Under the general supervision of the Associate Director of Behavioral Health Care, the Behavioral Health Care
Clinician is responsible for delivering mental health care within the clinic and for organizing referrals to clinically indicated services outside the clinic. The Clinician may provide evidence-based treatments or work with other mental health providers when such treatment is indicated. Position will provide supervision hours to Mental Health Care Interns therefore candidate must be fully licensed to provide psychotherapy in the State of California (LMFT, LPPC or LCSW). This position will function as a provider to deliver mental health services and will refer to partner agencies when needed. All services to be delivered in both English and Spanish as needed. This position will assist the Associate Director in leading mental health efforts in the Agency.

Please note our preferred and in some cases required qualifications for this position:

Preferred requirements include but are not limited to:

• Education: Masters in Behavioral Sciences, Counseling Psychology or related field.
• Experience: Minimum three years’ experience in the following:
  • Mental health counselor or related field;
  • Screening, assessment and treatment planning for mental health disorders;
  • Non-Profit experience working with underserved and transient populations;
  • Working with patients who have co-occurring mental health trauma, and physical problems;
  • Practice evidenced based psychotherapy e.g.: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness based therapy (MCBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), motivational interviewing
    (MI), etc.
  • Minimum two years post-licensing experience required
• Certifications and Licenses: Independently licensed in the State of California
  • Certifications include:
    • Licensed Mental Health Counselor
    • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
    • Licensed Psychologist

Attributes:

• Strong initiative and ability to work independently and collaboratively in an ever-changing environment and team setting or under ambiguous circumstances.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure compliance with agency, local, state, federal and industry regulations.
• Ability to work within deadlines and ensure all administrative duties related to this position are completed in a timely fashion and with little to no error.
• Ability to thrive and enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic work environment with confidence, resilience, flexibility and a good sense of humor.
• Ability to create a supportive working environment and to create meaningful work experiences for our constituents while maintaining appropriate and professional boundaries.
• Excellent interpersonal skills- Must be able to build and maintain excellent relationships with all Samaritan House constituents including but not limited to clients, staff and volunteers.

Clinical Skills:

• