Children's Community Mental Health Clinician (Behavioral Health Specialist)

Description

JOB TITLE:  Children’s Mental Health School-Based Clinician

Department:  Behavioral Health Services

Budgeted Hours: 1300

Reports to (Position):  Citywide Director of Behavioral Health Services                

Since 1891, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF) has provided high-quality, community-based youth development services to youth in San Francisco. Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. We impact the lives of Club members, primarily ages six to 18, by focusing on academic success, healthy lifestyles, good character & community engagement, and job readiness with earning potential. We are nationally recognized for the high quality of our programs and comprehensive approach to serving youth. Whether you’re joining our administrative team, a Club team, or our Camp Mendocino team, you’ll be surrounded by enthusiastic, talented, and passionate colleagues who wake up every day ready to inspire young people to reach their full potential.

Position Purpose

The Behavioral Health Specialist will provide direct service, paraprofessional staff consultation, training and support for the afterschool youth development program embedded within two elementary schools. We seek a licensed or license-eligible clinician to serve as our Behavioral Health Specialist using an anti-racist, trauma-informed, child-centered, community social work model. Our setting requires formal mental health skills (case management, assessment, individual & family therapy, referrals, etc.) and informal behavioral coaching, social emotional support, youth development and skill development. We are designed to bring mental health services to communities that wouldn't normally access support and are seeking a professional who will commit to the school community.

This is a part time exempt position

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 25 hours per week 

This role provides mental health support for BGCSF’s Beacon program at Malcolm X Academy AND Carver Elementary School locations

Requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Care (40%) 

• Provide individual, family and/or group therapy (ages 5-11). 
• Provide clinical case management for youth (ages 3-11). 
• Implement treatment goals and interventions for all modalities of direct service.
• Perform accurate and timely documentation of all client related activities (e.g., assessments, progress notes, and treatment plans). 
• Collaborate with school and mental health providers to identify treatment options for Club members. 
• Proactively and preventatively consult with clinical team (off-site).
• Attend and participate in regularly scheduled client review meetings, clinical meetings, and staff meetings. 
• Collaborate effectively with school leadership and BGCSFprogram staff.

Socioemotional Support (40%) 

• Spends private, quality time with individual members through one-on-one activities to build trust and rapport.
• Facilitate group life skills and social emotional programming for youth (ages 3-11) and families. 
• Integrate known mental health and behavioral best practices into daily youth development programs. 
• Build healthy habits in youth by promoting Self & Social Awareness; Relationship Skills; Non-violent Conflict Resolution; and Responsible Decision-Making.
• Develop and increase accessibility to socioemotional resources available to youth and families. 

Staff Capacity Building (20%) 

• Lead case conferencing for paraprofessional staff team and/or school day personnel to coordinate services for youth members. 
• Provide consultation to BGCSF staff about mental health challenges impacting youth. 
• Educate staff about program structure, mental health challenges impacting members, facilitating youth consultation, plan development for individual participants, and provide referrals for youth.
• Assist with the development and implementation of agency-wide mental health policies and procedures.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Masters (MSW/MA) from accredited school of Social Work, MFT or Psychology.
• Must be licensed or registered with BOP or BBS. 
• Minimum 1 year post-graduate experience providing individual & family therapy and case management with emphasis in youth services.  
• Basic understanding of youth development settings in an after school program.
• Experience working with tr