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

Parents Center is currently hiring a Mental Health Therapist (bilingual preferred) to provide individual child and family therapy with vulnerable families throughout Santa Cruz County. The ideal candidate has the ability to work with children, adolescents and families; is able to assess behavioral and emotional strengths; and make informed recommendations for treatment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's level education in Psychology, Social Work, or related field
• Ability to learn to maintain Medi-Cal (EPSDT) documentation including assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes in an electronic health record system within program standards / deadlines
• Ability to conduct evaluations, assessments and counseling services of referred children, adolescents and their families in school, home or community-based settings
• Participate in staff meetings, in-service trainings and workshops
• A high level of flexibility, reliability, organization, writing and computer skills, including writing professional case notes
• Adherence to all confidentiality requirements
• Working vehicle for travel for sessions in the community
• Knowledge of:
• Developmental stages and needs of children ages 3-18
• 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

• Prior experience with
• Billing EPSDT/Medi-Cal, ideally using the AVATAR Electronic Health Records System
• Maintaining Medi-Cal (EPSDT) documentation including assessments, treatment plans and progress notes in an electronic health record system within program standards / deadlines
• Conducting evaluations, assessments and counseling services of referred children, adolescents and their families in school, home or community-based settings.
• Bilingual in Spanish & English

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
• Diverse training opportunities
• Benefits including:
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off

Extra Details

Job Type: Full-time preferred

Pay: $28.00 - $33.00 per hour

Work Location: Offices in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, schools, the community

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $28.00 - $33.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Self-determined schedule

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Santa Cruz, CA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• Mental health counseling: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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