Clinician (LCSW) - Los Angeles County Training Center

Amity Foundation, an internationally acclaimed teaching, and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join. Join us as a LCSW Clinician in our LACTC project. With this groundbreaking opportunity not only will you be working with our prison program students, but you will also be enhancing your training and experience in the field by supplying nourishment to the student population.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Clinician is responsible for the preparation of all meals, assuring that the meals are prepared on time, assuring that sanitation, nutrition, and safety are priorities at all times, and assuming responsibility for following all recipes in order to maintain quality and cost control.

Salary Range: $30-$32/hr

What You Will Do:

• 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 Regional 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/FFRP 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.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or 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.
   

What We Offer:

• Flexible Schedule.
• Sick Time.
• An organization committed to community action.
• Community-oriented workplace.