What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Clinician I/II position at Shasta County?
THE CURRENT VACANCY IS IN THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH OF
THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY –
CRISIS INTERVENTION AND RESPONSE TEAM, AND STAR TEAM
ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2025
SKILLS OR EXPERIENCES LISTED UNDER THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
STATEMENT MAY ALSO BE USED TO SCREEN APPLICATIONS
SEE “SPECIAL REQUIREMENT” SECTION REGARDING POSSESSION
OF A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE AND APPROPRIATE LICENSURE
THROUGH CALIFORNIA BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EXAMINERS
RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED
FINAL FILING DATE: MAY 12, 2025 AT 12:00 PM
SALARY INFORMATION
Mental Health Clinician I: $5,771 - $7,366 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $33.29 - $42.50 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*
Mental Health Clinician II: $6,363 - $8,121 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $36.71 - $46.85 APPROXIMATE HOURY*
*Please refer to the appropriate Bargaining Unit Memorandum of Understanding for potential future salary increases* Please visit https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/labor-agreements-mous.
ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY
Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere. With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) partners with the community to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of Shasta County residents. HHSA is organized into four branches: Behavioral Health & Social Services, Public Health, Economic Mobility, and a centralized Administration Services. HHSA promotes optimal health for all. The frail, the abused, the mentally ill, and those without resources look to HHSA for services and resources to meet their basic needs, and to protect their health and safety.
The Behavioral Health & Social Services Branch is dedicated to improving the well-being of our community through comprehensive mental health services and essential social services to adults, children, and families. By integrating both behavioral health and social support services, we strive to build a healthier community by ensuring individuals have the resources they need to achieve stability and wholeness.
Children’s Services encompass the services that help ensure children’s mental and physical well-being are protected and safe. The Child Welfare division of the branch investigates alleged abuse and neglect of children, and it licenses foster and adoptive homes for children who are experiencing traumatic events in their lives such as the removal from their caregiver due to alleged abuse and neglect. This division also works within the confines of the Dependency Court to reunify families when and where they can demonstrate appropriate change to meet the safety needs of their children. The branch also encompasses children’s mental health teams which work in conjunction with the Child Welfare division along with community providers to ensure that the youth that are being served are having their mental health and substance use challenges addressed. This branch also works with juvenile justice and education to coordinate services for clients.
Adult Services focuses on services to support people eighteen and older. Adult mental health services include outpatient mental health care, 24-hour crisis stabilization services for people at risk of hospitalization, 24-hour crisis line, social rehabilitation residential services, long-term placement services and referrals to local non-profit organizations that provide additional services. This branch also provides Adult Protective Services to follow-up on elder abuse reports. In-Home Supportive Services help those who need assistance with daily activities in order to remain safely in their own homes, and the Public Authority keeps a registry that helps In-Home Supportive Services recipients find a screened caregiver to provide those services. The Public Guardian helps citizens who are unable to manage their personal and financial affairs and may require guardianship or conservatorship. Mental Health Services Act administration is also housed in the Adult Services Branch.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Mental Health Clinician I
Under direction of a licensed clinician, provides strengths based, recovery oriented mental health service interventions.
The overarching goal of service delivery is to promote and support rehabilitative activities of adults and/or promote appropriate development of children who are experiencing a mental illness that significantly impacts their daily functioning. Also performs related work as assigned.
Mental Health Clinician II
Under general supervision, to provide professional rehabilitative, case management, counseling, and medically necessary treatment services to seriously emotionally disturbed adults and children; and to do related work as assigned.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Mental Health Clinician I
This is the entry-level classification in the Mental Health Clinician series. Under supervision, employees in this class carry a caseload and deliver mental health services. Candidates for this level must have a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work or have a Master's Degree that qualifies for an Associate registration through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners and maintain registration with the appropriate California licensing board and follow required supervision guidelines.
