Supervising Behavioral Health Clinician - HCTAYC

Supervising Behavioral Health Clinician - HCTAYC

The Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration (HCTAYC) is part of the Transition-Age Youth Division and works with youth ages 16-26, providing youth leadership, policy and advocacy for system impacted youth. Our ideal candidate will have experience and knowledge in positive youth development principles, community organizing and capacity building with diverse communities, familiarity with training development and provision, engaging and supporting systematized youth with challenging behaviors, and applied skills of professional development. Candidates should value youth-adult partnership models and youth-centered organizing and believe in the potential of youth voice to lead system transformation efforts. They should also have a solid foundation of clinical skills and be able to apply these when supporting peer providers who are part of larger treatment teams for youth accessing behavioral health services. This supervising position is within an integrated division and requires cross department collaboration, understanding of braided funding streams, and knowledge and ability to navigate multiple systems and policies that impact transition age youth.

Job Highlights:

• Supervise the Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration and the TAY Peer Coaches.
• Oversee program planning, policy analysis, advocacy, community-based organizing, communication, youth leadership development and oversight of the Youth Advocacy Board.
• Engage, motivate and lead staff to facilitate a group of transition age youth in system change work, including weekly meetings, trainings and multi-day leadership retreats.
• Supervise peer coaches with direct services and documentation.
• Share integrated division responsibilities managing the TAY Center and drop-in space.

Work Location: This position is located at 433 M Street in Eureka, CA.

Work Hours: A typical schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm with a 1-hour lunch. Some evenings and weekends may be required.

This is a continuous recruitment and Human Resources reserves the right to close this recruitment at any time.

Under general direction, supervises and participates in the work of professional staff providing behavioral health clinical intervention and recovery services to assigned clients; manages a psychiatric caseload for adults, juveniles, and children; evaluates patients in multiple facilities, including in-house, out-patient, clinics, and correctional/jail facilities; performs psychotherapeutic counseling, including individual, group, family, and other approved techniques; provides outreach, and emergency services and counseling in crisis situations; and performs related duties as assigned.

Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises direct supervision over professional and technical staff. Some positions in this classification exercise clinical supervision over staff completing pre-and post-masters and doctoral internships.

This is the full supervisory-level class in the Behavioral Health Clinician series that exercises independent judgment on supervision of staff providing clinical services to clients, with accountability and ongoing decision-making responsibilities associated with the work. Incumbents are responsible for planning, organizing, supervising, reviewing, and evaluating the work of assigned staff and for the full range of professional behavioral health casework and psychotherapeutic support to clients; employees also provide professional level support to management in a variety of areas. Some positions in this classification exercise clinical supervision over staff completing pre-and post-masters and doctoral internships. Performance of the work requires the use of independence, initiative, and discretion within established guidelines.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignment of different positions.

• Provides supervision, training and chart auditing for interns completing pre-and post-masters and doctoral internships within the Behavioral Health Division; teaches and supervises clinical skills, appropriate roles and boundaries, and ethics and legal criteria; reviews intern strategies for behavioral health treatment and case management; provides critical and constructive feedback on same.
• Conducts clinical case conferences with licensed and non-licensed staff to evaluate case progress; provides consultative direction to staff as necessary; develops staff awareness and skills; provides information and training on the latest service techniques.
• Evaluates patients in a variety of in- and out-patient settings, including Juvenile Hall, County Jail, County behavioral health offices, hospital emergency, the Crisis Stabilization Unit, and other settings; obtains a patient history and conducts behavioral status exam.
• Receives and responds to crisis hotline and emergency calls, walk-ins, and field contacts; provides evaluation and diagnosis of patients and makes appropriate referrals for support services; works with hospital medical staff and County behavioral health management to evaluate the client's risk or danger to self and others; assists in establishing an aftercare plan, or psychiatric hospitalization, depending on the client's best interests.
• Makes presentations of physical and behavioral condition findings to on-call psychiatrist, who determines if medication should be prescribed; observes and reports adverse medication effects.
• Consults with and serves as a liaison with community agencies and other behavioral health programs and services to evaluate community health needs and services.
• Provides individual or group therapy using a variety of counseling techniques and modalities; provides psychotherapy to chronically behaviorally ill persons who need periodic maintenance appointments, and brief therapy for clients experiencing situational-type problems.
• Provides case management services to severely behaviorally ill clients, including out of home placements; determines suitability of treatment facilities or prospective foster parents based upon an analysis of individual psycho-social needs.
• Collaborates with the Office of the Public Guardian-Conservator for behavioral health clients who have been conserved; clinically evaluates clients to represent their interests in treatment and placement; researches treatment resources available on a local and regional basis to ensure optimal client placement.
• Participates as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team providing critical clinical input related to patient diagnosis and recommended treatment plans; presents findings and clinical observations; receives clinical feedback and assistance in managing transference/counter-transference; participates in case conferences and consults with psychiatric staff to review patient cases and resolve difficult therapeutic problems.
• Evaluates clients for voluntary and involuntary commitment; signs commitments for clients requiring hospitalization.
• Works in coordination with DHHS leadership, Clinical staff, and Support staff in developing and managing new programs and treatment groups as necessary to better serve behavioral health clients.
• Participates as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team providing consultation to school and adult programs; performs program planning to develop and implement services appropriate to assisting both child and adult psychiatric patients.
• Performs detailed patient record documentation and maintains caseload records; prepares intake and discharge summaries, progress notes, and treatment reviews.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment review and evaluation, discipline, and the training of staff in work procedures.
• Principles and practices of leadership.
• Operations, services, and activities of a comprehensive behavioral health program which encompasses adult, juvenile, and children services.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, and procedures including confidentiality laws.
• Laws and regulations governing patient rights as it relates to treatment options including commitment.
• Principles and practices of clinical casework.
• Social, psychological, and physical causes of behavioral disorders and chemical dependency.
• Application of general psychiatric emergency intervention and diagnostic principles.
• Principles and practices of crisis intervention and conflict resolution, including management of assaultive behavior, seclusion, and restraint philosophies.
• Short- and long-term therapeutic methods.
• Concepts and principles related to adult and child psychology, including theories of human behavior and personality development.
• Case management principles, practices, and processes related to the assessment, care, treatment, and documentation of individuals with behavioral disorders.
• Methods and techniques of conducting assessments, interviewing clients, and preparing reports and treatment plans.
• Theories, and principles and practices of group and individual counseling and therapies.
• Latest trends and research in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Mandated reporting requirements, ethics, and laws.
• Normal and abnormal development, including impact of environmental, trauma, and personality development.
• Theory and principles of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
• Community socioeconomic and cultural demographics; and community resources available to clients.
• Principles and practices of complex documentation preparation and recordkeeping.
• Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and County staff.
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination