EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING

Employment and Volunteering

Employment

Thank you for your interest in exploring a career opportunity with Asian Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS). If you would like to work in a dynamic, challenging environment that builds your strengths and capitalizes on your commitment to advocate for underserved communities, please review our current career and volunteer opportunities.

Established in 1974, ACMHS is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides mental health, developmental disabilities, and family support services for Asian & Pacific Islanders (APIs). Our goals are to empower APIs to lead healthy, productive and contributing lives, to promote culturally and linguistically appropriate services and to advance human achievement through advocacy, empowerment and coalition building.

ACMHS promotes equal employment opportunity and encourages a diverse staff. ACMHS will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, marital status or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification.

Internships

ACMHS offers 10-12 months full-time internships and part-time practicum training to graduate program students preparing to become social workers, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists.  Training opportunities are available in the areas of child, adult, and family counseling; case management; and group rehabilitation.  Licensed supervisors provide individual and group supervision through weekly sessions.  Stipends are provided for qualified candidates.

In addition, we provide postgraduate training to recent graduates interested in developing culturally appropriate behavioral health care competencies.

Volunteers

Volunteers play a critical role in supporting our work. Whether in administration and operations or serving our clients, our volunteers make a difference in the lives of the communities we serve. The following volunteer opportunities are available:

For more information, please contact Cindy Yee, Director of Human Resources at (510) 869-6003 or email at cindyy@acmhs.org.

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