Spanish Speaking School-Based Therapist

Job description

Spanish Speaking School-Based Therapist

Agency Overview:

Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) is a community-based nonprofit founded in 1976 serving Northeast Ramsey County. NYFS provides trauma and culturally responsive clinic-based, school-based, and day treatment mental health services and community-based services including diversion programming and community advocacy with offices in Shoreview and White Bear Lake. We have long-standing partnerships with 15 municipalities in Ramsey County; NYFS’ services are genuinely community-driven.

Who We Are:

NYFS lives its deep values around providing integrative care for the whole family with a focus on youth and their caregivers. Staff are dedicated, innovative, and mission-driven, offering authentic, relational, client-centered care. The team is playful, creative, growth-oriented, down-to-earth, and hardworking – and we laugh a lot! We are committed to genuine integration of trauma and culturally responsive care across the agency. Clinicians at all stages of their clinical development will find support for their professional goals – clinicians can provide (or learn to provide) group, couples/family, nondirective play, art, and trauma therapy, among others. As a trauma-responsive organization, NYFS is actively invested in organizational supports for staff wellness and work sustainability, recognizing the impact of secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout on providers. We believe in a family-first work environment, rather than seeking work/life balance.

We are looking for therapists that are invested in nonprofit mental health and our mission of ensuring access to care for everyone, especially to those with financial barriers. Our community’s youth are experiencing epidemic-level mental health challenges – and NYFS is here to relieve suffering and help our community heal wherever it can. Come join our community of skilled providers!

School Based Positions:

NYFS has partnerships with White Bear Lake, Mounds View, and Roseville school districts, providing therapy in the school to students. This position is at a high school in the White Bear Lake district. NYFS is open to applicants who want to work year-round and to those who want a schedule aligned with the district school year (10 months). Summer work, mid-June through mid-August, is optional and number of hours is dependent on applicant preference, up to full time.

Salary Range: Starting salary is from $25.50 to $31.25 per hour ($53,000 to $65,000 full time equivalent annual pay if year-round) based on licensure, experience, and specialized training and skills (trauma modalities, languages spoken, clinical supervisor, etc.).

NYFS Benefits:

• Competitive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability. Options to contribute to health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), and 401k matching.
• Generous Paid Time Off and Holiday policy.
• $500 stipend to seek out training with 5 CEU days.
• Reimbursement for Licensure fees.
• The final week of the year NYFS closes services to ensure all providers have a paid collective week off to support work sustainability.
• Weekly or Bi-weekly clinical supervision provided for all staff – regardless of level of licensure as part of traumatic stress wellness plan. All supervision hours provided for those seeking licensure.
• Many training opportunities including specific trauma modalities (TF-CBT, NET, CCPT) and cultural responsiveness trainings quarterly.
• In-depth reflective weekly clinical consultation as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities:

• Completes Diagnostic Assessments using trauma-responsive, culturally responsive, and age-appropriate assessment tools, resulting in clinical diagnosis.
• Develops individualized treatment plans which define plan of services and intervention; updates treatment plans according to regulatory requirements; and as appropriate provides optimum client care.
• Involving client caregivers in assessment and treatment planning process, and in care when feasible.
• Independently provides individual, family, or group therapy as needed to address patient treatment needs; provides crisis intervention services as appropriate.
• Services provided in school setting but may also offer sessions in-home or in the clinic as needed.
• Works well with school staff and community partners and invested in collaborative care with other providers in clients’ lives.
• May provide training and consultation to school staff and students around mental health issues and recovery strategies
• Completes documentation and billing in a timely manner in accordance with NYFS guidelines and all relevant HIPAA and DHS guidelines.
• Provides culturally responsive, trauma-responsive, community-based, and developmentally appropriate care.
• Actively contributes to weekly case consultation, staff meetings, and agency and community events as assigned.
• Abides by all professional ethical standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD in Social Work, Psychology, Professional Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Is on track towards independent clinical licensure, meeting professional eligibility requirements (for example, social workers need to have LGSW)
• Spanish Speaking

Preferred Qualifications:

• LICSW, LMFT, LP, or LPCC
• Speaks Spanish, Hmong, Karen, or Somali
• Training and experience in treatment of individuals who have experienced trauma.
• Art therapy, Play Therapy, Couples/Family Therapy, or Group Therapy training or interest.
• Clinical Supervision experience or interest; enthusiasm about training interns.

Strong candidates will have a solid understanding of their own culture and practice sensitivity and respect to the cultural backgrounds of their clients as well as other staff, actively integrating responsiveness to client’s individual, family, and community needs into their care. NYFS welcomes clients as well as staff with diverse cultural/ethnic identities, sexual orientations, gender identities, disabilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

We are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion of persons based on merit, qualifications, and competence. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, place of residence, political affiliation, veterans’ status, or status with regard to public assistance, or any other class protected by local, state, or federal law. NYFS provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $25.50 - $31.25 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person