Clinician - Tucson, United States - Southwest Key Programs

Mark Lane

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Description

Essential Functions:


  • Conduct intake, admission, and screenings, with minors, and document results according to Southwest Key Programs standards to maintain quality assurance standards.
  • Collaborate with treatment team members and minors to develop treatment
  • Provide a minimum of one weekly onetoone counseling session (or more often if needed) and crisis intervention as
  • Facilitate weekly educational and minor group counseling session.
  • Continually monitor the mental/emotional wellbeing of minors and arrange appropriate thirdparty services as needed, including arranging for and facilitating external specialized mental health services with community providers.
  • Provide consultation and documentation regarding minors' functioning, mental health status, and treatment
  • Identify mental health needs, consult on highrisk cases for possible external thirdparty focused interventions, outpatient, or inpatient services.
  • Provide clinical services within Southwest Key, in accordance with licensing and funding source
  • Participate in and comply with all meetings, assignments, process improvement, and quality improvement initiatives as assigned by supervisor.

Other Functions:


  • Attend all organizational required
  • Attend all departmental and program meetings to ensure that uptodate information is received and/or information on policy changes or practices is adhered
  • Assist in the evacuation of youth as needed due to inclement weather conditions, natural disasters, or other unforeseen
  • Travel as needed for trainings, conferences or to transport youth to destinations located within the S.
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and hazardfree work
  • Always ensure the proper supervision of youth.
  • Respond to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:


_These requirements may be waived with written approval from the ORR Project Officer_

  • Master's degree in social work (MSW) counseling, psychology or other relevant behavioral science field in which clinical training and experience is a program requirement and one year of postgraduate direct mental health service delivery
  • One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience preferred in conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group
  • Ability to utilize evidencebased theory to conceptualize clinical cases to formulate treatment plans and related techniques and interventions.
  • Licensed or license eligible in respective field:
  • Arizona: LAMSW/LCSW, LAC/LPC, LAMFT/LMFT, Associate Psychologist or Psychologist.
  • California: APCC/LPCC, ASW/CSW, AMFT/LMFT, Associate Psychologist Licensed Psychologist.
  • Experience working with children, youth, and/or families from highrisk
  • Successful completion of 86 hours of preservice training and job
  • Required to work a flexible schedule to facilitate program
  • Cleared tuberculosis test results.
  • Cleared background check from appropriate
- (English/Spanish) - ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing.


Preferred:

  • One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group
  • Experience working with children and youth in inpatient, residential, or detention
  • Experience working in an ethical and culturally diverse environment with undocumented children and/or
  • Turkish, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, French, Arabic/English ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing.

Physical Demands:

Must be able to obtain Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification and First Aid Certification (CPR). Must be able to

supervise minors indoors and outdoors as necessary. Bending, stooping, and lifting to 15 lbs. are required to complete daily tasks.


Work Environment:


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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