Description
The Stepping Stones Group
Make a Difference Every Day
Empowering Students, Enriching Futures!
School-Based Bilingual Mental Health Associate (AMFT, ASW, APCC) | Full-Time and Part-Time | California | Supervision Provided About the OpportunityCalling All Mental Health Superstars! Are you passionate about empowering students, breaking down barriers, and making a lasting impact? The Stepping Stones Group is hiring Mental Health Associates in California to provide therapy to children and young adolescents in schools. Bilingual (Spanish and English) clinicians are strongly encouraged to apply. This is your chance to build your clinical skills with weekly supervision, mentorship, and the child, adolescent, and family hours you need toward licensure. Full-time and part-time options are available, with flexible scheduling.
You'll provide counseling, support students through crises, and work with teachers, IEP teams, and families to help students handle their emotions, overcome challenges, and thrive in school.
- Pay: $35-$40 per hour
- Schedule: Monday-Friday, full-time or part-time, with a commitment of about 20 hours per week ideal and up to 40 hours per week available
- Setting: Onsite, school-based
- Sites: Support at 2 school sites
- Supervision: Weekly supervision and mentorship provided
- Resources: Access to therapy materials, assessment tools, and school computers and printers
- Equipment: The district does not provide a laptop or district email address
- Start date: Immediate, through June 2027
- Employment type: W-2
- Location: California
- Provide counseling to children, adolescents, and families with a range of needs, including mood, anxiety, trauma, and neurodevelopmental concerns, using evidence-based treatments
- Provide short-term, strengths-based counseling and skill-building
- Deliver prevention and early intervention services, individually or in groups, to improve coping, behavior, and engagement
- Lead groups, workshops, and in-services with school staff to promote mental health awareness
- Engage caregivers through psychoeducation and family sessions
- Communicate with Spanish-speaking students and families in their preferred language, when you are bilingual
- Respond to crises, including safety planning and risk assessments
- Collaborate with IEP team members, educators, parents, and administrators, including consulting on IEP services
- Coordinate care and connect families with community resources
- Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation and manage your caseload
- Take part in weekly supervision and required trainings
- Travel between school sites as assigned
- Master's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a related field
- Registered associate with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, current or in process: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), Associate Social Worker (ASW), or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC)
- Availability Monday-Friday, ideally 20 hours per week
- Valid California driver's license and reliable transportation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to complete required state clearances and background checks
- Your own laptop for documentation
- Authorization to work in the United States
- Working with children, young adolescents, and their families
- Providing both individual and group services
- Working with school teams, IEP teams, and caregivers
- Working under supervision and learning from experienced clinicians
- Moving between two school sites
- Working onsite and in person
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Clinical experience with children or adolescents
- School-based experience
- Experience with trauma-informed care and crisis response
- Experience collaborating with IEP teams
- Crisis prevention or de-escalation training
Experience as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Social Worker, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, School-Based Therapist, Bilingual Therapist, Mental Health Clinician, Behavioral Health Clinician, School Counselor, or Child and Adolescent Therapist is highly valued.
Why Candidates Choose This Role- Quality supervision and mentorship toward your licensure
- Child, adolescent, and family hours provided
- Flexible scheduling with full-time and part-time options
- Use your Spanish to support students and families directly
- Build school-based experience with IEP teams and multi-disciplinary staff
- Follow a school calendar, with evenings, weekends, and school breaks typically off
- Competitive pay of $35-$40 per hour
- Health and wellness benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance and 401(k) retirement plan for eligible employees
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Continuing education resources, including free CEUs and approved webinars
- Employee referral bonus program
- Supportive and collaborative clinical leadership, so you never feel like you're in this alone
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement
- Meaningful work that directly impacts students and communities
Successful mental health associates are compassionate, organized, and eager to learn. They build trust with children and families quickly, document carefully, use supervision well, collaborate with school teams, and keep students' wellbeing at the center of every decision.
About The Stepping Stones GroupWe believe every child deserves exceptional support to succeed academically, behaviorally, socially, and emotionally. We partner with schools nationwide to provide high-quality educational and behavioral health services, and we give our clinicians the training, resources, and support to do their best work.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today and let's change lives together! Please share your associate registration type and status, your degree, whether you speak Spanish, and any school-based or child and adolescent experience when you apply.
Know someone who's looking? Refer a friend and earn referral bonuses!
Apply on company website
Find Connections via Linkedin
