Clinician I

Mental Health Clinician

Alternative work schedule available! Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and supports. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.

Flexible Integrated Treatment (FIT) is a short-term outpatient mental health program that provides Medi-Cal eligible children, youth, and their families with individualized outpatient mental health services in the office, their home, community, school, and online.

Job Description

• Works within the vision, mission, and philosophy of the agency, and 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 youth and their families/caregivers in the design and implementation of evidence-based treatment.
• Completes assessments and evaluations that are culturally relevant and appropriate to youth and family strengths and needs, including identification of target behaviors and the function of those target behaviors.
• Independently develops effective treatment plans with clear and measurable intervention strategies, which are tailored to child and family strengths, needs, and cultural preferences.
• Provides clinical leadership regarding family system observations and relays behavioral data to the team in ways that demonstrate strengths-based, solution-focused values throughout all phases of service; i.e., engagement, stabilization, planning, intervention, and transition.
• Records and collects clinical information in ways that promote and reflect family input while maintaining accountability to risks and threats associated with presenting problems.
• Independently coordinates the integration of comprehensive Functional Behavior Analysis and plans into overall child and family service plans with family members, referral sources, collateral contacts, community resources, and other agencies and support persons involved with a child's plan for stabilization and wellness.
• Facilitates the development and refinement of effective behavior and risk-specific reactive and proactive safety plans.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with youth and families.
• Demonstrates proficient skills and abilities regarding conflict management and mediation of teams.
• Meets revenue and productivity standards.
• Ensures that effective personal organizational systems for paperwork/information management are developed and maintained to support timelines and priorities.
• Performs other related responsibilities, as assigned, to support specific department/business needs.

Requirements

• Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Social Work, Marriage Family Counselor, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related field.
• One (1) year of supervised clinical experience with children.
• Licensed according to California state law (Welfare and Institutions Code section 5600.2) or become licensed within the designated time frame.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) to three (3) years of clinical experience with children.
• Training in domestic violence, physical/sexual child abuse, trauma with the competency to maintain current knowledge related to state, county, and local law.
• Experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities with culturally diverse populations.
• Bilingual communication skills in another language.

Compensation

The initial compensation for this position ranges from $68,640.00 to $81,860 per year. Salary is dependent on commensurate experience above the minimum qualifications for the role and internal equity considerations.

8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD. and select Peer Certifications.

7.5% Bilingual Differential for qualified positions.

Benefits

Benefits eligibility starts on day one! We offer comprehensive medical, dental & vision benefits, voluntary life insurance, flex spending, health savings account, EAP, and more!

• Employer paid long-term disability & basic life insurance
• 401K employer match up to 4%
• Competitive time off plans (may vary by employment status)
• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our agency and throughout the communities we serve.

Other Specific Requirements

If program requires, employee must pass an initial physical abilities test (PATS) and be certified in crisis intervention techniques within the first 30 days and annually.