Mental Health Clinician Licensed, Vietnamese-Speaking

Mental Health Clinician Licensed, Vietnamese‑Speaking

Are you a person who enjoys helping others? Are you currently seeking fulfillment in your professional life?

Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. We seek candidates who share our inspirations and aspirations. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at all levels.

Hope Services has been awarded 2022 Top Workplaces by San Francisco Chronicle, 2022 Top‑rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits, Gold Seal of Transparency from Guidestar and 100/100 ratings in financial health, leadership and culture from Charity Navigator.

We are currently seeking Vietnamese‑speaking Licensed or Pre‑Licensed Mental Health Clinicians for our world‑class Mental Health Services program!
Salary Range: $5,859.00 - $10,762.50/month commensurate with experience and qualifications. Hope Services offers an OUTSTANDING benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) Retirement, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement and a comprehensive Scholarship Program, Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time accrual plans and more!

Under clinical supervision, the Mental Health Clinician provides assessment and diagnosis to clients with dual diagnosis, provides individual, group and family psychotherapy, prepares individual service and coordination plans, documents clinical outcomes and acts as an advocate.

• Provides individual, group and family therapy to persons with a developmental disability who are diagnosed with severe mental illness.
• Utilizes professional education and training to diagnose and treat the clients’ mental illnesses.
• Provides psychotherapy to empower clients to identify and manage their psychiatric symptoms to enable them to be maximally functional in the larger community.
• Constantly assesses clients for potential harm to self, harm to others, or potential victimization and takes appropriate measures to maintain safety, including initiating involuntary hospitalizations when necessary.
• Provides 24‑hour on‑call crisis intervention.
• Uses professional training and credentials to advocate for clients with other agencies, educating them to recognize and address the needs of clients who have a developmental disability and are diagnosed with a mental illness.
• Develops relapse prevention strategies with clients and their support systems to prevent future psychiatric hospitalizations and loss of community placements.
• Participates as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team designed to maximally meet the psychiatric and psychological needs of clients.
• Regularly attends training to update and keep skills current and maintain license.
• Maintains appropriate treatment records and documentation as required.
• Other duties as assigned to assure efficiency of the program.

The Mental Health Clinician should be enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral degree program (MSW, MFT, PhD) that is eligible for licensure to provide psychotherapy by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, or the Board of Psychology.

The Licensed Mental Health Clinician should possess current licensure (LCSW, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist) and experience working with persons with developmental disabilities. All licensed clinicians, upon hire or upon obtaining licensure, are required to be Medicare credentialed by submitting a Medicare enrollment application.

• Basic computer skills in work processing and spreadsheet application.
• Ability to observe, evaluate, document and communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to accept supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with co‑workers as well as with the client and community resources.
• Knowledge of disabilities and the biological, psychological and social models.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in decision…