Description
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.
The Venice Family Clinic provides primary medical and mental health care to the communities of Los Angeles County. Within the clinic is a robust Behavioral Health program that houses social workers, domestic violence specialists, substance use staff, and case management. This Pediatric Mental Health Therapist will be a therapist for a comprehensive early childhood program.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Providing clinical interventions using home-based infant mental health treatment with prenatal parents and postpartum infant-caregiver dyads to support healthy attachment and development.
• Crisis intervention and collaboration with case management and medical providers.
• Performing behavioral health interventions and ensure touches throughout our pre/postnatal program.
• Working closely with the Infant Mental Health Case Manager to provide comprehensive and collaborative care with outside agencies to support families’ SDOH needs.

Please note, only 1 position will be filled; either ref #25600 (MSW or LCSW) or #25601 (AMFT or LMFT).
BEH HEALTH PSYCHTRC PROFL 2 HX (AMFT) Salary Range: $31.03 - $65.90 Hourly
BEH HEALTH PSYCHTRC PROFL 3 HX (LMFT) Salary Range: $34.24 - $74.19 Hourly
Qualifications

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy or Clinical/Counseling Psychology from an accredited school.
• CA State licensure to practice as a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or license eligible (AMFT) and working towards accruing hours towards licensure.
• Excellent communication skills and bilingual in both Spanish and English.
• Demonstrated work experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy for underserved populations.
• Demonstrated work experience with adults, young families, pregnant women, teens, and patients experiencing homelessness.
• Skill at developing treatment and case management plans.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and ability to collaborate with medical staff, students, patients, agencies, and volunteers.
• Working knowledge of community mental health and social service resources, and California child abuse reporting laws.
• Training in early childhood development and knowledge of substance use disorders.
• Skill at assessing biopsychosocial needs of high-risk population, and ability to de-escalate patients who become agitated or volatile.
  Preferred: Ability to precept, supervise, and evaluate MFT interns.

• Providing clinical interventions using home-based infant mental health treatment with prenatal parents and postpartum infant-caregiver dyads to support healthy attachment and development.
• Crisis intervention and collaboration with case management and medical providers.
• Performing behavioral health interventions and ensure touches throughout our pre/postnatal program.
• Working closely with the Infant Mental Health Case Manager to provide comprehensive and collaborative care with outside agencies to support families’ SDOH needs