Mental Health Clinician II
This is a licensed Mental Health Clinician classification. Upon entrance into this class, incumbents are expected to be fully trained and licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners. Employees in this class carry a caseload, delivering biopsychosocial rehabilitation services and assessment to mental health clients.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will be licensed with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, or license eligible and registered as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with BBS and will have knowledge and experience in working with adults who live with chronic persistent mental health issues and co-occurring (mental health and substance use) issues. The ideal candidate is expected to provide extensive clinical services in a variety of community settings, including homeless shelters and camps. The candidate will be working with Crisis Intervention and Response Team (CIRT) and/or STAR Team to complete comprehensive assessments, psychotherapy, treatment plans, crisis evaluations, and must have the flexibility to provide rehabilitation and clinical case management. The ideal candidate will be available to work a variety of shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays. Familiarity with Welfare and Institutions Code 5150, along with knowledge of assessment criterion for involuntary psychiatric holds is preferred but not required. The ideal candidate will also contribute positively to our site culture. An ideal candidate will also possess the skills required to complete electronic health record documentation in a timely and quality manner. All employees of the HHSA Behavioral Health and Social Services are committed to the vision of engaging individuals, families and communities to protect and improve health and wellbeing. This is accomplished through putting into action the Agency’s values of Collaboration, Adaptability, Respect, and Excellence.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Mental Health Clinician I:
Conducts clinical interviews with individuals seeking mental health services, as well as family members when appropriate to gather information about psycho-social history, presenting symptoms, developmental history, medical history and risk factors for the purpose of diagnostic assessment and eligibility determination; provides mental health services in clinic and community settings as assigned that may include crisis intervention, individual, group and collateral psychotherapy, rehabilitation services, and clinical case management; completes documentation of assessments and interventions as well as claiming for services provided on a daily basis; may on occasion participate in legal proceedings; attends departmental and community meetings, consults with other staff members and community members; participates in staff meetings and training activities as directed by the department.
Mental Health Clinician II:
Performs case management and rehabilitative treatment services with seriously emotionally disturbed adult or child clients and their families; develops treatment plans; gathers data relative to client's personal, social, and emotional history by interviewing client, relatives, friends, teachers, and employers; prepares social case histories with particular emphasis upon psychosocial factors affecting the client; participates directly in individual therapy and group therapy programs for children, adults, and families; coordinates with other team members and with community agencies in carrying out treatment plans; interprets and explains to clients, relatives, and community groups the social and emotional factors related to emotional disorders. Attends staff conferences; team meetings; in-service training sessions; and continuing education or required training sessions. Maintains documentation of biopsychosocial rehabilitative services and assessment of mental health clients.
QUALIFICATIONS
It is the responsibility of applicants to identify in their application materials how they meet the minimum qualifications listed below.
Any combination of education and experience sufficient to directly demonstrate possession and application of the following:
Mental Health Clinician I:
Knowledge of: Principles, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature associated with mental health treatment; basic knowledge of brain structures and functions; documentation standards associated with public and private reimbursement systems and Federal financial compliance; scope and activities of public and private health, social service, and law enforcement agencies.
Ability to: Apply the principles of biopsychosocial diagnosis and treatment planning; establish and maintain the confidence and cooperation with an interdisciplinary team; Implement recovery/strength based interventions; maintain an objective and empathetic understanding of mental illness, be tolerant, use tact and maintain emotional stability; and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, mental health, health, and social services professionals, contract providers, County and State representatives, consumers and their family members, community groups, and the general public.
Minimum Qualifications
A master’s degree that qualifies for Intern registration through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners.
Mental Health Clinician II:
Knowledge of: Principles, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature associated with biopsychosocial rehabilitation; documentation standards associated with public and private reimbursement systems and Federal financial compliance; and scope and activities of public and private health, social service, and law enforcement agencies.
