Employment

Available Positions:

• Director of Adult Services
• Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist
   

Director of Adult Services

Our Agency

Jewish Family & Children's Services of the East Bay (JFCS/East Bay) is an innovative social service agency that has served individuals and families throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties since 1877. We are proud to provide multilingual services to older adults and their families, Holocaust survivors, children and their parents, refugees and immigrants, people with disabilities, and an array of adults and children who come to us for high-quality, affordable mental health services. Our staff of 50 employees is characterized by its dedication, teamwork, warmth, humor, and high professional standards. Agency offices are located in Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Albany, and Oakland.

The Position

The Director of Adult Services provides vision, leadership, and management of adult programs, including the Suse Moyal Center for Older Adult Services. This is a new position that combines older adult services and adult clinical services, responding to societal trends and spurring creative new programs to meet the needs of adults 50 and over as they age. Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Director of Adult Services supervises clinicians, care managers, administrative support staff, and other positions that are developed in support of department goals.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, supports and mentors department staff to provide consistently excellent services to clients and community.
• Manages all human, financial, and other resources to achieve departmental goals and objectives, including cultivating strong sense of departmental cohesiveness and providing for training opportunities to sustain high quality of staff services.
• Attends to support and self-care issues to sustain staff engaged in professionally and emotionally demanding work.
• Assesses evolving community needs; initiates innovative service delivery solutions to meet these needs.
• Develops, manages and monitors departmental budget and program budgets; works to develop a balanced and diverse mix of financial resources to ensure departmental stability.
• Works closely with development and executive staff to identify and obtain individual donations, contracts, and grants to fund programs; works closely with billing staff to ensure collection of maximum revenue for services rendered.
• Works together with other agency managers, board members, funders, community agencies and other providers of relevant services to build and maintain strong relationships, utilizing partnerships and affiliations to meet objectives.
• Ensures high level of visibility for JFCS/East Bay in senior services community and broader adult services community, including outreach to promote services and advocates for availability and affordability of needed services at the local, state and national levels. 
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory and agency requirements, including completion of reports as required.
• Develops policies and procedures for the efficient and effective delivery of services for department as well as for the agency as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Other Functions and Responsibilities

• Manages process of bringing Older Adult Services staff together with adult clinical staff.
• Oversees successful launch and operation of home care services. (Note: day-to-day management of home care will be implemented by a full-time designated staff person, supervised by the Director of Adult Services).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work or closely related field; Current California clinical licensure (MFT, LCSW or psychologist);
• Minimum of five years experience in program development and management;
• Extensive experience in providing clinical and/or care management services to adults; depth of knowledge of current trends in gerontology and senior service programs;
• Knowledge of issues faced by Holocaust survivors preferred; knowledge of, and experience working in, Jewish community preferred;
• Familiarity with home care services preferred;
• Knowledge of Medicare and MediCal requirements and procedures;
• Ability to develop and sustain successful collaborative teams; excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to work respectfully and effectively with diverse spectrum of clients, co-workers and community members;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Computer proficiency;
• Flexibility, humor, warmth, creativity, and ability to delegate;
• Commitment to agency mission.

Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist

Our Agency

Jewish Family & Children's Services of the East Bay (JFCS/East Bay) is an innovative social service agency that has served individuals and families throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties since 1877. We are proud to provide multilingual services to older adults and their families, Holocaust survivors, children and their parents, refugees and immigrants, people with disabilities, and an array of adults and children who come to us for high-quality, affordable mental health services. Our staff of 50 employees is characterized by its dedication, teamwork, warmth, humor, and high professional standards. Agency offices are located in Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Albany, and Oakland.

Program Description

Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay provides early childhood mental health consultation to preschools and dyadic parent/child psychotherapy to families with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers throughout Alameda County. Clinicians work in collaboration with preschool teachers and administrators, as well as primary care givers to provide prevention and early intervention in a relationship-based model.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Services, the clinician will provide home-based dyadic therapy services to families with children 0–5 throughout the county as well as consultation at a preschool in Oakland. The position will entail working closely with the administrative staff and teachers at the preschool, Behavioral Health Care Services, JFCS/East Bay staff, and other providers.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Observe and assess children in their natural environments
• Provide parent-child therapy
• Provide case management
• Provide consultation to teachers regarding specific children and behaviors
• Provide consultation to teachers regarding general child development and social and emotional needs of preschoolers
• Observe children and develop strategies for parents and staff to promote optimal development
• Facilitate staff meetings and workshops for teachers
• Conduct parent workshops
• Provide resources and referrals when appropriate
• Complete all necessary paperwork and documentation
• Attend supervision and team meetings

Qualifications

• MSW or Masters in Counseling (license preferred)
• Experience in early childhood education or early childhood mental health
• Experience in working with ethnically diverse populations
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred

To Apply

Please send cover letter and resume to Carol Singer at csinger@jfcs-eastbay.org.