Clinician

The Child Abuse Treatment (AT) Program Clinician provides trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health services to child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members. Services are delivered in accordance with Cal OES AT Program requirements and best practices for treating child abuse–related trauma. The Clinician plays a critical role in promoting healing, resilience, and long-term well-being for victims through culturally responsive, client-centered care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
• Provide individual, family, and group counseling services to child abuse victims and non-offending caregivers.
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial and trauma assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Deliver evidence-based, trauma-focused interventions appropriate to the developmental level and needs of the client.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation in accordance with Cal OES standards, agency policies, and applicable laws.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings with law enforcement, child welfare, medical, and other allied professionals as appropriate.
• Collaborate with Victim Advocates/Case Managers to ensure coordinated and holistic services for clients.
• Provide crisis intervention and safety planning as needed.
• Ensure services are delivered in a culturally responsive, inclusive, and trauma-informed manner.
• Maintain client confidentiality and comply with mandated reporting laws and ethical standards.
• Participate in clinical supervision, trainings, and professional development activities required by the AT Program and Cal OES.
• Other duties as required.

Core Competencies

All El Concilio California Staff are expected to meet the expectations of our Core Competencies:

• Accountability and Reliability: Shows honesty, integrity, responsibility, initiative, and is mindful of impact on team/organization.
• Collaboration: Participates in agency wide/cross team efforts, shares knowledge and skills, values cohesion, and integrity of team.
• Communication: Respectful, effective, proactive, and willing to engage in hard conversations
• Continuous Learning: Seeks out new challenges, applies new skills, shows growth.
• Professional Conduct: Clear boundaries, refrains from gossip/splitting, follows agency standards per Handbook and Policies & Procedures.

Education

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, or a closely related behavioral health field.
• Current California licensure or registration (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or Associate under supervision).
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience providing mental health services, preferably with children and families affected by trauma or abuse.
• Knowledge of child abuse dynamics, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based treatment models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a child advocacy center or multidisciplinary team setting.
• Training in trauma-focused evidence-based practices (e.g., TF-CBT or similar).
• Bilingual or multilingual abilities relevant to the community served.

Other Skills/Abilities

• Excellent organizational skills and able to manage several projects/tasks at the same time;
• Excellent communication and writing skills;
• Experience with and/or understanding of crisis intervention and vicarious trauma;
• Good public speaking skills for program presentations to funders, providers, and community groups;
• Understanding of, and commitment to, social justice, and the agency’s mission and organizational values;
• Ability to work flexible hours;
• Second language strongly encouraged, Spanish preferred;
• Proficiency with social media platforms, specifically Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok;
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects;
• Excellent written communication skills;
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively;
• Strong initiative and ability to suggest and implement new social media strategies;
• El Concilio California recognizes the value of having a staff that brings a wide range of perspectives to this work based on language, ethnicity, race, gender, socio-economic background, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and disability. We are committed to maintaining a diverse, multicultural working environment and particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience in the communities we seek to serve.

Computer Skills

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and/or Google Docs and Google Sheets;
• Knowledge of Salesforce databases preferred.

Driving

Driving is an essential function of this position. All candidates must have:

• Reliable transportation
• A valid driver's license
• Proof of insurance and ownership for personal vehicles used during work duties
• The ability to qualify for the agency’s insurance coverage

Physical Requirements

This position requires the ability to work flexible hours and under stress. Individual should be available via cell phone at all times. Requires annual tuberculosis screening. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Work Environment

• Primarily office- or clinic-based with possible community or field work.
• May require sitting, standing, and occasional lifting of light materials.
• Must be able to manage exposure to sensitive and emotionally challenging content.
• Fast paced work environment with multiple demands presented at all times. Environment can become stressful due to client and staffing demands.

Salary

• Non-Exempt
• Full-Time (40 hours/week)
• Rate of Pay: $80K-$85K/Annual

About El Concilio California

El Concilio California (ECC) is the largest Hispanic-led community-based, non-profit organization in California’s Central Valley, founded in 1968, aimed at achieving and advocating for equity and promoting wrap-around, well-being services through a humanistic approach for California’s marginalized, minority, and economically segregated populations, non-English speakers, communities of color, and all other vulnerable neighbors.

Working in partnership with over 78% of the area’s nonprofit, government, and community-based organizations, ECC provides supportive, holistic, non-judgmental, intensive wrap-around case management-based programs and services in multiple languages to approximately 75,000 individuals and families, primarily in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Contra Cost counties with additional services to Madera, Merced, and Calaveras counties. Comprised of six departments which cumulatively account for over 48 programs, and 28 projects and initiatives, ECC partners with individuals and families to help them recognize their strengths and trust in their own capacity to transform their lives, understanding that individuals, once empowered to advocate for themself, become community leaders who in turn advocate and empower others.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

EOE

El Concilio California is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard.