Clinician - Housing Supportive Services

Job Description

Job Description

About Housing Supportive Services

Our Housing Supportive Services program is dedicated to helping individuals facing chronic homelessness, homelessness, or those at risk of experiencing long-term homelessness. We provide tailored, client-centered support for individuals dealing with complex social and mental health challenges. The program is designed to foster housing stability through a strengths-based, person-centered model, respecting each individual’s lived experience, especially their history of homelessness. Service plans are collaboratively developed with tenants, focusing on their strengths, needs, and goals. By embracing a collaborative and empowering approach, we aim to promote independence, stability, and well-being for each individual.

Position Summary

The Mental Health Clinician is responsible for providing clinical therapy, assessment, treatment planning, rehabilitation services, collateral and case management services to participants who are difficult to engage and may initially deny the need for mental health and substance abuse services. As a critical member of the treatment team, the Clinician will collaborate with team members to develop, evaluate, and implement treatment goals and plans. Services will be delivered in individual and group settings, focusing on enhancing participants' mental health and overall well-being.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following are core responsibilities of the Clinician, though this list is not exhaustive:

Service Coordination & Case Management:

• Coordinate and manage services for an assigned group of clients, monitoring activities of the treatment team to ensure comprehensive care.

• Comply with all charting and documentation requirements in alignment with contract, funding agency, and County policies. Ensure all documentation is accurate, timely, and compliant with HIPAA standards.

Treatment Planning & Evaluation:

• Develop, evaluate, and implement treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the treatment team. Review progress and adjust plans as necessary to ensure effective outcomes.

• Provide individual supportive coaching across all areas of clients’ lives, addressing personal, social, and psychological barriers to recovery.

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and evaluate risk factors. Maintain daily logs of client contacts, documenting relevant interactions and progress.

• Prepare critical care issues for discussion during supervision and staff meetings, ensuring proper follow-up and integration of feedback into treatment plans.

Psychoeducational Groups:

• Conduct and facilitate psychoeducational groups as directed, focusing on enhancing participants' coping skills, understanding of mental health, and substance use challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW), Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), or a related field..

• Licensing/Certification: Valid California driver’s license and current auto insurance.

• Experience: Professional experience in providing mental health or substance abuse treatment services. Experience working with individuals who have complex, co-occurring disorders or those who are difficult to engage in treatment is highly preferred.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR software, and proficiency in the use of clinical management software.

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively and compassionately engage with clients, families, and the team.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands of this position are representative of what must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions:

• Regular Activities: Talking, hearing, using hands or fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls.

• Occasional Activities: Standing, walking, sitting, reaching, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.

• Lifting: Occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.

• Vision Requirements: Ability to see close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and adjust focus.

• Noise Level: Moderate noise level in the work environment.

Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.