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Form of workThe STEP Crisis Counselorprovides crisis support for youth enrolled in the Kaiser Partial Hospitalization Program. Counselors will facilitate and co-facilitate daily groups and provide individual support to youth as needed. Counselors will provide a safe and nurturing environment for youth enrolled in the program and will assist the youth in developing skills for growth and maintaining stabilization. Counselors will work a Monday through Friday schedule from 8am - 4pm. Non on-call, evening, or weekend requirements.
ABOUT STEP PROGRAMS
The STEP (Skills, Transitions, Exploration, and Progress) program is a partnership between Kaiser Permanente and Seneca, providing Partial Hospitalization services to youth ages 12-17. The goal of the STEP program is to provide intensive, short-term stabilization services to enable our clients to step down to lower levels of outpatient mental health treatment. All groups are designed to teach youth the skills necessary to help them learn about their mental health, provide psychoeducation, and help them learn skills to feel better and be safe.
ABOUT SENECA
Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Seneca is committed to supporting historically underrepresented communities and informing agency policies and practices through its agency-wide DEI Initiative and DEI Advisory Board. Seneca is committed to fostering an agency culture that is welcoming, cooperative, and inclusive of diverse peoples and worldviews.
- Assist multi-disciplinary team in creating a welcoming environment for the youth
- Facilitate and co-facilitate daily groups focused on supporting youth in developing coping skills using DBT, CBT, Mindfulness, Narrative and Motivational Interviewing interventions.
- Engage the youth in therapeutic activities and projects as well as educational activities
- Intervene with the clients' behavior as needed, supporting with self-regulation and stabilization
- Participate in daily clinical treatment planning with multi-disciplinary team
- Complete daily progress notes
- Participate in weekly supervision with the supervisor
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation and paperwork including, but not limited to, mental health notes, incident reports, and timecards
- Provide transportation for youth and families when necessary
- Carry out responsibilities related to prevention of and safetey within restraint/seculsion as per Seneca's Equilibrium Policy
- Bachelor's degree
- Ability to work as a team player and with a diverse population
- Experience working with youth in residential care preferred
- Bilingual Spanish skills a plus
- Clearance of TB test, fingerprinting, and any other State/Federal requirements
- California Driver's License and insurance
- A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as unconditional care
- Monday - Friday
- 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM OR 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- $22.66 - $25.16 per hour, additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- 5 weeks of PTO and 11 paid holidays.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:
- Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture, and fertility coverage
- Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance
- 50% paid premiums for dependents
- 403b retirement plan
- Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan
- Training stipend and professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities to develop specialized skills, including clinical supervision and evidence-based practices.
- Abundant promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington.
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