Clinical Therapist I/II - PER DIEM - Harmony Haven

Clinical Therapist I/II - Per Diem

Harmony Haven Youth Emergency Shelter

Beaumont, CA

Applications will be reviewed in the order in which it was received

MUST BE CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

TO BE CONSIDERED.

The County of Riverside - Department of Public Social Services has open Clinical Therapist I/II - Per Diem positions at Harmony Haven youth emergency shelter in Beaumont, CA.

Hours: Part-time - 5-hour, weekend shifts - schedule will be discussed during interview
Location: Harmony Haven, Beaumont, CA

Bilingual may be required.

At Harmony Haven, we use a trauma-informed approach to create a structured and supportive system that empowers staff to confidently deliver high-quality behavioral health services tailored to the unique needs of youth and families.

This position provides mental health services to foster youth temporarily residing at the Harmony Haven Emergency Shelter in Beaumont, as well as youth placed in off-site locations as identified by DPSS.

Unlike a traditional clinic setting, this role is based at an emergency shelter and focuses on youth in foster care who are awaiting placement.

Ideal candidates will have experience working with foster youth and a background in similar residential or shelter-based environments.
Essential Duties:

• Provide wellness-based support and stabilization for youth, with a strong focus on de-escalation and co-regulation in moments of distress.

• Facilitate small groups and activities centered on the Eight Dimensions of Wellness (e.g., expressive arts, mindfulness, movement, skill-building).

• Collaborate with youth to create and update Personal Wellness Plans, tailored to their individual needs, strengths, and cultural identity.

• Partner closely with youth's CSD case workers, residential care staff, therapists, and their treatment team to ensure coordinated care.

• Offer one-on-one support and grounding strategies following difficult moments.

• Work with Harmony Haven staff and Office of Health and Wellness leadership to maintain a consistent, trauma-informed, and healing-centered environment.• Interview consumers, relatives, and other involved persons to gather personal and social data relevant to assessing mental or emotional disorders.

• Develop service plans with consumers; evaluate psychological, economic, vocational, educational, physical, health, socialization, and housing needs.

• Coordinate with other staff members (psychiatrists, psychologists, and other program staff) and community agencies in carrying out and designing treatment or rehabilitation plans.

• Assist consumers and other concerned individuals in understanding the nature of major psychological illnesses and their psychosocial effects.

• Assist consumers and their families in understanding and choosing options of mental health treatment.

• Initiate and conduct individual, collateral, group, and family therapy sessions.

• Establish and maintain effecti...