Job Description

We are partnering with Child Mind Institute who is an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. They are a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, speech-language therapists and learning specialists who work closely to ensure each family gets the care and attention they need. Their clinicians are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders.

We are currently looking for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to join the Clinical Center at Child Mind Institute in San Mateo, CA. Child Mind Institute offers cutting edge, evidence-based and tailored treatment services for children, adolescents, and young adults suffering from a wide range of mental health and learning disorders. Successful candidates will work collaboratively across centers and provide treatment and care for a wide range of case presentations.

The Clinical Social Worker reports to the centers' Senior Director. This is an exempt, full-time hybrid position located in the San Mateo, CA clinical center.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and evidence-based treatment to children and adolescents
• Conduct family-based interventions with parents and other family members and maintain collateral contacts with educators and other providers
• Collaborate with other clinicians and our board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists on cases requiring pharmacotherapy
• Provide clinical supervision to trainees
• Conduct workshops, presentations, and webinars on children's mental health topics for community outreach

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Social Work
• Must have a current, valid, unrestricted license to practice clinical social work in California, or be in the process of obtaining that license
• Minimum of 4 years of licensure experience required
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following evidence-based treatments and evaluation tools
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (strongly preferred)
• Behavioral parent training interventions such as Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Parent Management Training (PMT), Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
• Radically Open DBT
• Exposure and response prevention (ERP)
• Trauma-focused CBT
• Mindfulness-based interventions
• Semi-structured evaluation tools (ADI-R, ADOS-2, Kiddie-SADS)
• Demonstrated experience with professional writing and public speaking preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals/groups
• Flexible thinking with the ability to work with challenging cases in a fast-paced environment

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

Job Tags

Full time, Traineeship, Local area, Flexible hours,

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