Description
The Position
Under the direction of the Youth and Family Services Administrator, the Senior Program Coordinator plays a unique role overseeing the early childhood mental health program, providing direct counseling services and supervising several staff counselors and interns.
The Senior Program Coordinator typically has specialized experience, training and qualifications that enable the position to work effectively with children 0-8 years, parents and youth caregivers.
The Senior Program Coordinator works closely with the division’s Clinical Supervisors and Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure that clinical services comply with all policies, procedures and legal regulations, and that client services are delivered at the highest standards. The position also coordinates with other key positions in the Human Services Department to help clients have easy and timely access to coordinated services throughout the Human Services Department and/or with other partner agencies.
Examples of Duties
- Oversee and coordinate the direct services under the early childhood mental health program, working closely with the counselors and interns assigned to the program.
- Provide administrative and clinical supervision and consultation to YFS counselors and interns/trainees who are providing direct counseling services to children 0-8 years, parents, and family members, while maintaining close cooperation with the Youth and Family Services Division’s Clinical Supervisors and Quality Assurance Specialist.
- Provide direct counseling and early childhood consultation services to children 0-8 years, parents, and family members.
- Together with the YFS Administrator, understand policies and trends related to the provision of early childhood mental health services; and represent the division at County and/or school district meetings.
- Ensure direct service staff and interns are familiar with and fully utilize client Electronic Health Record System and becomes a key user representative on system implementation team.
- Oversee clinical documentation and compliance with State Medi-Cal documentation standards in partnership with Clinical Supervisors and Quality Assurance Specialist.
- Manage the client intake and referral process for the early childhood mental health program.
- Ensure that staff meet contractual and quality assurance goals and audit requirements.
- In partnership with YFS Administrator, Clinical Supervisors, and the Human Services Department’s Fund Development Officer respond to requests for proposals, develop grant work plans, narratives, and budgets.
- Oversee early childhood grant deliverables and reporting for the division.
Ideal Candidate
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic bi-lingual mental health professional who is experienced in early childhood mental health; coordination of Medi-Cal funded mental health programs; hard copy and electronic health record keeping systems; and in conducting needs assessment and program evaluation. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated the ability to provide a high quality of clinical oversight to early childhood counseling services; develop and maintain effective working relationships with direct reports, colleagues, other service providers, and institutions; and participate
in the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures, and grant writing processes.
Education and Experience
Any combination of education and experience which has provided the knowledge and abilities necessary to satisfactory job performance would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be: Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or a related field, and two (2) years of experience in coordinating and developing mental health programs and providing services for children 0-8 years, youth, parents and families.
Possession of the following is highly desirable:
- Two years of supervisory experience
- Bilingual language skills (Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin)
- Qualified to provide Board of Behavioral Sciences regulated clinical supervision to unlicensed counselors, associates, or trainees.
Licenses/Certificates/Special Requirements
Licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Clinical Psychologist, or Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is required.
This position requires the ability to travel independently within and outside City limits. Therefore, a valid Class C California Driver's License is required by time of appointment.
Benefits
To view Benefits information, visit: https://www.fremont.gov/government/departments/human-resources/salaries-benefits
Special Instructions
Application Process
To view the complete job announcement and application instructions, visit: www.fremont.gov/cityjobs
The first review of applications is January 9, 2023.