Job Opportunities

Bilingual Adult Therapist

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About the Agency

The Parents Center is a non-profit agency that has been providing culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, integrated mental health services to youth and families for over 30 years. We provide counseling/therapy services to our most vulnerable families throughout Santa Cruz County, utilizing a wrap-around model in multiple settings, including families, homes, schools, community and our offices in both north and south county.

 

Job Requirements and Duties

The Parents Center is currently hiring a licensed or license-eligible therapist to provide counseling services for parents with open child welfare cases. Position involves assisting parents in meeting their court-ordered case plan requirements; extensive collaboration with other service providers to support family treatment goals; and working with parents who have experienced trauma, both in the past and currently with their involvement in the child welfare system.

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's level education in Social Work, Psychology or related field

• A high level of flexibility, reliability, and organization

• Writing and computer skills, including writing professional case notes

• Adherence to all confidentiality requirements

• Knowledge of:

  • Symptoms and behaviors of mental health

  • Principles and methods of interviewing, counseling, crisis intervention and assessing psychosocial behaviors

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Criteria

  • Strength based and culturally appropriate services

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience providing therapy

• Previous experience working with mandated clients

• Ability to provide CBT, DBT, and/or EMDR or other trauma-informed treatments

• Bilingual in English/Spanish

 

At the Parents Center, we believe that hiring staff that reflect the populations that we serve is essential, and that historically marginalized communities - including BIPOC humans, LGBTQ humans, women, and humans with lived experience related to this work - must be centered in the work that we do. As such, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

 

We Provide

• A supportive, anti-racist, trauma-informed, learning-oriented work environment alongside a highly engaged and compassionate team of colleagues

• An opportunity to do meaningful work in our community

• Signing bonus after 90 days of employment

• Competitive pay, with a pay increase after first 90 days of employment

• Flexible schedules

• Hourly pay differential for bilingual skills awarded upon qualification

• Weekly clinical supervision / clinical hours for license-track clinicians

  • Our clinical supervisor is highly experienced and passionate about their role in supporting clinicians who are new to the mental health field

• Diverse training opportunities

• Benefits including:

  • Dental insurance

  • Health insurance

  • Vision insurance

  • Retirement plan

  • Paid time off

 

Extra Details

Job Type: Part Time

Starting Pay:

Unlicensed: $29/hour; $30/hour if bilingual

            Licensed: $31/hour; $32/hour if bilingual

            Potential to negotiate based on experience

Work Location: Offices in Santa Cruz and Watsonville