Licensed Clinician – AIHCS

The Priority Center is seeking a full-time Licensed Clinician for its Adult In-Home Crisis Stabilization Program (AIHCS). The Adult In-Home Crisis Stabilization Program (AIHCS) serves suicidal and homicidal adults who can’t be hospitalized, in order to diffuse the crisis, promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent suicidal and homicidal acts. This program has a field-based treatment team consisting of clinicians, case managers and peer mentors.

**The Priority Center also offers a 9/80 work week schedule which allows for one day off every two weeks (equivalent to having an additional 26 days off per year!)**

The Licensed Clinician must have a current and valid LMFT or LCSW license in the state of California. This position serves as a liaison between adults/families and systems and provides a wide range of crisis services during the day as well as evenings and weekends, as needed.

Goals

1. Be part of a field-based crisis team that responds to crisis line calls 24/7 throughout the community as part of an on-call rotation schedule.
2. Meet productivity levels as defined by The Priority Center and AIHCS management.
3. Complete documentation as required by Program Director and Program Supervisor within 24-48 hours of session and meet the standards of the County of Orange Health Care Agency (HCA), HIPAA, Medi-Cal and other funding sources.
4. Assist in clinical supervision of staff and documentation review as assigned by the Program Director and Program Supervisor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 crisis intervention and critical safety management services as part of an on-call rotation schedule in the home and in the community to accommodate the individual/family’s schedule.
• Assess client safety, write 5150 holds (to involuntarily confine a person suspected to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to themselves, a danger to others, and/or gravely disabled).
• Provide weekly clinical supervision to case managers and peer mentors as assigned.
• Conduct a thorough clinical assessment including chief complaint, history, mental status, needs of family, disposition, and focused on the crisis and safety concerns.
• Develop and implement a Client Care Plan in order to provide strength-based treatment focused on safety, coping skills, problem solving, social support and communication.
• Monitor participation and progress in organized treatment programs to assure the planned provision of service according to the individual Client Care Plan.
• Participate as a member of multi-disciplinary team in all treatment plan reviews.
• Consult, confer and coordinate with referring and other community agencies and resources to advocate for the mental health needs of the adult/family.
• Document all services provided in the EHR database (Exym) for HCA contract compliance within 24-28 hours of service, as well as financial, statistical and other reporting purposes.
• Maintain contact with clients who are placed in hospital/respite/residential care and participate in discharge planning and necessary collateral contacts.
• Review clinical documentation of assigned staff to ensure standards of the agency, HCA, and Medi-Cal.
• Write employee evaluations, performance improvement plans and conduct annual performance reviews with coordination of Program Director and Program Supervisor.

Position Qualifications

• REQUIRED: Valid and Current California licensure as an LCSW or LMFT.
• REQUIRED: Master’s Degree in Social work or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• REQUIRED: Bilingual Spanish.
• Preferred: Two years adult mental health experience.
• Preferred: Two years of clinical supervision experience and completion of the necessary 15 hours of supervision education courses.
• Preferred: Experience working with clients in crisis.
• Preferred: Experience with Medi-Cal documentation.
• Valid California driver’s license.
• Current auto insurance and access to reliable transportation.
• Live Scan fingerprinting required.

Compensation

This is a full-time, exempt position with a salary of $87,000.