employment

June 14, 2013 - Childcare Specialist/ACCESS Childcare Subsidy Coordinator, Compass Family Resource Center

Childcare Specialist/ACCESS Subsidy Coordinator maintains responsibility and oversight of all aspects of the Access Childcare Subsidy. The ACCESS Childcare Subsidy (Accessible Child Care Expedited for the Shelter System) is a child care subsidy that provides quality child care to families in San Francisco with the greatest need. In order to be eligible for the subsidy families must have stayed in one of the eligible family shelters within the last 6 months and have at least one child under 3 years old. In addition, this position will leading agency coordinating/integrating efforts on training staff with regards to childcare in San Francisco, and also provide on a regular basis a workshop for clients that covers childcare basics.  full description

June 4, 2013 - Program Director, Compass SF HOME

Compass SF HOME carries two components: a shallow rental subsidy project and a deep rental subsidy project. The shallow and deep rental subsidies are designed to house low-income at-risk or homeless families and then provide intensive case management to help families achieve self-sufficiency and transition successfully off the subsidy.  full description

May 23, 2013 - Case Manager (Housing Access Project), Compass SF HOME

Compass SF HOME is made up of two components: a shallow rental subsidy project and a deep rental subsidy project. The shallow and deep rental subsidy projects are designed to house homeless or low income families and then provide intensive case management to help families achieve self-sufficiency and transition successfully off the subsidy. full description

May 22, 2013 - Floating Teacher for Model Centers Initiative

Compass Children’s Center is one of six high quality early learning centers in San Francisco participating in the Model Centers Initiative of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund.   The Floating Teacher will work in two Model Center sites in San Francisco, Compass Children’s Center in the Tenderloin neighborhood and FranDelJA Enrichment Center in the Bayview. The Floating Teacher is part of a new, shared service pilot providing substitute coverage for planned release, training and professional development of classroom staff. full description

May 15, 2013 - Bi-Lingual (Spanish) Family Case Manager, Compass Clara House

Compass Clara House provides an intensive, yet supportive, environment where great things can happen.  With a focus on education, the two-year live-in program helps families build a lasting foundation for future success. full description

April 24, 2013 - Toddler Teacher, Compass Children’s Center

Compass Children’s Center (CCC) is a high quality, early childhood and  intervention program for low-income and homeless families primarily from the Tenderloin community. CCC provides full-time childcare, family and individual therapy, parent support groups and a nutrition program. CCC is a program of Compass Family Services. full description

March 18, 2013 - Intake Coordinator/Family Therapist Compass Clara House

Compass Clara House, a two-year transitional housing program of Compass Family Services, seeks  a Part-Time Family Therapist/Intake Coordinator  to provide on-site clinical support to homeless families in our milieu setting. Be part of our small team providing intensive services to homeless families as they transition to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. License, experience with substance abuse recovery, and Spanish-speaking a plus but not required. full description

Internships

Marriage and Family Counseling Internships

Providing Therapy at Compass Family Services

Compass Family Services offers therapy to families engaged in the six Compass programs. Therapy is available for the individual adults in the family, for the couple, for the children and/or for the whole family. Therapy is free for the families and they can be seen for up to a year (or the length of the therapist’s internship). Therapy is voluntary for most families. Some families are mandated by Child Protective Services to engage in therapy and we do work to coordinate required services for these families.

Therapy at CFS means a fair amount of what is often thought of as “Case Management.”  Ideal applicant needs to be flexible in their thinking about “what is therapy?” and “what is therapeutic?”  Applicants should have an interest in working with clients who have experienced early childhood traumas and are now struggling in their adult lives. CFS offers a wide range of experiences for training. We value the work done in the milieu setting and expect Interns and Trainees to participate in the daily life of a Family Resource Center and/or Shelter. You will gain invaluable experience, not just in performing therapy, but in working in a social service agency in San Francisco. We use an eclectic approach to providing therapy, although you will get experiences doing intakes and assessments with an emphasis on working with a trauma lens or psychodynamic understanding of our clients.

Internships and Practicums are for 1 year.

Days and hours

Trainees     12+ hours/week

• 5 hours/week face-to-face individual therapy with an adult, child or family/couple.
• 3 hours/week as Counselor of the Day in the drop-in program doing intakes and working in a milieu setting.
• 1 hour/week individual supervision
• 2 hours/week group supervision
• Co-facilitate parenting skills or support group (Optional)
• Required charting  paperwork

Post-graduate Interns   15+ hours/week

• 10 hours/week face-to-face individual therapy with an adult, child or family/couple
• 3 hours/week as Counselor of the Day in the drop-in program doing intakes and working in a milieu setting.
• 1 hour/week individual supervision
• 2 hours/week group supervision
• Co-facilitate parenting skills or support group
• Required charting paperwork

Interns and Trainees will have the opportunity to attend agency wide trainings, retreats and activities.

If applying for an intern position, please send cover letter and resume to Susan Reider, Clinical Director at:

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If applying for a non-intern position, please send cover letter and resume to:

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