Pre-Licensed Clinician – CIHCS

The Pre-Licensed Clinician serves as a liaison between children/families and systems and provides a wide range of services depending on the needs and expectations of each child and family.

Goals

• Play lead role in a filed based crisis team that responds to crisis line calls 24/7 (on rotation, 1-2x/week) throughout the community (primarily hospitals and schools for on-call duties).
• Provide treatment to clients and their families in their home/school/community, to assist them in stabilizing and linking them to community resources.
• Meet productivity level as defined by management.
• Complete documentation as required by Supervisor and/or agency in a timely manner and meets the standards of HCA, HIPAA, Medi-Cal and other funding sources

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 (on call duties are on a rotation basis, 1-2x/week) intensive crisis intervention and critical safety management services based on an on-call schedule (stipend and flex time available upon approval for calls received outside of business hours).
• Services are to be provided primarily in the home and to accommodate the client and family’s schedule.
• Prove support to the individual child and family to help them cope with stressors related to emotional disturbance and stressors.
• Conduct a thorough clinical assessment including chief complaint, history, mental status, needs of family and disposition. Assessment is to be focused on the crisis and safety concerns.
• Develop and implement a Client Service Plan with collaboration of child and families, in order to provide Strength Based treatment.
• Areas of clinical focus include interventions focused on safety, coping skills, problem solving, social support and communication.
• Monitor child/family participation and progress in organized treatment programs to assure the planned provision of service according to the child’s individual treatment plan.
• Participate as a member of multi-disciplinary team in all treatment plan reviews of children. Present case conceptualization and treatment plan in group supervision setting.
• Consult, confer and coordinate with referring and other community agencies and resources to advocate for the mental health needs of the child/family.
• Document all services provided for contract compliance as well as financial, statistical and other reporting purposes
• Maintain contact with caregiver of clients who are hospitalized/respite/residential and participate in discharge planning and necessary collateral contacts.

Secondary Duties

• Attend all required trainings and meetings.
• Participate in weekly individual and team group supervision.
• Provide Family Line Support as needed.
• Maintain updated statistics monthly.
• Working on specific assignments related to the agency as a whole.

Position Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or related field
• Two years’ experience preferred
• Access to reliable vehicle and current car insurance
• Valid California Driver’s License
• Experience with families and children is preferred
• Bilingual Spanish Required
• Registration with BBS required

Working Conditions

• Working environment is indoor, reasonably clean, well-lit and ventilated
• Generally little or no probability of injury or health impairments
• Requires little or no physical effort involving intermittent standing, sitting or walking while performing duties, occasional lifting up to 10 lbs.

Compensation

This is a full-time exempt position with compensation of $75,000 annually.