Bilingual Mental Health Consultant (Mandarin/Cantonese)

Essential Job Duties include, but are not limited to

• Provide Mental Health consultation to child care personnel, and program and case consultation at child care centers &/or family child care homes.
• Provide on-site mental health services to children from 0-5 years old individually, to their families, and in groups.
• Provide on-site parenting classes &/or support groups to the families with children 0-5.
• Provide on-site in-service training to child care personnel on mental health related topics.
• Provide appropriate referrals and case management as needed.
• Attend required staff meetings, group and individual supervision meetings, in-service meetings, trainings, and community meetings as requested by the project coordinator &/or program director.
• Provide other mental health services to children & families as part of the continuum of care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Info

• Some evening and weekends may be required.
• On-site services may require traveling within the city of San Francisco via public transportation &/or driving own vehicle.

Required Educational level or Equivalent Experience

• At least Masters Degree or higher in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or other related disciplines, required.
• Knowledge of healthy child development, required.
• Board of Behavioral Sciences registered or eligible to register, required.
• Experience working with young children and their families.
• Experience working with immigrant children 0-5 years old and their families, preferred.
• Experience in child care settings, both center-based and family child care, highly recommended.
• Experience in mental health consultation helpful.
• Ability to provide bilingual services in fluent Cantonese and/or Mandarin.

Other Job Requirements

• Demonstrated experience and thorough knowledge of working with various populations with different income levels, ethnicities, and languages (this position works specifically with immigrant & minority children & their families, most of whom are of low socioeconomic status).
• Understanding of the childcare culture & community.
• Familiarity with community behavioral health systems of care in San Francisco, including the philosophy of care, levels of care for clinical services, and the delivery of such services, highly preferred.
• Familiarity with the San Francisco community resources/services (may include health, mental health, substance abuse, vocational, housing, etc), highly preferred.
• Strong commitment to the philosophy, goals, & mission of RAMS in providing community-based, culturally competent, and consumer-guided mental health services to the community.
• Commitment to engaging in professional development activities such as trainings, continuing education seminars, case conferences, and reviewing up-to-date material, etc., as related to treatment strategies for the population of Fu Yau.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively and interact professionally with a diverse, multi-cultural, and interdisciplinary staff of all levels.
• Ability to work and function independently, and as a team player of the Fu Yau project, and with the child care site assigned.