Bi-Lingual Mental Health Therapist in Napa, California at Mentis

Position Title: Mental Health Therapist

Department: Mental Health

Reports To: Senior Clinical Programs Manager

Position Type: Full-Time (40 hours/week)

Compensation: $32-40 DOE, language ability, experience, and licensure status

Location: Mentis campus

Language: Bilingual English/Spanish

Agency Description

Mentis provides bilingual professional mental health services to people in Napa County of every age and income level. We believe equipping our residents with the tools they need to live emotionally healthy, stable lives creates a community of enduring strength. Mentis’ Prevention & Early Intervention Division offers a variety of programs within Napa County schools and the community.

Position Summary

This position involves providing direct individual and group-focused services/mental health treatment, including case management and intensive care coordination to clients across our outpatient programs. Services in this program will be provided in the community, home, or clinic setting, depending on client’s accessibility needs.

The position is 40 hours per week with a competitive salary experience and excellent benefit package. We offer a very generous holiday schedule as well as schedule flexibility, both of which are designed to encourage good self-care practices and healthy work-life balance.

Duties and Responsibilities

· Provides direct mental health services to individuals and families, and group therapy sessions across our outpatient programs.

· Provides case management and care coordination within family team context.

· Provide crisis intervention and stabilization during business hours in coordination with community resources.

· Provides services on-site per client need. Services may be implemented in the school setting, home setting, or at our Clinic location.

· Provides complete and timely required documentation to support services rendered, including: assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries.

· Participates in the collection of mental health information and client outcome data to be used for monitoring the overall performance and effectiveness of services provided.

· Manage an active caseload of 50% client contact and 50% documentation/collateral contacts/coordination of care/supervision.

· Ability to work from home on Wednesdays, with the exception of the first Wednesday of the month.

· Attend regularly scheduled team meetings with agency and community partner staff to coordinate client care.

· Participate in weekly supervision and/or clinical case consultation meetings.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:

· Knowledge of techniques and principles of individual, family and group therapy in addition to experience using evidenced based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and trauma informed care interventions.

· Knowledge of community resources throughout Napa County.

· Good communication skills, both verbal and written.

· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

· Maintain professional and ethical standards

· Comfortable with Microsoft Office programs and electronic communication methods, as well as web-based databases.

Ability to work as part of a team within the agency and collaborate with community

Benefits for our regular full-time employees include the following:

· Earn up to 14 vacation days per year.

· Earn up to 10 sick days per year.

· Enjoy 12 holidays per year, plus 3 days of winter break.

· Up to 90% paid premium for medical.

· Fully covered dental premium.

· Vision Plan.

· EAP Plan.

· 401k retirement plan (available to part-time employees as well).

· Annual training allowance.

· Paid time off for training.

Minimum Qualifications:

· Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or psychology. Registered intern or license eligible by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences as social worker, marriage family therapist, psychologist, or professional counselor.

· Experience working with kids, ideally in community settings/schools, is a plus.

· Experience with Medi-Cal billing is a plus.

· Ability to work with clients in Spanish.

· Possession of a clinical license is a plus.

· The agency offers supervision for associates that are seeking clinical hours toward licensure. We provide individual supervision and group consultation on a weekly basis. This job is a great opportunity to enjoy clinical work with a supportive interdisciplinary team.