Clinician at Chicanos Por La Causa – El Paso, Texas

CPLC manages the Hummingbird Project for unaccompanied minors in need of culturally competent whole wellness care. CPLC has 53 years of demonstrated quality experience serving the community as a high-trust organization. Each minor in our care receives case management, education, healthcare, and legal services in a trauma-informed system.

POSITION SUMMARY
Prepare goal-oriented psychosocial diagnostic assessments, service plans and progress reports. Facilitate or co-facilitate a minimum of two children’s groups weekly on specific topics and issues. Provide case consultations, weekly one-to-one counseling and/or crisis intervention for children, and bi-weekly family counseling for each family represented. Meet all pre-determined deadlines required by program supervisor and federal partners.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
Educational Requirements:

• 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 experience.
• One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience preferred in conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group counseling.
• Ability to utilize evidence-based theory to conceptualize clinical cases to formulate treatment plans and related techniques and interventions.
• Licensed or license eligible in respective field (to include but not limited to: LPC, LCSA, LMFT, LAC, LMSW, LAMFT, and LASAC).
• Experience working with children, youth, and/or families from high-risk backgrounds.
• Successful completion of 86 hours of pre-service training and job shadowing.
• Required to work a flexible schedule to facilitate program services.
• Cleared tuberculosis test results.
• Cleared background check from appropriate entity.
• (English/Spanish) – Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of hire.

Preferred:

• One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience conducting clinical interviewing and assessment, as well as individual and group counseling.
• Experience working with children and youth in inpatient, residential, or detention facilities.
• Experience working in an ethical and culturally diverse environment with undocumented children and/or refugees