Seneca Family of Agencies is a nonprofit agency that provides an unconditional continuum of care for the most vulnerable families in California. At Seneca, we form strengths-based partnerships with parents and caregivers to meet the greatest needs of each family served and to help them maximize their potential. Seneca staff work closely with county agencies, school districts, and other community-based providers to ensure that children and families receive the supportive services they need to ensure safety, stability, and permanency.

Seneca is proud to introduce a Crisis Stabilization Continuum of Care for Ventura County youth and their families who are in the midst of emerging and/or acute crises. This program offers a spectrum of core behavioral health care crisis services including crisis stabilization services and short-term acute residential treatment. These services provide safe refuge for young people in serious distress–including those youth who have just experienced profound mental health needs including psychiatric evaluation or hospitalization. Services not only include short-term assessment and stabilization, but also the necessary transition and planning services required to return youth to a setting in the community with stability.

The Crisis Clinician provides direct services to clients and families in crisis in conjunction with Psychiatric Health Facility triage staff.  These services may include: assessment of level of care needs, psychosocial evaluation, coordination with county social workers and placement staff, maintenance of case records including treatments plans and Mental Health charting, and working as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Location:

• Oxnard, CA

Job Duties: 

• Work with triage staff to assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.
• Conduct psychosocial evaluation to determine additional client needs.
• Develop case plan in conjunction with county social workers, family and/or community based placement.
• Provide referrals and linkages for additional services as necessary.
• Coordinate and implement treatment and services for assigned clients.
• Work with treatment team to determine course of action for follow-up services.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community members and providers.
• Participate in individual and/or group supervision.
• Participate in on-call crisis response system.
• Chart mental health notes, treatment plans, outcome measures, incident reports, and other documentation as necessary in a timely manner.
• Intervene with the clients’ behavior management programs as needed.  This includes physical management of the clients (implementation of Seneca Center’s Ahimsa Model Training) as necessary.
• Provide assistance in case planning and consultation to team members on clinical issues, as well as casework issues, as appropriate.
• Maintain professional behavior at all times, appropriately representing the Seneca mission and philosophy.
• Perform all other duties as necessary for the good of the agency as directed by supervisor.

Job Qualifications:  

• Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling
• Eligible to register with the California BBS
• TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements
• Valid California Drivers License, clean record
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience working with emotionally disturbed children in out-of-home care a plus
• Ability to work with a diverse population
• Good organizational and writing skills

Hours: 

• Overnight shift schedule from 7:00pm – 7:30am, Saturday – Monday or Wednesday – Friday
  • One 24 hour on-call shift per week, stipend provided

Compensation:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive employee benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and chiropractic coverage, as well as partially paid premiums for dependents
• Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan
• We provide a 403b retirement plan
• 5 weeks of paid time off
• Excellent clinical training, individual and group supervision, and assistance toward licensure

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* Questions? Please, visit our website at: www.senecafoa.org or call Seneca’s Human Resources Department at: (510) 317-1437.

Seneca Family of Agencies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.