Refugee and Asylee Counselor

At AACI, we are committed to providing culturally sensitive, client-centered, and specialized services to over 2,100 survivors of torture and their families through our CST program. Our approach is multidisciplinary, holistic, and strengths-based, encompassing services such as individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, psychological and medical evaluations for political asylum cases, as well as social and legal support.

Join our team as a Behavioral Health Counselor and make a meaningful impact on the lives of Asylee and Refugee populations. You'll be at the forefront, delivering direct behavioral health services in diverse settings like homes, clinics, and field environments. Your role will involve conducting transformative individual and group therapy sessions, alongside providing crucial case management services. Ensuring cultural relevance and sensitivity in service delivery, you'll play a vital role in creating a supportive and inclusive environment for those in need.

Salary Range $73,000.00 - $95,000.00

What We Offer

• Signing Bonus: A warm welcome to our team!
• Generous Paid Time Off: 12 Paid Holidays, including a Floating Holiday, Paid Vacation, and Sick Time.
• Comprehensive Benefit Plan: Choose from four Health Plan Options, with 95% of premiums covered!
• Retirement Benefits: 403(b) Retirement Plan with a match.
• Investing in Your Future: Eligibility for the State Loan Forgiveness Program and the HRSA Loan repayment program!
• Wellness: Free access to Headspace mindfulness app.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide culturally sensitive, client-centered individual, group, and family counseling and rehabilitation services to asylees and refugees.
• Facilitate referrals to community resources and perform case management services.
• Develop culturally relevant assessment and treatment plans.
• Complete all documentation per Medi-Cal, Santa Clara County and AACI standards within expected deadlines.
• Participate in clinical supervisions, consultations, team meetings, trainings, and on-call after hours rotation.
• Licensed Staff Only Complete and maintain LPS 5150 Authorization certification and provide officer of the day support.
• Complete other related duties and projects as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• Registered with the BBS as an AMFT, APCC, ACSW, LMFT, LPCC, LCSW.
• Master’s degree in social work or psychology; or equivalent education, training, and experience.
• One year or more of direct clinical experience working with working with refugees.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Knowledge of DSM-V criteria for diagnosing behavioral health illnesses.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed and evidenced-based practices (i.e., CBT, DBT, ACT).
• Understanding of cultural issues, community resources and family dynamics.
• Knowledge of legal and ethical requirements of board of licensure.
• Knowledge of mandated reporting laws in California.
• Knowledge of community and county resources to facilitate referrals and coordination with appropriate agencies.
• Ability to exercise independent clinical judgment within the scope of the program responsibilities.
• Ability to implement evidenced-based techniques to address client’s symptomatology and functional impairments.
• Good working knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite. Knowledge of or aptitude to learn Epic health record system.
• Ability to maintain a valid California driver license, current personal auto insurance, and an MVR sufficient to maintain insurability under agency auto liability.
• Verbal and written fluency in English required; Bilingual skills in a second language (particularly Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese) desired but not required

Competencies:

• Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural professional and experiential background.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Working conditions
This job requires you to be in the community, in client’s homes, and other community partner sites. Work is often conducted in an office environment. Basic safety precautions and use of protective clothing or gear may be required. Working with clients who are seriously mentally ill, or high risk may increase exposure to secondary trauma. Driving is essential to the function of this job. The job requires travel up to 25% of the time.
Physical requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to regularly sit for extended periods of time and regularly operate a computer and use manual dexterity for tasks such as keyboarding. The mental demands of the job include regular comprehension, reasoning and decision making, interpreting and analyzing data, organizing, reading, writing, and resilience.
AACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.