Job Title: Clinician, Sojourn

Reports to: Director, Clinical Services, with some reporting responsibilities to Senior Director, Sojourn

Status: Non-Exempt (Hourly), Full-Time, Non-Management

Schedule: Monday-Friday Mornings/Afternoons/Evenings

Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 403(b) Retirement plan.

SUMMARY

Sojourn's mission is to provide trauma-informed and culturally responsive services to individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence; and empowers communities with the knowledge and support to build healthy relationships. As part of an interdisciplinary team, the Clinician will conduct psychotherapy members that have severe and persistent mental illness in the agency's Sojourn Domestic Violence Program. The Clinician's primary responsibilities are to engage members and to coordinate mental health and recovery services that will ensure housing stability, trauma recovery, and community integration. This position is responsible for maintaining the highest quality provision of direct individual and group therapeutic and case management services while fostering teamwork among staff and across departments and programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide, coordinate and implement mental health and recovery support services with individual members adhering to all Domestic Violence-related standards of care and privacy.

2. Conduct individual, family, and group psychotherapy, and document services using VAWA, VOCA and FSVSP guidelines.

3. Assist with client crises as needed (life skills, conflicts resolution, safety planning, etc) using trauma-informed de-escalation and mediation techniques.

4. Ensure implementation of empowerment model, harm reduction and trauma informed care methodologies.

5. Collaborate with each member to develop their individual treatment plan, review and update it upon completion of goals.

6. Assist management and other team members with program evaluation for future program improvements and growth.

7. Work cooperatively and cohesively with other members of the Sojourn team, including participation in staff meetings, clinical supervision and trainings.

8. Provide crisis intervention services.

9. Ensure adherence to guidelines for program participants under the supervision of management.

10. Provide resources and referrals as needed

11. Establish and maintain positive, productive working relationships with clients, staff, community partners and community stakeholders including mental health programs, DV shelter programs, local law enforcement, local neighborhood councils (and other local officials), and providers of services and resources to homeless persons.

12. Occasionally assist with agency-wide, inter-department, and/or community trainings related to DV and case management services

13. Work with management to report credible suspicions of child abuse

14. Other Duties as Assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

1. MSW, MFT, or PCC registration with the Board of Behavioral Sciences; registration in good standing.

2. Outstanding clinical and strong team-building skills.

3. Trustworthy, honest, and team player.

4. Ability to supervise participants with dignity and respect at all times. Must engage participants in positive interactions and troubleshoot problems as they surface.

5. Must exhibit sound decision-making ability related to crisis and safety planning

6. Ability to work with a diverse population and implement cultural responsiveness

7. Ability to handle communications with public, TPC staff and volunteers via phone or in person.

8. Able to maintain confidentiality.

9. Willingness to work flexible hours as needed

10. Understanding of Domestic Violence Survivor population and their specific needs for services

11. Use of own vehicle; responsible to carry all auto insurance legally required in State of California

12. Experience working in communal living or shelter environment preferred

13. Extensive experience working in social services field with direct experience related to provision of clinical services preferred

14. Willingness to receive 40-hour Domestic Violence Training

15. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and database applications.

16. Detail oriented with excellent time management, organizational, written, verbal, interpersonal, and computer skills.

17. Able to learn quickly and work effectively with a wide range of constituencies and with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

18. Experience working in victims' services or direct experience working with DV survivors preferred

19. Experience working with those living with mental illness and/or substance addictions

20. Bilingual Spanish preferred

WORK ENVIRONMENT

1. Combination of field and office environment

2. Regularly required to sit, stand, bend; occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.

3. On occasion walk or drive to different local sites

4. Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments

5. Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor

6. May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day

EXPECTED BEHAVIORS OF ALL STAFF

1. Act as a role model

2. Demonstrate a sense of responsibility

3. Continuously learn and improve

4. Acknowledge your own areas of improvement

5. Hear and provide honest, specific and direct feedback

6. Create an environment where everyone is welcomed valued and respected

7. Collaborate

Equal Opportunity Employer

The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job based on job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, credit history, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or other applicable laws.

About the People Concern

The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles County's largest social services agencies, The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County, OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fifty-eight years of work in the community, The People Concern is a leading provider of, and advocate for, evidence-based solutions to the multi-faceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.

With compassion and profound respect for those we serve, we provide a fully integrated system of care - including outreach, interim housing, mental and medical health care, substance abuse services, domestic violence services, life skills & wellness programs, and permanent supportive housing - tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals, survivors of domestic violence, challenged youth, and others who have nowhere else to turn.

The People Concern's model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multi-faceted obstacles in their lives, become their best selves, and ultimately, connect with and contribute to their communities.

Benefits & Perks

* Medical Insurance

* Vision Insurance

* Dental Insurance

* Retirement Planning (403b)

* Paid Holidays

* Paid Vacation Days

* Paid Sick Days

* Employee Assistance Plans (EAP)

* TELUS Health

* Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

* Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)

* Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability

* Voluntary Pet Insurance

* Discounts on Hotels, Theme Parks, Concerts, Movies, Restaurants & More

* The People Concern University & Certificates

* Corporate Discounts