Ability to: Apply the principles of biopsychosocial diagnosis and treatment planning; establish and maintain the confidence and cooperation with an interdisciplinary team; maintain an objective and empathetic understanding of mental illness, be tolerant, use tact, and maintain emotional stability; and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, mental health, health, and social services professionals, contract providers, County and State representatives, consumers and their family members, community groups, and the general public.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a valid license through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
Mental Health Clinician I
- Incumbents must maintain active current registration with the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners while working towards obtaining their license in an approved field. The registration may be renewed a maximum of five times while working towards obtaining the required licensure. No registration shall be renewed or reinstated beyond six years from the last day of the month during which it was issued. Failure to maintain registration will result in termination from the classification.
- Incumbents are required to obtain licensure through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners within six years of the date of initial registration or be terminated from the class.
- Positions in this class may require a valid driver's license.
Mental Health Clinician II
- Incumbents are required to maintain appropriate licensure through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners.
- Positions in this classification may require a valid driver's license.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
Responses to the following must be submitted with a completed application.
- Do you possess a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or related field from an accredited college or university that qualifies for intern registration through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners? Yes/No
- Do you possess a Master’s Degree that qualifies you for licensure as a Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Professional Clinical Counselor through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, as specified in Business and Professions (B&P) Code Section 4980.40? Yes/No
- Are you registered through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, as specified in the Business and Professions (B&P) Code Section 4980.40, as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Professional Clinical Counselor? If yes, what is your Registration Number and expiration date. If no, please type “N/A.”
- Are you currently licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Professional Clinical Counselor by the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners? If yes, what is the license number and expiration date? If no, please type “N/A.”
- I acknowledge the registration may be renewed a maximum of five times while working towards obtaining the required licensure; no registration shall be renewed or reinstated beyond six years from the last day of the month during which it was issued and failure to maintain registration will result in termination from the classification. Yes/No
- I acknowledge I am required to obtain licensure through the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners within six years of the date of initial registration or be terminated from the class. Yes/No
- Do you have 1-year training and experience working with individuals who have mental illness? If yes, please describe and list dates of employment and name of organization(s). If no, please type “N/A.”
- I understand that if I answered “yes” to any of the above questions, but did not give the requested additional information, my application may be considered incomplete and screened out? Yes/No
- Are you available to work weekends and/or evenings? Yes/No
- I acknowledge this position requires an appropriate California driver's license. Yes/No
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
- All new employees are required to have their paycheck directly deposited to a bank account.
- Some positions may require a valid California driver's license and acceptable driving record according to County policy.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made for those persons who are disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of the position.
- As part of the selection process, all individuals provided with a preliminary offer of employment with Shasta County will be subject to a background investigation, including a criminal history check (primarily completed through the taking of fingerprints). An image of your fingerprints will be captured and sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
- Based on the results of the background investigation and criminal history check, applicants may then be provided with an offer of employment conditioned on the results of a medical examination, which includes drug/alcohol testing.
- Shasta County participates in E-Verify. For more information visit https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RighttoWorkPoster.pdf (Download PDF reader). If you do not have internet access, contact Personnel at (530) 225-5515 to request a flyer.
- In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, County employees, in the event of a disaster are considered disaster workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
- Positions in this classification are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the County and the United Public Employees of California – Professional Unit.
- Employees in this classification are covered under the CalPERS retirement program. Depending on the provisions of the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) and other applicable laws, an employee in this classification will be covered under one of the following CalPERS retirement formulas: (1) 2% at 55, (2) 2% at 60, or (3) 2% at 62. An employee in this classification will also contribute up to 8.5% for UPEC Professional his/her pay to this plan or will contribute such other amount to the plan as authorized by PEPRA and other applicable laws. Please visit our employees benefit page at https://www.shastacounty.gov/personnel/page/employee-benefitsfor additional information regarding benefits and CalPERS coverage information. The provisions in this flyer and on the County’s website are for information purposes only. To the extent the provisions of the flyer or the County’s website are inconsistent with PEPRA and other applicable laws, PEPRA and other applicable laws shall govern.
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