Mission Statement
Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and recently incarcerated people, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community.  
 
Job Summary
Provide on-site psychotherapy, including individual treatment sessions, group work, advocacy, crisis assessment and interventions.  Mental Health clinicians are responsible for maintaining legal and ethical standards and appropriate documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessment and treatment for clients referred to the Mental Health Department at Homeboy Industries.
• Develop individualized, trauma-informed, client-centered treatment plans.
• Develop and facilitate psycho-educational process groups, based on thematic needs identified within the Homeboy community.

• Participate in weekly inter-disciplinary clinical case conferences.
• Meet with program director weekly for individual consultation.
• Consult, as clinically indicated, with other departmental staff (i.e., Substance Abuse Counselor, psychiatric consultant, Domestic Violence team, case management) at the setting.
• Provide weekly coverage to entire agency as “Therapist of the Day”, being available to assess and address any mental health crisis which may arise.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation in a timely manner.
• Assist in weekly review of the Mental Health referral waitlist; assess for safety if/when indicated via referral measures.
• Support clients in referral processes, as needed, w/ provision of suitable documentation toward procurement of housing, SSI, Full-Service Partnership, educational services, childcare, etc.
• Maintain clinically appropriate contact, per request, with clients’ other service entities and system providers (DCFS, Probation, EDD, DOR, etc.)
• Participate in psycho-educational presentations within the agency, to support trauma-informed and client-centered perspective throughout the Homeboy community.
• Participate in community presentations, conferences, and educational gatherings, to increase awareness of and compassion for the needs of our population, and to share our approach to the work.
• Group therapy facilitation
• Individual supervision as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in a related field (MSW, MFT, PsyD)
• Licensure required.
• Experience working with at-risk youth, gang-affected population, and/or marginalized adults in a clinical setting.
• Experience interfacing with other client-related systems, i.e., Probation, DCFS, etc.
• A mission driven person with strong work ethic
• Ability to relate sensitively to persons of diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Must be able to multi-task and work in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to meet program goals and deadlines.