What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapist - Community Crisis Response Team position at San Bernardino County?
Are you a recent Master's graduate looking to be an agent of change and make a difference in delivering health and wellness to millions of residents?
Join a team who is passionate about the services they provide and is committed to making a difference throughout San Bernardino County.
The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health invites qualified professionals to apply for the position of Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapist* for the Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT). Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapists (Marriage and Family Therapy, Master of Social Work, and Professional Clinical Counselor) work in a variety of programs providing rehabilitative mental health/substance abuse services in community mental health clinics, field and institutional settings to children, adolescents, families, and older adults with severe mental or emotional disorders. Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapists may obtain supervised clinical experience. Applicants willing to work in forensics, criminal justice, or after-hours positions are encouraged to apply, as well as those seeking traditional schedules.
Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapists assigned to CCRT provide field-based crisis response 365 days per year from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and participate in the initial stages of disaster response, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health. Field teams provide one-on-one crisis intervention wherever the individual is located. CCRT staff do not carry caseloads and are offered 4/10 schedules. The teams collaborate closely with law enforcement, schools, other Behavioral Health programs, and individuals and families of all ages and demographics and respond to disaster and critical incidents that occur in the county, providing brief crisis intervention support and therapeutic tools.
CCRT is also accepting applications for Licensed Clinical Therapist I - Community Crisis Response Team and Licensed Clinical Therapist II - Community Crisis Response Team. Please click on a job title to be redirected to the corresponding application. Each position requires its own application.
*Official Title: Clinical Therapist, Pre-Licensed
For additional details, please refer to the Clinical Therapist, Pre-Licensed job description.
Hear from current therapists about their experiences within the County below!
DBH is a unique County Department comprised of eight (8) direct service areas: Community Outpatient and Transitional Age Youth Services; Youth Collaborative and Justice Involved Services; Substance Use Disorder and Recovery Services; 24 Hour and Specialty Services; Adult Justice Involved and Diversion Services; Medical Services; Community Engagement and Equity Services; Office of Patients' Rights and five (5) indirect service areas: Administrative and Fiscal Services; Public Relations and Outreach Services; Program Support Services; Disaster and Safety Unit; and the Office of Compliance. The Department currently has a workforce in excess of 1000 positions and an approximate $700 million-dollar annual budget.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Travel: Travel throughout the County may be required depending on assignment. Employees will be required to make provision for transportation. At the time of hire, a valid California driver license and proof of automobile liability insurance must be produced and maintained for the individual providing the transportation.
Differential: Clinical therapists regularly assigned to work in detention facilities receive additional compensation. Indicate your interest and availability for positions assigned to detention facilities on the Supplemental Questionnaire.
Sponsorship: Please note San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.
Experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable, however, not required:
- Government or private inpatient, psychiatric hospital or behavioral health clinics/programs/contract agencies, serving persistently mentally ill clients.
- Experience providing child/adolescent and family therapy.
- Experience in a crisis intervention/brief therapy setting with severely mentally ill adults/children.
- Experience in quality assurance or utilization review activities.
- Experience with intensive care coordination with physical health care providers for severely persistently mentally ill clients.
- Experience with case management for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.
- Experience with coordinating care for individuals with co-occurring substance disorders.
- Experience in transitional care coordination between inpatient and outpatient levels of care for medical complexity or severely persistently mentally ill adults and children.
- Experience working with detained youth and incarcerated adults in correctional settings, such as institutions/locked detention facilities or with probationers/offenders recently released from a correctional setting.
ADA Accommodation: If you have a disability and require accommodations in the testing process, submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF reader) within one week of a recruitment filing deadline.
Salary : $61,464 - $82,285
