Licensed Therapist

Essential Duties:

• Maintain clinical supervision, including review of student (student/participant) files, and have the ability to perform initial and/or ongoing student (student/participant) assessments.
• Provide mental health structured therapeutic services.
• Provide gender-responsive, trauma-informed, structured treatment services, including implementation of trauma-informed curriculum.
• Provide individual, family, and group counseling
• Provide specialized classes and workshops relevant to the population (including Domestic Violence, Incest Survivors, Family Relationships, other topics as needed).
• Work with the Managing Director to develop and maintain the program culture.
• Ensure the program has family-focused services and is trauma-informed.
• Integrate the assessed and stated goals of student (participants) work in coordination with the ARC/JCOD staff in determining continuum of care services for student (participants) including educational and vocational planning.
• Participate in case conferences.
• Responsible for all aspects of medical, dental, mental health related appointments, including making appointments, follow-up, arranging transportation and prescriptions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience / Knowledge:
• Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or
• Another professional licensed by the State of California to provide mental health services in California.
• AND Minimum of two (2) years of experience in providing trauma-informed services preferably to women.


• Certification:
• Within six (6) weeks of hire, obtain First Aid and CPR certification AND pass a physical examination and tuberculosis test from a health professional.

ADA Information:

• Physical Requirements: 
• Faculty occasionally adjusts or moves objects up to 25 lbs. in all directions.
• Remains in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Repeats motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Moves about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Required to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Uses all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks.
• Assesses the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Occasionally required to bend, stretch, reach or stoop.
• Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.


• Mental Demands:
• Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
• Ability to thrive in environments that require the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to cope with occasionally difficult or temperamental students/participants and faculty/staff.
• Ability to cope with mental and emotional stress related to the position.


• Work Conditions:
• Generally, in an indoor setting.
• Will be working with computers and phones frequently.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
• Occasionally work that includes moving objects up to 50 lbs.


• Environmental Conditions:
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud.
• The temperature in the work environment is usually moderate to cool but can be cold.


• Travel:
• Frequently travels locally and operates motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
• Frequent moves about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.