Bilingual Behavioral Health Therapist- Young Adult (Licensed)

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The Department of Human Services (DHS) is seeking an experienced clinician to serve as a bilingual Behavioral Health Therapist for the Young Adult Team in the Outpatient Services Bureau. The position is in the Behavioral Healthcare Division of DHS, on the Young Adult Team, which includes clinicians, peer recovery specialist, psychiatrist, and nursing.  The team will provide clinical mental health wrap around services to young adults between the ages of 18 to 30 who have been diagnosed with mental health needs. To learn more about our services, please visit DHS
 

Arlington County DHS is committed to delivering client services in an effective, equitable, respectful, and trauma-informed manner. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring our clients are approached, engaged and cared for in ways that demonstrate competency, sensitivity and awareness of factors which impact the client experience including but not limited to: cultural identity, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity, religious/spiritual ascription, physical capability, cognitive and literacy levels, sexual orientation, and linguistic needs.
 

Specific duties include: 

• Conducting assessments to determine someone meets admission criteria and level of care needed; 
• Providing crisis intervention and facilitating psychiatric admissions; 
• Developing and implementing treatment plans; 
• Establishing effective therapeutic relationships with clients; 
• Providing individual consultation and/or family therapy as well as facilitating groups; 
• Providing therapy and case management, as well as care coordination; 
• Linking clients to community resources; 
• Participating as a team member providing coordinated care of services; 
• Traveling to serve clients in the community; 
• Monitoring and coordinating care with Psychiatric services; 
• Completing extensive medical records to ensure compliance with clinical, funding, and program licensing regulations/standards; and
• Engaging and supporting client families in service plan development.

The ideal candidate will be flexible, creative, perform as a team player, possess strong documentation skills and be familiar with evidence-based practices, recovery principles, and person-centered care.

Minimum: 

• A Master's degree in a clinical discipline such as Counseling, Psychiatric Social Work, Psychology, or other directly related clinical discipline which required a clinical practicum prior to graduation involving diagnostic and treatment services;
• Licensure by the appropriate board of the Virginia Department of Health Professions, appropriate to the employee's discipline (e.g. LPC, LCP, LMFT, or LCSW) at time of employment. 
• Bilingual: Proficient in speaking and understanding Spanish. 

Substitution: Directly related higher-level clinical degrees may substitute for the Master's degree education requirement and one year of experience. In the case of this substitution, qualifying work experience must have been gained after the acquisition of the directly related higher-level clinical degree.

Desirables: Preference may be given to candidates with one or more of the following:

• Providing case management/therapy services to seriously mentally ill youth in an outpatient setting; and/or
• Experience with service delivery to co-occurring populations. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

A pre-employment criminal records check will be conducted. It may include checks of the following: criminal record, driving record, education, professional licensure, and credit history. You may be required to sign a release authorizing the County to obtain your background information.
 
Applicant must possess, or obtain by the time of appointment, a valid motor vehicle operator's license from the applicant's place of residence or the applicant must have the ability and willingness to use alternative methods of transportation to perform assigned duties and responsibilities at locations other than the primary worksite. If the applicant possesses or acquires a license, the applicant must provide or authorize Arlington County to obtain a copy of the applicant's official state/district driving record. Any offer of employment may be contingent on a favorable review of the appl