Therapist ($10,000 hiring bonus)

About Us:

Founded in 1970, CALM is a community-based mental health agency serving Santa Barbara County with a mission to prevent childhood trauma, heal children and families, and build resilient communities.

Our team of CALM staff and dedicated volunteers share a vision of supporting every family in our community so that every child thrives.

CALM’s guiding principles are:

Clinical Excellence | All-in Approach | Leading the Way | Meaningful Relationships

Work for a mission driven organization committed to transparency, collaboration, and communication. Our values are at the heart of what we do.

Why CALM?

It’s an amazing time to join us as CALM was just awarded a substantial $694,000 grant from the Department of Health Care Services to implement and scale Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) across Santa Barbara County! This exciting opportunity affords CALM the resources to establish an 18-month learning collaborative for up to 18 therapists with dedicated time for training, consultation, and implementation of CPP and the ability to hire and train a new Clinical Supervisor in this modality and CALM’s other evidence-based practices.

What is Child Parent Psychotherapy? CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced at least one traumatic event (e.g. maltreatment, the sudden or traumatic death of someone close, a serious accident, sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence) and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). You can learn more here.

CALM's Lompoc based Therapist provides psychotherapeutic treatment, rehabilitation, and care coordination, on-site or in the field as needed for children up to age 21 and their families. The therapist utilizes a trauma informed approach and practice to promote the social-emotional and mental wellbeing of children. The Therapist supports the client and their family in meeting their mental health goals. Therapy is focused on symptom reduction to improve functional impairments and heal mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, problems in the parent-child relationship, or other social-emotional challenges with the ultimate goal of restoring children and families to a healthy level of functioning.

How you will make an impact::

• Demonstrate core conditions of the therapeutic relationship including?empathy, genuineness, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard.
• Complete clinical assessment and diagnosis with clients to assess their strengths and needs from a clinical perspective.
• Develop case conceptualization that is informed by biological, psychological, social, cultural factors and protective factors as a framework for the therapeutic process.
• Develop a treatment plan with measurable and observable goals in collaboration with clients.
• Provide psychoeducation and parenting support to bolster protective factors and mitigate the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
• Provide developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive therapeutic interventions.
• Implement evidence-based modalities to fidelity.
• Administer periodic assessments to monitor, guide, and communicate treatment progression with clients.
• Participate in trainings and work towards certification in appropriate modalities.
• Provide consistent client care and address issues of engagement to ensure continuity of services.
• Maintain current knowledge in topics related to the position (e.g., child development, trauma-informed care, secondary traumatic stress, ACEs, etc.).
• Provide crisis intervention and stabilization services as needed.
• Seek consultation and guidance from supervisor to address complex client issues.
• Maintain clinical productivity standards.
• Participate in evaluation efforts and commit to continuous quality improvement by incorporating feedback and outcome data into the provision of services.
• Participate in regular administrative and clinical supervision, and agency-wide/program meetings.
• Complete all documentation in a timely manner and according to agency policy.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and serve as a liaison between families, health care providers, and community-based organizations when applicable.
• Maintain active clinical license/registration with California licensing board (BBS or BOP).
• Under certain contractual agreements, client home visitation and transportation may be necessary. A driver's license, clean DMV record, personal transportation, and proof of insurance are required.
• Frequent travel to designated work locations.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Other duties as assigned.