The Village Family Services is a community-based nonprofit organization focused on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and family violence. The agency serves children and families of primarily Latino descent living in the greater Los Angeles area that includes North Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank, Van Nuys, and San Fernando. Our holistic approach towards accomplishing our mission is to provide comprehensive bilingual/bicultural mental health services that address and prevent child abuse and neglect. Services are provided through five major areas: Mental Health, Foster Care, Domestic Violence, Parenting Support, and Wraparound Services.
Current position openings are listed below. If you would like to apply for a position, please submit resume and cover letter to
Human Resources at hr@thevillagefs.org.
Minimum Requirements:
- Licensed Marriage and Family therapist or LCSW
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
- Excellent assessment skills
- Must have strong communication skills and ability to join with clients
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Ability to manage stress
- Ability to work in a team-based setting
- Two or more years of direct practice experience working with children experiencing emotional/behavioral challenges
- Maintain a non-judgmental attitude toward families
- Maintain required licenses and certifications to perform role
Additional Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) paperwork
- Evidence Based Treatment knowledge and experience is a plus
- Experience with children
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Meets with clients individually, in home, and in group sessions for therapy
- Assess clients for psychosocial, emotional, developmental, medical and educational needs.
- Assesses clients for therapeutic needs.
- Makes appropriate referrals as needed.
- Writes progress reports to other agencies and professionals as needed.
- Reports suspected/alleged child abuse.
- Ensures all communication requirements are met on each case.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to connect with children/families under stress.
Essential Functions:
- Meet, greet and make youth/young adult and family feel welcome
- Explain and clarify their role and the role of services
- Assess immediate risk for safety and coordinate resources for stabilizing that risk
- Arrange for the collection of relevant information regarding the family’s story, current situation, and family strengths and needs
- Coordinate team membership for planning team
- Clarify and communicate initial conditions that brought referrals to the agency for help
- Complete regulatory documents and outcome measures in a timely manner
- Reach agreement with consumer and family about privacy needs
Team:
- Exercise tact and sensitivity in performance of job duties
- Proactively works to ensure that all information is appropriately communicated to other both orally and through maintenance of agency logs and records
- Treat all staff with respect, including arriving punctually for all shifts and schedules meetings; exhibit flexibility in scheduling; follow through on gossip or denigrate communicate both honestly and positively; does not gossip or denigrate
- Develop relationships of trust and respect with all staff members with whom he/she interacts
- Work cooperatively with all staff, including those not involved in program delivery
- Provide and accept communication and feedback to strengthen overall programs and activities
- Seek assistance and advice when appropriate
- Complete all required reports and documentation in a timely manner; ensure integrity of documentation
- Actively seek to solve problems
Commitment To Mission, Value, And Philosophy:
- Understand and demonstrate commitment to agency mission, value, and philosophy in performing skills specific to role
- Assume responsibility for meeting and maintaining all licensing or agency requirements for personal health, training or other certifications
- Know and consistently implement agency safety and health procedures
- Know and follow agency polices and procedures in carrying out all job duties
- Represent the Agency professionally and appropriately with all constituencies and in the community
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Additional Information:
- All positions are subject to qualification review, clean driving record, medical release and DOJ fingerprinting.
|
