Women's Hope - On-Call Therapist

This Women's HOPE residential program offers specialized care to the underserved female population of San Francisco, including low-income African American and Latina women and their families/children, with a special focus on pregnant and parenting women with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. The program is gender-responsive and trauma informed, addressing substance use, trauma, mental illness, health and wellness, family reunification, parenting education, employability, homelessness, and sober living skills. The team of providers at Women's HOPE includes parenting counselors, therapists, and SUD counselors who provide wrap around services to support and empower our participants as they reach toward their goals.

Utilizing a gender responsive, trauma informed approach, the On-Call Therapist provide individual, couples and family therapy sessions to clients in residential treatment. They may facilitate psychoeducation groups on a variety of core curriculum and collaborate with care management staff to assist clients in obtaining entitlement benefits, housing, and medical services in the community and participate in discharge planning.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESIndividual Treatment Responsibilities: Provides weekly individual therapy to clients in residential treatment, and to their partners and families when clinically appropriate. Maintains confidentiality whileworking as part of a treatment team and adhering with program norms. Participates in case conferences, treatment planning and clinical discussions to provide holistic care. Communicates withprescribing psychiatrists regarding psychotropic medication compliance, side effects, follow up appointments.

Treatment Setting Responsibilities: Facilitates psycho-education groups on a variety of core curriculum topics including Seeking Safety, DBT, etc. Coordinates discharge planning with client's Care Coordinator. Provides consultation to staff regarding symptom management, mental health conditions and crisis intervention strategies. Participates in agency trainings as required. Attends trainings, staff meetings, and clinical activities as needed. Plans and presents programs for clinical days. Provides psychological profiles of clients prior to program acceptance. Refers children for counseling as needed. Provides in-service training, education for counseling staff. Available for consultation on individual clients.

Administration and Compliance Responsibilities: In accordance with guidelines established by HealthRIGHT 360 to satisfy internal and external demands of evaluating agencies, maintains accuratedocumentation on all clients. Maintains accurate records of all clients and gathers data for monthly reports. Ensures action on items in logs daily

QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Certification, and ExperienceRequired:

Licensed or Board Registered MFT or MFTI, LCSW or ASW, Psy.D. or Ph.D.Experience in dual diagnosis substance abuse treatment in an inpatient or outpatient community mental health settingExperience in mental health or psychiatric setting with varied populations.Demonstrated clinical paperwork and record keeping abilities.Familiarity with trauma informed therapy models

Background Clearance

Must complete background check and livescan clearance

KnowledgeRequired:

In-depth knowledge of all aspects of working in a mother and child residential treatment setting.Knowledge of family reunification issues.Specialized knowledge such as mental health issues, trauma, life skills, anger management, criminal behavior, crisis intervention.Culturally competent and able to work with a diverse population.Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word Outlook and internet applications.