Licensed Clinician - San Jose, CA, United States - Hope Services

Description

Are you a person who enjoys helping others? Are you currently seeking fulfillment in your professional life?
Hope Services is Silicon Valley's leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging at all levels.

Hope Services has been awarded 2022 Top Workplaces by San Francisco Chronicle, 2022 Top-rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits, and Received a Gold Seal of Transparency from Guidestar and a perfect 100/100 rating in three different categories: financial health, leadership and adaptability, and culture and community from Charity Navigator

Do you believe in the integration of persons with disabilities into all aspects of community membership? Hope Services is the Bay Area's largest non-profit agency, providing a wide array of quality services for persons with developmental disabilities for over 60 years We are currently seeking a Mandarin-speaking Licensed Mental Health Clinician for our world-class Mental Health Services program.

*Hope Services offers an OUTSTANDING benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) Retirement, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time accrual plans and more
About the Licensed Mental Health Clinician role:

The Licensed Mental Health Clinician provides assessment and diagnosis to clients with dual diagnosis, provides individual, group and family psychotherapy, prepares individual service and coordination plans, documents clinical outcomes and acts as an advocate.

Responsibilities of the

Licensed Health Clinician:
Provides individual, group and family therapy to persons with a developmental disability who are diagnosed with severe mental illness.
Utilize professional education and training to diagnose and treat the clients' mental illnesses.

Provide psychotherapy to empower clients to identify and manager their psychiatric symptoms to enable them to be maximally functional in the larger community.

Use professional training and credential to advocate for clients with other agencies, educate other agencies to recognize and deal with the needs of clients who have a developmental disability and are diagnosed with a mental illness.

Develop relapse prevention strategies with clients and their support systems to prevent future psychiatric hospitalizations and loss of community placements.

Regularly attend training to update and keep current skills and maintain license.
Qualifications of the

Licensed Mental Health Clinician:

The Licensed Mental Health Clinician should possess current licensure current as a LCSW, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist and experience working with persons with developmental disabilities.

All licensed clinicians, upon hire or upon obtaining licensure, are required to be Medicare credentialed by submitting a Medicare enrollment application.

Required Skills of the Licensed Mental Health Clinician
1 Basic computer skills in work processing and spreadsheet application.
Ability to observe, evaluate, document and communicate verbally and in writing.

Ability to accept supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with co-workers as well as with the client and community resources.

Knowledge of disabilities and the biological, psychological and social models.
Ability to be flexible with scheduling and prioritization of tasks.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Primarily works in an office environment. Some use of computer for record keeping, periods of intense concentration. Some travel to satellite locations, exposure to outdoor conditions.
Hope Services is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees not regardless of, but with consideration and appreciation for race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family or parental status, or any other status.