Bilingual Rural Mental Health Lead
Would you like to join a growing, compassionate team of people who share a vision for a brighter future? El Futuro is the leading provider of behavioral health treatment to Latino families in North Carolina. Our mission is to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams.
El Futuro is currently hiring a full-time Rural Mental Health Lead, prefer Outpatient Therapist, but not required. This position provides leadership and support to the Siler City clinical program and actively participates in supporting El Futuro’s goal to increase mental health services for underserved Latinos in rural counties, through relationship building with community leaders in Chatham and surrounding counties. Outpatient Therapist’s provide direct services to individuals and families to reach treatment goals in an ethical, high-quality, evidence-based, and culturally informed approach.
This position is located in the Siler City clinic, working remotely two days per week and in the Siler City clinic three days per week providing services in-person. Therapists ensure 8 hours of client appointments per week are scheduled after 4:00pm, and must be available for Friday morning meetings, 9:00-11:00am (mostly virtual).
The full-time annual salary for this position starts at $64,000.00 and will pro-rated if the candidate prefers a work schedule less thank 37.5 hours per week. Employees who work 30 hours per work or more are eligible for El Futuro benefits, including employer paid medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability; 403B matching; generous PTO and paid holidays; paid parental leave; and stipend and paid time off for professional development.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The Rural Mental Health Lead Outpatient Therapist performs a wide range of functions including, but not limited to the following:
Rural Mental Health Lead Functions:
- Provide leadership to clinical services programs in Siler City clinic, including monitoring walk-in clinic (WIC), providing crisis support, and managing clinician schedules to ensure coverage.
- Provide clinical supervision to provisionally licensed and fully licensed clinicians.
- Collaborate with Clinical Services Manager to ensure continuity of services and staff engagement between the Durham and Siler City clinics.
- Collaborate with Clinical Services Manager and Director of Clinical Programs and Population Health to establish and monitor programmatic goals, budget, deliverables, including client outcomes, client satisfaction, client access, and develop strategies to meet pre-established program deliverables.
- Collaborate with Manager of Client Care and Engagement to implement and coordinate appropriate programs and events related to clinical services and client needs.
- Build and establish professional relationships with other organizations and leaders in Chatham and surrounding counties to network and to assist in marketing of the Siler City clinic.
- Develop and implement county specific outreach plans.
- Participate in Chatham and surrounding counties events to promote services provided at the Siler City clinic.
- Partner with Advancement and Communications team to showcase Siler City’s clinical achievements and assist with reporting to funders.
- Contribute to a positive work environment by following through on tasks, taking initiative, working with the team and identifying solutions.
Outpatient Therapist Functions:
- Provide bilingual, culturally informed ongoing outpatient clinical services (individual and/or family psychotherapy) to adults, adolescents, and/or children.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to address family issues, behavior patterns, and other personal issues.
- Using various techniques, collect information and data about clients to determine the best use of treatment options.
- Participate in walk-in screening and assessments within a walk-in clinic model.
- Maintain and submit accurate and timely documentation of clinical services provided, progress notes, recommendations, and lists of any recommended therapeutic activities.
- Complete timely and accurate billing notes.
- Confer with other counselors, doctors, staff members, and other professionals to analyze individual cases and coordinate any counseling services, including referrals to other specialists.
- Create and maintain positive relationships with social service providers, other counselors, assistants, and community leaders.
- Contribute to the clinical team’s knowledge base of emerging and changing best practices to best meet our client population.
- Engage in learning opportunities through “La Mesita”, El Futuro’s training platform and network of bilingual providers in North Carolina.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Outpatient Therapist Required: Master’s degree (or higher) in a field directly related to behavioral/mental health care and treatment (eg: Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy)
- Outpatient Therapist Required: Provider must be eligible to practice as a licensed mental health provider in the state of North Carolina. This includes candidates with an LCSW, LCMHC, LMFT, or Ph.D. in psychology.
- Required: Fluency in spoken Spanish. Must also be able to read and communicate with clients in written Spanish. Must be able to document clinical encounters in English.
- Minimum 2 years of experience providing mental health treatment to a diverse community, in particular with the Spanish-speaking community.
- Clinical experience with adults and children.
- Prefer training in trauma-informed practices.
- Commitment to the provision of culturally informed services.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm about working as part of interdisciplinary team.
- Flexibility, creativity, and a spirit of collaboration.
- Minimum 1-year supervisory experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
In addition to Outpatient Therapist:
Demonstrated skills in program or project management.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities while affording attention to detail and
organization.
Ability to collaborate well and communicate effectively with team members.
Ability to self-motivate and take initiative.
Strong consultation, assessment, triage, crisis and case management skills.
To apply, submit your cover letter and resume to hr@elfuturo-nc.org.
El Futuro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. El Futuro is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Alvely Alcántara, LCSW
Rossy C. Garcia, MEd 
Katy Sims, MD 
Everardo Aviles, LCSW, LCAS (Eve)
As a medical anthropologist and social work researcher, Dr. Gulbas’ research embodies interdisciplinarity through the integration of applied theories of health and human development with qualitative and ethnographic methodologies. Her work seeks to understand how people—children, families, and providers—navigate complex sociocultural landscapes in the pursuit of mental health. Most of her work, to date, focuses attention on developing more robust interpretations of suicide risk. With funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, this body of research has contributed to advancements in theoretical and empirical knowledge of the broader contexts within which youth suicide risk is situated. 
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is a developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the principal investigator of a study that examines the impact of immigration-related threat and stress on school communities. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first gen college student.
Dr. Parra-Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHSSW) at the University of Texas at Austin. At the SHSSW, he serves as Coordinator for Mexico and Latin American initiatives. He also serves as Area Director for Research at the UT Austin Latino Research Institute. Dr. Parra-Cardona’s program of research is focused on the cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions for low-income Latinx populations in the US and Latin America.
Bianka Reese, PhD, MSPH is a research scientist and program evaluator specializing in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her previous research in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her work as the Research and Evaluation Manager at SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led largescale evaluations of multilevel, community-based sexual health promotion initiatives and research projects aimed at elevating the voices of diverse youth in North Carolina. Dr. Reese is currently the Senior Research Strategist at Creative Research Solutions, LLC, an award-winning national evaluation, research, and assessment firm.
Tania Connaughton-Espino, MPH is an independent researcher focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her interest in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her previous work with SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led the training and evaluation department, conducted capacity-building workshops for youth serving professionals including on the topic of how to be more affirming of LGBTQ youth, and from her extensive experience working with the Latinx population in NC.
Maru Gonzalez, EdD is an Assistant Professor and Youth Development Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Her areas of inquiry include youth development with a focus on activism, social justice, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people across familial, school, and community contexts. 
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD