MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN - BPSR

Career Opportunities with Neighborhood House Association

About NHA:

The Neighborhood House Association is a non-profit organization. Head Start positions are funded in whole or in part by money provided through the State and Federal Government. Additionally, some Social Service Program positions may be funded in whole or in part through grant funds. Because positions and salaries may be funded through grants, and State and Federal funds ongoing employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of these funds.

Our EEO Policy:

Neighborhood House Association is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans). We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. To read more about this, view the EEO is the Law poster and this EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Benefits:

Eligible employees receive the following benefits:

• 15 Holidays Days
• 401(K) Retirement 6% Match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement up $2,500
• 2 Personal Days
• Group Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Agency-Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Live Well Program
• 4 Paid Days Annual Bereavement (Note Total of 5 days of bereavement leave per loss)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSAs)
• Voluntary Benefits: Life and AD&D Accident, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness Insurance
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

**Medical and dental benefits are provided to regular employees who work a minimum of 30 hours per week.**

POSITION PURPOSE: Mental Health Clinician – BPSR/Urgent Walk-In provides clinical care coordination, rehabilitation and recovery services for adult clients, ages 18+ with SMIs on an outpatient basis, including adults with a COD; and performs related work required.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this position.

• Provides ongoing multi-disciplinary care coordination, biopsychosocial assessments, individual/group counseling, case management, and rehabilitative support services to all clients;
• Works closely with Healing Oaks Clinic SUD Program to ensure continuity of care for clients dually enrolled;
• Works with clients to develop service plans, specifying goals/objectives, types of services, and therapeutic interventions;
• Performs crisis intervention as needed;
• Assesses/identifies clients’ needs for supportive services on an ongoing basis;
• Serves as a resource, performing case management services by assisting in obtaining, and/or makes appropriate referrals for necessary or requested services (e.g., housing, vocational, employment, food) follows up with referral party to ensure client connected to services;
• Collaborates with other team members on client concerns;
• Attends, participates in and provides information about assigned clients in service review and care coordination meetings/consultations;
• Requests assistance/guidance from management/professional staff when necessary to address client issues/problems;
• Establishes/maintains contact with community resources to ensure continuity of care (e.g., case managers, conservators);
• Creates detailed documentation of client progress using an EHR system;
• Maintains client charts/care coordination databases;
• Updates assigned clients’ progress notes;
• Maintains daily log of clients seen;
• Writes necessary communication (e.g., letters for court appearances);
• Completes pre-assessments, intake and updated assessments, and other necessary paperwork, including service plans, updates, and reviews charts;
• Enters necessary data/information in appropriate files/systems;
• Will attend community events and trainings related to the delivery of specialized EBPs for the target population;
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY TO: BPSR guidelines/principles of care; Brief solution-focused and recovery approaches/modalities; legal/ethical issues pertaining to delivery of professional services; Group dynamic theories/facilitation methods; Diagnostic categories (DSM-V); Current trend/issues in the field of behavioral health care; Experience working with a culturally diverse population and knowledge of cultural issues, values, & beliefs of the target population of adults w/ SMI, homelessness, co-occurring disorders, and criminogenic risks and needs, relevant to providing appropriate BPSR program services; Clinical assessment of clients with severe mental illness, counseling theory, and clinical care coordination principles, and best practices, cultural and socio-economic issues relevant to providing appropriate rehabilitation and recovery services to special population groups, including Latino, African American, and LGBTQIA+ communities, human behavior and the social environment; Exercise sound, expert independent judgment within general policy guidelines; Communicate clearly and concisely; operate a computer using word processing, spreadsheet, and database software applications; Operate standard office equipment.

Language Skills:

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions primarily in English from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public; demonstrated skills in written and oral communication.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

Master’s degree and higher (waived PsyD or PhD) in social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling with graduate level internship experience with SMI clients or 1-2 years post master’s experience working with SMI including those with COD or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be registered with the Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) Examiners; or is license waivered by State of California, or eligible to register with the BBS Examiners; A Valid Driver’s License with current California automobile insurance; A Valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification; A Valid Tuberculosis Blood (TB) test, maintain TB test every four years; On occasion may require transportation of clients in personal vehicle. Bilingual preferred. Bilingual candidates will be required to pass a bilingual competency test prior to their hire date.

PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEMANDS:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand and sit for long periods; talk or hear, in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate a standard computer and office equipment; reach with hands and arms; crawl, climb and bend; and push and lift up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Demands :

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information, and documents; analyze and solve problems; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under changing and intensive deadlines with constant interruptions, and interact with management, employees, vendors, and others encountered in the course of work who may be anxious and impatient.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employees work under typical office conditions, and the noise level is usually quiet.