Description
Minimum Starting Rate: $64,900 Annualized
Type of Program: Older Adults Programs/Calworks
Population: Older Adults/Calworks
WHO WE SERVE:
Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer mental health, substance use treatment, and supportive services to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families. Our diverse staff provides culturally and linguistically relevant services in over 22 languages to our region’s culturally and ethnically diverse populations. We provide services in over 50 locations across Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties.
Who We Are:
Pacific Clinics has transformed lives for over 95 years. Each day, we live our mission of advancing behavioral healthcare through our comprehensive continuum of services, through our advocacy at the state and federal levels on policies that impact mental health, and through our evidence-based training for professionals.
Pacific Clinics supports individuals and families in over 50 locations across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties. With free, low-cost and sliding scale fee services for children, youth, transitional age youth, adults, and older adults, we are here for Southern Californians at every stage of life.
We pride ourselves on delivering innovative community-based, culturally and linguistically appropriate programs, and our highly trained staff members are reflective of the communities we serve.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salaries
- Great benefits
- Great learning opportunities
- Great supervision
- Supportive, friendly work environment
- An established, reputable, stable company
THE POSITION
The Mental Health Therapist I/Clinician provides individual, group and/or family therapy to clients and/or families. Provides clinical assessment, field-based and outreach services to clients and their families; case management and advocacy services.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conducts family-centered, strengths-based, culturally competent individualized intakes / assessments gathering information from family, consumer, significant other and involved agencies in the office or in the field as appropriate.
- Includes healthcare, substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, employment or housing, as appropriate, in treatment plans.
- Completes Service and Coordination Plans, progress notes, and other DMH required documentation.
- Provides rehabilitative services to clients and/or their families.
- Provides outreach, advocacy, and rehabilitative services needed for ongoing cases and in crisis intervention.
- Provides case management, which might include obtaining client information, identifying needs and problems, linking clients and their families to appropriate resources.
- Provides services in the community or in the field consistent with program and funding source contractual requirements.
- Works with the treatment team to provide appropriate coordinated care services to clients and their families.
- Completes billing expectations per Agency requirements and provides services consistent with program needs.
EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:
- Holds a degree as an MSW, MFT, PCC, Psy.D or PhD
- Registered with the CA BBS or Board of Psychology an AMFT, APCC, ASW or DMH Waiver, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or Psychologist (or 60 days to receive registration number).
- Must be able to work in a variety of settings which include; outpatient, field-based, and school-based.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience and ability to relate to a culturally diverse clientele and staff.
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and Electronic Health Record.
- correspondence/notes using correct format and grammar.
- Must pass Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), background clearance.
- Must possess a valid California driver’s license and maintain an insurable driving record under the Clinics’ liability policy.
