Who We Are:

Hillsides is a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. We have provided services to surrounding communities since 1913. We promote a client-driven, strengths-based organization of excellence that embraces communities using Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles that builds trusting, collaborative relationships.

Job Type: Full-time with Opportunity with Flexible Scheduling

Schedule: Sunday- Thursday
Starting Salary Range: $68,640.00 - $77,640.00 per year

• Therapist BBS $68,640
• Therapist BBS plus Bilingual $72,640
• Therapist BBS, Bilingual, plus Licensed $77,640

What We Offer:

An outstanding benefits package and numerous opportunities for career growth and advancement within our organization.

• Employee Sign-on Bonus of $4,000
• Bilingual stipend of $4,000 for applicable positions
• Pre-Licensure Reimbursement Program: Receive $500 reimbursement for licensing fees and exam prep materials
• 13 Paid Holiday per year including Cesar Chavez & Juneteenth, earn up to 22 days of PTO
• Flexible work schedule
• Opportunity to gain extensive work experience as a clinician working with children & families
• Robust training opportunities: Evidence Based Practices, Shared Core Practice Model & Trauma Informed Care.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• This role is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Supervision available for Licensure.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Medical insurance offering 3 HMO with Kaiser and Health Net, and also a PPO Plan
• Dental insurance both HMO & PPO options, with 100% employer paid for HMO employee only coverage plan
• Life and AD&D insurance 100% employer paid up to two times the annual salary
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account for Medical and Dependent Care
• 401k Plan: Hillsides offers a standard 401k plan with employer match with bi-level matching up to 5%; eligibility for enrollment in this plan is upon the date of hire.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Other duties may be assigned.

The essential functions include:

• Conducting intake assessments of client's biopsychological information
• Providing individual and family therapy services on weekly basis
• Facilitating client and multi-family groups; engage caregivers in collaterals
• Facilitating multiple group therapy sessions per week.
• Completing evidence-based assessment tools
• Participating in treatment team meetings
• Complete documentation in timely manner, based on insurance requirements
• Providing crisis diversion and de-escalation support and collaborating with bachelor's level staff persons to monitor clients and therapeutic de-escalation if needed.
• Collaborating with community and clinical partners
• Assisting families in identifying needs and providing skills to empower them to meet those needs.
• Collaborating with other Residential and PHP/IOP team members to ensure that interventions in the program are consistent with the individual's and family's identified strengths and needs.
• Expertise with DBT, CBT, or other evidence-based modalities
• Flexibility to provide coverage when team members are out
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATES

• Master's degree in social work or marriage/family therapy
• License, waiver, and/or registration with California Board of Behavioral Sciences, in good standing
• At least two years' experience in working with children and adolescents, families, family structure, or family therapy either in a partial hospital, residential, group, or individual setting preferred.
• Valid California driver's license, driving record, and personal vehicle insurance acceptable to Hillsides' insurance carrier

TRAUMA INFORMED CARE (TIC)

Hillsides practices Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles which recognizes the signs, symptoms, and widespread impact of trauma; Employees are asked to comprehensively integrate knowledge of Trauma Informed Care into policies, procedures, and practices with the goal to prevent re-traumatization which promotes healing of families, youth, individuals, and communities.

Hillsides is an Equal Opportunity Employer