Bilingual Clinician - St. PJ's Children's Home

Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.

Summary:

Under the general direction of the Lead Clinician, the Clinician is responsible for conducting mental health assessments for UAC in care, including ongoing individual counseling, group counseling and crisis intervention in accordance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards, and ORR Policy. The Clinician screens for human trafficking concerns and assists with the safe and timely release of UAC. The Clinician promotes best practice and facilitates the optimum delivery of quality trauma informed care and mental health services to UAC.

Position Responsibilities:

• Conducting assessments and completes documentation within required timeframes;*
• Preparing goal-oriented assessments and progress reports;*
• Ensuring that the immediate and ongoing mental health needs of children are met through assessment, counseling services and community-based auxiliary services when needed;*
• Enhancing the optimal emotional well-being of each child, identifying and treating children with mental health symptoms and responding to mental health crises;*
• Assessing the therapeutic milieu of the program and actively participating in the enhancement and/or improvement of the living and working environment;*
• Adapting to changing workloads to include work in the evenings, weekends and holidays as needed;
• Assuming on-call duties in rotation with the clinical team;
• Conducting at least one individual counseling session per week to assigned UAC, facilitating one group counseling session and one clinician-led community meeting per week;
• Ensuring the timely completion of required documentation and other assessments in the UAC Portal;
• Ensuring individual, group and community case notes are submitted in a timely manner;
• Ensuring the timely reporting and documentation of serious incidents in compliance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy;
• Participating in clinical staff meetings and case consultation;
• Completing other duties as assigned in absence of the Lead Clinician;
• Attending administrative staff meetings, staff retreats, and other team building activities as scheduled;
• Participating in quality assurance activities;
• Demonstrating knowledge and sensitivity of cultural norms, values and heritage;
• Must be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics;
• Adhering to safety training and protocols on a daily basis, and taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of self, others;
• Protects the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service with the organization to include but not limited to client names and information, services rendered to clients, donors names and gifts, internal and external investigations or results of any investigations, and financial information;
• Adherence to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Morals Policy is mandatory;
• Every employee is required to take a solution-oriented approach in interactions and undertakings, as well as being a team member that promotes collaboration and commitment to the Mission and Vision of the organization;
• Attendance and successful completion of a 10- day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency;
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Director.

Competencies

Competency Description

Adaptability Ability to adjust to changing conditions and remain committed to excellence.

Communication Ability to effectively share information and ideas of various degree of difficulty and sensitivity

through different means of communication and to diverse audiences. (Verbal and/or written)

Critical Thinking Ability to actively and skillfully process and generate information and belief using a set of core

skills – analysis, evaluation, inference, deductive reasoning, and inductive reasoning.

Customer Service Ability to be attentive to the needs of internal and external customers and being able to find

resolution within the parameters of set standards and messaging in a positive manner.

Teamwork Ability to listen and respond constructively with others fostering collaboration and team success.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education/Experience
  • Minimum Master’s Degree in Social Work with clinical experience in the program; or
  • Master’s Degree in psychology, sociology or other relevant behavioral science in which clinical experience is a program requirement; or
  • Bachelor’s degree in one of the aforementioned sciences plus five years of clinical employment experience.
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation;
  • Valid driver license;
  • Valid vehicle insurance;
  • Must be licensed or eligible for licensure.

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children;

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
• MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases
• DTaP or TDap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one TDaP dose in adulthood.
• Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills:

• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Word, Excel) and a variety of online database systems, managing files and records, designing forms and other office procedures and terminology;
• Strong analytical and organization skills and abilities;
• Must be able to read and interpret policy, procedures and standards;

· Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently and on a team;

· Must have good written and verbal skills;

· Must have good critical thinking and problem solving skills;

· Must be able to remain calm and composed in crisis situations;

· *Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language.

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 0% local and 0% overnight.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C = Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O = Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F = Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R = Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical Demands Frequency Physical Demands Frequency

Lifting up to 10 pounds F Reach above shoulder height F

Sitting F Reach below shoulder height F

Walking F Driving F

Running O Stooping F

Standing F Pushing F

Bending waist (forward or sideways) F Pulling F

Balancing F Talking F

Squatting F Hearing F

Climbing F Crawling O

Repetitive motions F Other:

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

St. PJ’s Children’s Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit The Archdiocese of San Antonio website at www.stpjhome.org. You must apply through the website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.