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Seeds of Awareness is hiring! We're a local non-profit dedicated to empowering communities through mindfulness and holistic counseling. Currently, we're recruiting for 2 roles:
- Clinical Counselors to serve in our holistic counseling centers in Oakland or Petaluma
- Counselors to serve in our nature-based program called Fiddleheads
TO APPLY
Complete application form at http://www.seeds-of-awareness.org/application-form/
HOLISTIC COUNSELOR POSITION
Clinicians at the Seeds Holistic Counseling Centers (HCC) provide sliding-scale psychotherapy in a holistic, mindfulness-informed, and multidisciplinary setting. In addition to short and long-term psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, there are also opportunities for group work. Clinicians are part-time employees and must enjoy participating in a community of caregivers working together to support the health of their clients and one another. HCC is based in Oakland and Petaluma.
Time commitment:
- 2 hours for weekly group supervision Tuesdays 9:15-11:15a
- 4 hours for weekly trainings/community meetings Tuesdays 12p-4p
- 1 hour weekly individual supervision
- 2 hour weekly phone shift
- Complete a community job, taking up to 0.5 hours a week
- Maintain detailed and timely BBS clinical documentation
- Trainees must commit to working with HCC until they become associates.
- Associates are paid on a Phase model based on number of clients. Please see full description on website below.
- Minimal 1 year commitment
NATURE-BASED COUNSELOR POSITION
We are actively seeking counselors for our mindfulness based social skills summer camp program. The individuals will be co-facilitating groups of children in local regional parks, engaging children in sensory explorations, awareness practices, and experiential social and emotional learning. We encourage you to pass along this information to any individuals currently seeking an MFT/ASW practicum or internship placement that involves work with children.
The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for education and the great outdoors, maintains a mindfulness practice and is interested to engage children in non-judgmental guidance toward a deeper understanding of themselves and others. Fiddleheads counselors will work with neuro-diverse children who struggle with a variety of challenges and needs, including autistic spectrum, social anxiety, learning difficulties, sensory and motor skill delays, developmental delays, speech-related challenges, impulsivity, social isolation, aggression, grief, depression, and ADD/ADHD.
Time Commitment
- Summer camp runs daily, Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 2:30, with an option for after-care
- Summer camp runs for six weeks: June 18 - July 27 (SF camp also runs June 4 - June 15)
- Weekly Consultation/Training one evening a week in Oakland, San Francisco, or Petaluma, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
- Weekly supervision groups in San Francisco, East Bay, and Petaluma on various days
- Additional weekly supervision available upon need
Locations may include: Lafayette (Briones Park); Marin (Tennessee Valley or Blithedale Summit); Oakland (Redwood Regional); Petaluma (Helen Putnam Park); Richmond (Wildcat Canyon Park); and San Francisco (Park Presidio).
Seeds of Awareness, Inc. does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in employment on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, race, ethnic background, veteran status, ancestry, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical information, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender or religion. People of all colors, gender identities and LGBTQIA are encouraged to apply. Bi-lingual applicants also encouraged to apply.
