Licensed Eligible or Licensed Clinicians

Do you have a passion for working with children and find fulfillment in supporting youth during difficult times in their lives?

New Alternatives, Inc. Polinsky Children’s Center is seeking a licensed eligible clinician who is compassionate, interested in working with a diverse team, and who is willing to learn.

What we offer:

Full time 40 hours per week

Clinical Supervision available

CEU’s through clinical trainings

Excellent medical and dental benefits

Vacation and sick time

403B Plan

Family Fit Program through LA Fitness

Polinsky Children’s Center (PCC) is a 24-hour facility for the temporary emergency shelter of children who have been placed in protective custody for their own safety due to abuse, abandonment, neglect or their guardian’s inability to provide care. All youth who enter the program have experienced trauma and our goal is to reduce the impact of their trauma and build resilience to stabilize them for success in their future placement.

At the core we believe in working in service of the youth and in doing so our dedicated team of clinicians, rehab specialists and a psychiatrist work diligently with other entities connected with the youth to coordinate care and provide behavioral health assessments and diagnoses, client planning, individual and group therapy, rehab services, case management, consultation and medication management.

PCC welcomes persons of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Our staff members are culturally diverse and have fluency in non-English languages. We work from a trauma informed care approach and are sensitive to the cultural needs of the foster youth, LGBTQIA+, CSEC, autistic, and other populations in our community.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family, Counseling or other related field that qualifies for licensure in the state of California.
• Current California BBS registration and intern number. (If you have applied with the BBS for your Associates number but have not yet received it, this will be considered).

Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)

• Willingness to learn and develop clinical skills.
• Provide individual, group and family therapy.
• Responsible for completing a thorough assessment of need with the youth and family to identify strengths and needs, that will guide the course of treatment.
• Participate in case consultation with direct care staff and psychiatrist as needed.
• Create and revise client plans.
• Assist with crisis intervention as needed.
• Collaborate with community partners to increase youth and family follow-through with referred services.
• Participate and keep up with all required trainings.

Starting pay is between $30.00-$31.00/hour.

Hours- Sunday – Thursday (Sunday 8:30-5:00pm, Monday-Thursday 10:30-7:00pm)

Tuesday- Saturday (Tuesday-Friday 10:30-7:00pm, Saturday 8:30-5:00pm)