth, individuals with behavioral health concerns, high risk substance use behaviors, working in a shelter, milieu, or outreach setting, all preferred.
- A strong understanding of the cultural and social factors affecting behavior patterns and behavioral health.
- Knowledge of current theories, practices, and principles and practices for services to clients with serious behavioral health care symptoms and diagnoses.
- Knowledge of psychological diagnostic methods and terminology.
- Experience with wellness, recovery and resiliency-oriented strategies, dual recovery/co-occurring disorder treatment, screening and assessment tools.
- Understanding of community needs, resources and organizations related to behavioral health care.
- Familiarity with HIPAA and electronic health record systems like AVATAR or Epic would be advantageous.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to apply behavioral principles.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent stress management skills.
- Bilingual language capacity preferred.
Education, Certifications, and Licenses:
- Possession of a Master's degree from a recognized college or university in social work, marriage and family therapy, clinical or educational psychology or in a closely related field.
- Possession of a valid registration as an Associate Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, or Psychological Assistant from the applicable licensing authority: California Board of Behavioral Sciences or California Board of Psychology or proof of licensure.
- In compliance with the Administrative Simplification provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), employees in this classification are required to possess a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number prior to their first day of employment.
General info:
- This position is located in person at our TAY Navigation Center in San Francisco.
- This position reports to the Clinical Director of Behavioral Health.
- Availability: The program operates 24 hours a day, therefore we are hiring for all shifts and at least some evening or weekend hours and rotating on call shifts will be required.
Compensation and benefits:
- This position has an annual salary of $75,000.
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, 403b, generous time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and more!
- We offer supervision for licensure hours for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) where applicable as well as stipend funds to further educational opportunities related to your job duties and expectations.
3rd Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, partnership status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital, parental or familial status, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records.