Who we are:  La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.  We have spent over 40 years advocating for and creating a health home for the many that have been denied access to care.  As health care activists, we are dedicated to making sure individuals who do not have health coverage get the same level of quality healthcare as those who have it.   From our genesis as a community health center in 1971, we understood that we cannot heal our communities without also addressing the economic and social factors that affect health. Many times, this requires that we go outside and provide services in other settings to build the bridge that links individuals to our health center for preventive and primary care.  Over 90,000 individuals come to La Clínica because it is a welcoming place that addresses the whole person, coordinating and connecting them to a broad network of services to improve and maintain their health and well-being.  While we are still known for our activism and spirit of social justice, we are also proud to have grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care services with 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties. 

Doing work that heals: The Bilingual Mental Health Resource Specialist (MHRS) supports the work of mental health therapists and is located at Casa del Sol, La Clínica’s mental health department which is focused on providing care to Alameda County's Latino population. La Clínica’s Casa del Sol currently has bilingual MHRS positions in the adult programs.  Currently there are openings in the following programs: Adult Crisis Program and the Adult Service Team that focuses on individuals with Serious Mental Illness and their families with a focus on serving the Latino population.

Major Areas of Responsibility include but are not limited to: 

Client Care & Treatment

• Provide a full range of culturally sensitive behavioral health observation, rehabilitation and clinical case management services to adults with mental health conditions.
• Offer comprehensive behavioral interventions aimed at supporting individuals through crisis intervention/stabilization, short term individual, family and group support, psycho-education, individualized treatment planning, goal setting, collateral services, progress monitoring, and care coordination.
• Supports the clinical work of the therapist as designated by the DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses which is reviewed and established under the license of the clinical supervisor
• Co-manages client care under the direction of a licensed supervisor or LPHA 
• Uses brief/long term counseling, motivational interviewing and harm reduction to assist clients meet their treatment goals

Productivity and Outcomes

• Meet minimum billing goals on a monthly basis
• Service effectiveness is measured through the use of standardized outcome measurements
• Participate in staff meetings, trainings, case conferences, and peer review process
• Other clinical, administrative, and operational duties as assigned

Commitment to Quality

• Regularly reviews supportive interventions and case documentation with supervisor
• Has flexibility in meeting client’s needs
• Possesses high degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and clients
• Top-notch time management skills and interest to utilize evidence based approaches to mental health care
• Insures and monitors that all operations, procedures, interventions and documentation comply with agency, state, and county guidelines and quality assurance standards

Minimum Job Requirements

Knowledge

• Well versed in mandated reporting laws, child development, family systems, stages of change, and co-occurring mental health and substance use/abuse conditions
• Knowledge of DSM-5 and mandated reporting laws
• Knowledge of case management; physical and mental illness and their impact on personality; social aspects of mental and emotional disturbances with adult populations

Abilities

• Ability to speak Spanish and English fluently
• Multi-tasking, ability to manage multiple clients' needs simultaneously
• Ability to apply casework skills effectively
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Ability to secure and record accurate and clinically pertinent psycho-social data

Other Certifications and Experience

• AA or AS and 6 years of experience working with people who have mental health needs; or BA or BS and 4 years of experience working with people who have mental health needs; or MA, MS, PhD, PsyD and 2 years of experience working with people who have mental health needs but not registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
• Experience with Specialty Mental Health Medi-Cal documentation is strongly preferred but not required
• Cultural competence working in diverse/low income and immigrant communities