Bilingual Spanish-Speaking Mental Health Counselor

Description

Position Summary

Master’s- or doctoral-level mental health professional who provides clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment services to individuals, families, and groups. Conducts clinical interviews to determine treatment needs and appropriate services while building strong therapeutic relationships with clients from diverse backgrounds. Provides psychotherapy and psychoeducation in both English and Spanish, helping clients work toward meaningful personal goals. Promotes the values of Pearl Health Clinic within the Clinical Department and throughout the community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in both Spanish and English (written and verbal).
• Experience providing counseling services to Spanish-speaking individuals and families.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and sensitivity when working with diverse populations.
• Ability to deliver psychoeducation, treatment planning, and clinical documentation in both languages.
• Knowledge of cultural factors that may impact mental health, treatment engagement, and family systems.

Pearl Health Clinic Values

Service

• Provide exceptional care to clients and patients in both English and Spanish.
• Foster collaborative relationships with clients, families, community partners, and multidisciplinary team members.

Hope

• Help clients recognize strengths and view challenges as opportunities for growth and healing.
• Support the ongoing professional development of colleagues and contribute to a positive clinical environment.

Solutions

• Address challenges with creativity, cultural responsiveness, and practical problem-solving skills.
• Contribute to the achievement of organizational goals while advocating for client needs.

Responsibilities – Bilingual Mental Health Counselor

• Create a safe, welcoming environment where clients and families feel heard, respected, and understood, regardless of language or cultural background.
• Provide counseling, psychoeducation, and therapeutic interventions in both English and Spanish.
• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and make accurate DSM-5 diagnoses.
• Develop collaborative treatment plans with clients, caregivers, and healthcare team members, emphasizing client goals, strengths, cultural considerations, and barriers to care.
• Build strong therapeutic alliances that promote client engagement, empowerment, and positive outcomes.
• Coordinate care with physicians, psychiatrists, case managers, schools, and community organizations, including making referrals for appropriate services.
• Provide evidence-based psychotherapy to individuals, families, couples, and groups with diverse clinical presentations and backgrounds.
• Support Spanish-speaking clients in navigating behavioral health and community resources.
• Demonstrate cultural humility and awareness of social, cultural, and linguistic factors that influence mental health treatment.
• Adhere to all applicable professional and ethical standards (e.g., ACA, APA, NASW).
• Complete clinical documentation, treatment plans, correspondence, and other required records accurately and in a timely manner.
• Represent Pearl Health Clinic positively within the community and participate in outreach efforts that increase access to services for Spanish-speaking populations.

Requirements

Competencies and Qualifications

• Has passion for behavioral healthcare
• Values supervision and professional development
• Strong organizational skills, including ability to meet deadlines.
• Self-starter, motivated, and conscientious.
• Values working with underserved and marginalized populations and appreciates diversity.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to provide 25 or more hours of direct service per week
• Able to successfully pass Criminal History background check
• Eligible for hire in United States

Level 1 Counselor - Entry Level Practitioner:

• 0-2 years of experience
• LPC, LMSW, Service Extender, or similar licensure
• Basic counseling skills
• Client referrals: 90% or more through Clinical Director
• Public Appearance/Teaching: 2 or less as a licensed professional
• Client Retention Rate: 30% or higher

Level 2 Counselor - Practitioner:

• 2-4 years of experience
• LCPC, LCSW, or PSY licensure
• Intermediate counseling skills
• Developing or working towards a specialty subgroup population
• Client Referrals: 75% or more through Clinical Director, 25% through independent sources (other clients, other agencies, etc.)
• Public Appearance/Teaching: 2 or more as a licensed professional
• Client Retention Rate of 50% or higher
• Clinician performance evaluation: All areas are rated as “good” or better or clinician is compliant with correction plan

Level 3 Counselor - Senior Practitioner:

• 5-7 years of experience
• LCPC, LCSW, or PSY licensure
• Advanced counseling skills
• Identified and certified in a unique modality
• Client Referrals: 50% or less through Clinical Director, 50% or more through independent sources (other clients, other agencies, etc.)
• Public Appearance/Teaching: 5 or more as a licensed professional
• Client Retention Rate of 60% or higher
• Clinician performance evaluation: All areas are rated as “good” or better or clinician is compliant with correction plan; there is at least one “superior” rating

Level 4 Counselor - Advanced Senior Practitioner:

• 7+ years of experience
• LCPC, LCSW, or PSY licensure
• Advanced counseling skills
• Identified and certified in a unique modality. Experience of 2+ years working with a specific population.
• Client Referrals: 25% or less through Clinical Director, 75% or more through independent sources (other clients, other agencies, etc.)
• Public Appearance/Teaching: 5 or more as a licensed professional
• Client Retention Rate of 75% or higher
• Clinician performance evaluation: All areas are rated as “good” or better or clinician is compliant with correction plan; there are at least three “superior” ratings