Clinician - Ambassador BHBH

Position Summary 

The Mental Health Clinician will provide clinical therapy, assessment, treatment planning, rehabilitation services, collateral and case management services for participants who are difficult to engage and may deny the need for mental health and substance abuse services. As a critical member of the treatment team, the clinician will develop, evaluate, and implement treatment goals and plans. The Clinician will provide services in an individual and group setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide service coordination/case management for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring activities of the treatment team.

• Develop, evaluate, and implement treatment goals and plans in conjunction with the treatment team.

• Provide individual supportive coaching in all areas of clients’ lives.

• Perform psychosocial and risk assessments; maintain a daily log of client contacts.

• Provide on-call crisis intervention support covering nighttime and weekend hours.

• Conduct and oversee psychoeducational groups as directed 

• Comply with all charting and documentation requirements per contract, funding agency, and the BHBH policy.

• Prepare critical care issues for discussion during supervision and daily organizational staff meetings.

• Provide information about the program to community agencies connected to the mental health and substance abuse services system.

• Comply with all BHBH and program rules, policies and procedures including HIPAA standards.

• With limited supervision, provides comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, clinical interventions, case management, and coordination of therapeutic activities in the community.

• Ensures that documentation and maintenance of clinical records is completed per appropriate standards and regulations.

• Provides facilitation and support to enhance the efforts of participants and their families/caregivers in the design and implementation of evidence-based treatment.

  Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Master's Degree (MA/ MS) in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Counseling or a closely related field required.

• Valid California driver’s license and current auto insurance per contract requirements

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite and EHR software

• One (1) year of supervised clinical experience with SMI preferred 

• Registered with the BBS as AMFT, ASW, or APCC 

• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

  Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.