What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinician I position at Pacific Clinics?
This position will serve residents of Santa Cruz outpatient services.
What We Offer
- The initial compensation for this position ranges from $73,469.40 to $90,358.09 annually.
- Salary is dependent on commensurate experience above the minimum qualifications for the role and internal equity considerations.
- The salary may also vary if you reside in a different location than the location posted.
- 8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD.
Benefits We Offer
- 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 3.5%
- 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.
Who We Are
Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and support. 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.
Who We Serve
Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.
About our program:
Santa Cruz Outpatient program provides strength-based, family-centered, integrated, accessible, culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services to Santa Cruz County children/youth ages 0-20 and their families/caregivers in order to promote health and resilience.
JOB SUMMARY
Schedule: Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Depending on program operational needs, you may be required to fill shifts outside of this schedule; which may include working some evenings or weekends as needed.
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. This position works directly with children and adults.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
- 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 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.
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Documents Clearly and Accurately
- Encourages Customer Focus
- Individual Family Group Therapy
- Leads Team Performance
- Time Management
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Minimum Education and/or Experience
- 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.
- Registration with the BBS or BOP required
- 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.
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.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
We will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.
Salary : $73,469 - $90,358
