Summary:

The Child Mind Institute is recruiting a Clinician for the School and Community Programs. Breaking down barriers to care, the Professional Training team engages in collaborative relationships with school partners to build on strengths and increase capacity for sustainable access to mental wellness for students. These training programs bring a suite of evidence-based services to prevent and treat student mental health disorders in school and community settings, including a K-12 mental health skill-building curriculum and evidence-based treatment to children and teens struggling with posttraumatic stress, behavior, attention, mood, or learning disorders.

The Clinician will be responsible for implementing trauma-informed practices within schools and communities as part of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) grant. This 2-year, grant-funded position will focus on promoting social and emotional well-being, preventing behavioral health challenges, and providing equitable, appropriate, timely, and accessible services for children and youth. The Clinician will provide a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills group to middle and high school students in the Bay Area and will later train other clinicians in soon-to-be-identified school districts to facilitate the group with their students.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Professional Training, School and Community Programs, this is an exempt, full-time position hybrid based at our Bay area headquarters.

We're dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We've become the leading independent nonprofit in children's mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow's breakthrough treatments.

The Child Mind Institute is proud to be named a Great Place to Work-Certified company! Our competitive compensation and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

Child Mind Institute is committed to creating an inclusive culture where all employees feel welcomed and valued.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize previous experience and expertise in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to provide DBT skills group based off of DBT STEPS-A to students in schools, focusing on emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness.

• Provide training and consultation to school staff, including teachers, counselors, and administrators, on trauma-informed practices,DBT strategies, and DBT Skills groups to support students' social and emotional well-being.

• Facilitate class-wide social-emotional skill building workshops drawn from cognitive-behavioral techniques.

• Collaborate with school teams, parents, and community partners to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive approach to supporting students' behavioral health needs. Consult with educators and school staff on implementation of strategies to reduce mental health symptoms and promote school success.

• Collect data on program outcomes and participate in the evaluation of the program's effectiveness, providing regular reports to the grant oversight committee .Provide educator training workshops in partner schools around San Francisco, covering topics such as Educator Stress Reduction and Healing- Centered Engagement School Support.

• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Masters degree from an accredited program in social work, psychology, clinical counseling or marriage and family therapy with current BBS/BOP license or registration as an associate. Or Current CA licensure/registration in good standing as LCSW, LMFT, LPCC and other related fields allowing for independent practice and delivery of mental health services

• Experience in providing DBT - A or DBT- STEPS - A. Certification by Behavioral Tech preferred

• At least 4 years of experience working in a school, community to nonprofit setting

• Experience in providing supervision to trainees is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience with public speaking to a variety of audiences, including educators, school administrators, and parents and caregivers.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals/groups.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates preferred.

• Excellent judgment, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills, including conflict resolution.

• Ability to maintain a high degree of initiative, dependability, and the ability to be productive in an autonomous environment.

• A passion for the Child Mind Institute mission and working with schools, students, parents, and educators

Special Considerations:

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.