Part-Time Trauma/Grief & Loss Group Counselor

**Wellness Centers Program**

**Trauma/Grief & Loss Group Counselor**

RAMS, Inc. provides integrated behavioral health services (Mental Health and Substance Abuse) at several San Francisco Wellness Centers located in various San Francisco Unified School District high schools. The Wellness Centers are a joint project between RAMS, SFDPH and SFUSD. Check out the SF Wellness Initiative http://www.sfwellness.org/ for more information about the collaborative effort that established this program.

**Status:** Part-Time (20 Hours/wk)

**Benefits**: Health Insurance, PTO, Paid Holidays, 401K

**Essential Job Duties include, but are not limited to:**

* Provide trauma, grief and mindfulness groups across 18 of the Wellness Center sites in the public high schools in San Francisco.
* Respond and provide support to Wellness Centers during school-wide crises; roles may include debriefing school communities; providing short to long term groups; risk assessments for individual students; providing consultation to support staff, parents and students regarding various trauma responses.
* Provide culturally appropriate and sensitive school-based mental health and substance abuse services, with emphasis on Trauma-related services, in the forms of crisis intervention & assessments; mediation & de-escalation; individual & group counseling (ongoing & immediate response, and short-term as needed); and case management & liaison (e.g. primary care, counseling), and intake assessment, clinical evaluation, and consultation services
* Provide outreach & education on mental health and substance abuse services, with emphasis on Trauma/Grief & Loss issues, in community/school-based settings (e.g. school assemblies, health fairs, parent groups) to students, families of students, school staff, community members, and other professionals in the form of consultation & workshops (e.g. issues of trauma/grief & loss), and consultation on school climate activities as necessary
* Develop and maintain administrative and treatment records related to client care in accordance to standards specified by funding source and agency's policies
* Provide clinical training and education to staff, trainees, and interns as deemed necessary
* Participate in RAMS internal and/or external trainings as required by the position or agency
* Perform other duties as assigned

**Additional Job Info:**

* Collaborate with and be part of the coordinated Wellness Center core team member, representing RAMS and as the behavioral health professional of the team
* Perform job assignments primarily at the school sites
* Participate in SAP/SST meetings, as requested
* Participate in Wellness Center weekly team clinical meetings, as needed
* Participate in administrative Wellness Center team meetings at RAMS clinic site
* Provide short term mental health & substance abuse treatment of clients, as clinically indicated.
* Provide crisis intervention, assessments, and triage of students
* Provide consultation, in-service training to school staff, as needed
* Provide group intervention: subject, frequency, and number of students to be determined by Wellness Center team

**Minimum Required Educational level & Experience:**

* At least a Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or a related field; licensure as an MFT or LCSW or registration with BBS is highly preferred
* At least one year of experience providing both mental health and substance abuse individual/group services in school-based settings
* At least one year of experience providing youth-based crisis support services in a community-based behavioral health setting; At least two years of work in public/behavioral health setting

**Other Requirements:**

* Familiarity with community behavioral health systems of care in San Francisco, including the philosophy of care, levels of care for clinical services, and the delivery of such services, highly preferred
* Familiarity with the San Francisco community resources/services (which may include health, mental health, substance abuse, vocational, housing, etc), highly preferred
* Strong commitment to the philosophy, goals, & mission of RAMS in providing community-based, culturally competent, and consumer-guided mental health/substance abuse treatment and prevention services to the community
* Commitment to engaging in professional development activities such as trainings, continuing education seminars, case conferences, and reviewing up-to-date material, etc., as related to treatment strategies for the population of the Wellness Centers Program
* Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively, function independently, and interact professionally with a diverse, multi-cultural, and interdisciplinary staff of all levels
* Applicants with ability to provide bilingual & culturally competent services in threshold languages (Cantonese, Spanish) HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY in order to meet the needs of populations served by this position