CYF CLINICIAN II (BILINGUAL)
Company: City of Longmont Colorado
Location: Longmont
Posted on: May 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Announcement
20230124 CYF Clinician II (Bilingual)
CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled
APPLY ONLINE AT LONGMONTCOLORADO.GOV/JOBS
Department: Human Services
Division: Children, Youth and Families
Hiring Range: $5,705 - $6,339/month
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Hours my vary seasonally, some evenings and occasional weekends
required
Regular Full-time with Benefits
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending, Defined
Benefit Pension
Plan, 401(a) Money Purchase Plan, Life & Survivor, Term Life &
AD&D, Long Term
Disability, Bereavement, Jury & Witness Duty, FMLA, Military Leave,
Sick,
Vacation, Holiday pay, EAP, Tuition Assistance.
Other benefits: Optional, employee elected, voluntary benefits are
available.
Open Until Filled positions may close without advance notice. To be
considered, please
apply as soon as possible.
Definition:
Provides bilingual-bicultural one-on-one, family, and group
counseling services. Provides clinical
and functional supervision of counseling interns and clinical
support for youth services staff.
Facilitates strategic planning, implements, conducts, and evaluates
programs and services that
provide youth pro social programing for building leadership skills,
community connection and
the intervention and prevention of delinquent behavior, as well as
support and skill building for
caregivers.
Performs community outreach to identify, develop, implement, and
coordinate responses to
issues affecting youth and their caregivers in the Longmont area.
Provides consultation and
referral assignments in support of City partnerships with St. Vrain
School district, the Longmont
Housing Authority and Safety & Justice CORE and LEAD teams.
Principal Duties:
* Provide short-term therapy and clinical case management services
to at-risk youth and
their families and youth experiencing homelessness with the goal of
reducing harm and
maintaining safe community living.
* Provide therapy, education, consultation, programs, and support
for parents and
caregivers.
* Conduct intake and assessment of potential therapy clients and
utilize a strengths/assets
approach to intake and case plan development.
* Maintain client and program records, and prepare related reports
as necessary.
* Manage data for counseling and REWIND program; create reports as
needed. Use data to
inform innovative programing and to identify service gaps relevant
to youth, their
caregivers, and their families.
* Coordinate and manage clinical program operation, including
budgeting and
administration of resources for community mental wellness services,
parent education, and
emotional support programs for the Longmont community.
* Develop budget recommendations for assigned programs and operate
programs in a
fiscally responsible manner, including collaboration with community
partners.
* Maintain strong relationships and collaborate with community
agencies, groups,
businesses, city staff, and individuals to promote youth mental
wellness; combine resources
and leverage services for youth and families; and increase
understanding to reduce stigma.
Collaboration includes taking a leadership role in formal and
informal training, outreach,
education and involvement, projects relevant to youth, families,
substance abuse, and
mental wellbeing.
* Facilitate strategic planning to address equity and inclusion as
it pertains to the needs of
youth and their families. Community work to include, but is not
limited to, topics of self-
care, parenting, depression, anxiety, substance use, and awareness
of youth developmental
stages.
* Through the lens of equity and inclusion advocacy, act as team
leader and provide clinical
guidance in areas of self-harm, mandated reporting, mental health
and substance abuse, to
REWIND, youth programing, CORE, LEAD, Law Enforcement, Safety
Resource officers and
Longmont Housing Authority teams.
* Supervise, select, train, and complete required evaluations for
clinical interns.
* Participate and/or facilitate clinical supervision and
collaboration consultation.
* Maintain clinical licensure and all relevant certifications.
* Pursue professional development through continuing education and
current literature.
* Performs essential duties and additional tasks in a manner which
enhances City Attributes.
Working Environment:
Work is primarily performed in a standard office environment.
Requires the ability to hear and
communicate in both verbal and written form, read and understand a
variety of written
materials, work under stress, and manage multiple concurrent tasks
and interruptions. Requires
working alone, as well as working closely with others, including
the public (primarily youth aged
11-19 years and their families; in some cases it may be necessary
to work with youth under the
age of 11), business, school, and church leaders, co-workers, and
other youth serving
professionals. Confidentiality is required. Work may require
transporting youth to/from
sponsored activities. Transportation to and from an off-site work
place will also be required
several days per week. Work requires the ability to prepare monthly
and quarterly program
progress reports and maintain program statistics. Work may involve
conflict and potential
problems of a volatile nature.
Qualifications:
A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university with
major coursework in social
work, psychology, individual and family therapy, or counseling, and
two or more years of
experience counseling adolescents. Demonstrated experience in
community development,
public relations, marketing and program evaluation is desirable.
Special
Qualifications:
Bilingual (English/Spanish) written and oral proficiency required.
Possession of a valid
Colorado Driver's License. Mental Health Professional licensed in
the State of Colorado,
preferred Licensed Addiction Counselor or equivalent experience
working with adolescents with
substance use disorders. Clinical supervision for professional
licensure provided by LCSW, LAC.
Selection
The selection process will include complete job description review,
personal interview, computer
testing, background investigation, criminal background check, and
substance screening.
DEADLINE: Open Until Filled
An ONLINE APPLICATION is required. This job is Open Until Filled.
The online application
process is available for this position on our website at
www.longmontcolorado.gov/jobs.
Resumes will be accepted in lieu of the full City Application;
however, they must be submitted
via the City application site for consideration. Open Until Filled
positions may close without
advance notice. To be considered, please apply as soon as possible.
For more information,
call (303) 651-8609.
The City of Longmont offers Equal Opportunity for employment to all
qualified applicants. It is the policy of the City
of Longmont not to discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
age, ancestry, veteran status, or disability unless related to a
bona fide occupational requirement. If you need special
assistance in the selection process, please contact the Human
Resources Department in advance to make
arrangements.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
ALL CITY OF LONGMONT FACILITIES ARE SMOKE FREE
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