At the San Diego Rescue Mission, we are driven by a profound belief in compassion, service, and the transformative power of Jesus' love. San Diego Rescue Mission is a nonprofit organization committed to providing holistic support to individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction challenges, and mental health issues. Our mission goes beyond charity; it is a calling to love our neighbors and provide hope and healing to those experiencing homelessness. We are committed to creating a holistic approach to recovery and rehabilitation, ensuring that our programs serve as safe havens for men, women, and children in need.

Position Overview:

The Therapist will provide Standard of Care in an ethical and legal manner, utilize appropriate clinical therapeutic modalities for Mission Academy Students through individual, family, group therapy, class instruction, and training; and refer applicants to other facilities for more extensive care, if needed.

• Foster and maintain Community partnerships to enhance coordinating admissions, process external referrals to admission department for approval.
• Provides screening, clinical assessments, case management and support to clients diagnosed with severe mental illness and dual-diagnosed clients.
• Provides individual contacts, group, and milieu behavior health services and activities for clients within scope of practice.
• Assists clients with discharge planning and conducts participate in care coordination. Works closely with various providers in the region or system to facilitate access to services.
• Conducts crisis intervention and risk assessment. Provides crisis intervention/triage as appropriate and as needed.
• Develops individual treatment and relapse prevention plans, and participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning.
• Conducts initial assessment interviews with internally referred students/clients to obtain information concerning medical/psychiatric history, and other pertinent information.
• Request collateral and records for potential client and current student/clients with a mental health illness and substance abuse challenges and complete informed assessments.
• Facilitate and conduct individual and group counseling sessions
• Coordinates with the multidisciplinary team regarding client's mental health need and assist with referrals/discharge planning for appropriate level of care.

• Please Note: To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education: Master's degree in psychology/Social Sciences

Experience: Minimum 2 years full-time work experience with individuals experiencing homelessness, addiction challenges, mental illness, and/or co-occurring disorders. Nonprofit experience preferred. Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy trained, preferred.

Skills and Abilities: Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook); typing (min 35 wpm); coordinate and/or direct a variety of complex tasks and assignments simultaneously and successfully; exercise good judgment and make sensible decisions; attentive to detail; prioritize effectively; effective oral and written communication skills; eagerness to learn and be trained; work both independently and as part of a team; provide accurate information to public by answering questions and requests in a timely and professional manner.

Language: Bilingual preferred.

Special License/Certification: BBS eligible for registered AMFT or ASW, preferred. Clinical supervision is provided for those seeking licensure with BBS or Drug and Alcohol credentials.

Travel/Transportation: The incumbent must travel on a regular (or periodic) basis, as the job requires.

MANAGERIAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY

The incumbent has no supervision of paid staff

ENVIRONMENT

The incumbent has a private office that is generally clean and comfortable. It may include some minor annoyances such as noise, odors, drafts, etc. The incumbent is in a non-confined office-type setting in which he or she is free to move about at will.

The incumbent works in a residential setting, which consists of individuals who may have a mental or physical disability or illness.

Physical resources may be limited, and in some cases, are donated.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The incumbent may spend a majority of time sitting, speaking and listening. He or she is expected to travel on a regular (or periodic) basis, as the job requires (see Qualifications above). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Please see chart below for further physical requirements.

EEO Statement
The San Diego Rescue Mission (SDRM) is both an equal opportunity employer and a Christian ministry. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex (which included breastfeeding, or a medial condition related to breastfeeding), marital status, parental status, military status, veteran's status, pregnancy, medication condition, genetic characteristics, genetic information, disability or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

However, as a registered non-profit religious organization, SDRM does reserve the right to discriminate in hiring persons whose lifestyle is contradictory to Biblical principles.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e (a)), SDRM has the right to, and does hire only candidates who agree with SDRM's Statement of Faith and conduct themselves in accordance with our religious beliefs.

Background Check Disclaimer
SDRM conducts background checks in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act, and the California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act. If you accept a position with SDRM, as part of your conditional offer of employment, you will be asked to submit to a virtual background check AND a California Livescan Fingerprint.

You will be provided the following notifications as an example:
1. You will be provided with appropriate written notice of the company's intention to obtain information by way of a background check and will give applicants and employees the opportunity to obtain a free copy of any report obtained.
2. Applicants and employees will be asked to authorize a background check before such check is performed.

Drug Screen Disclaimer
SDRM is a Nonprofit Religious Organization and as such, we require all employees to submit to our drug screen as a condition of employment once they have accepted a position with SDRM. Because of our religious affiliation, we do not allow employees to use or consume recreational or medicinal marijuana, along with all other federally recognized substances. You will be notified prior to any employment decisions if your drug screen is returned with negative findings. Refusal to submit to testing will result in disqualification of further employment consideration.

E-VERIFY Statement
San Diego Rescue Mission participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.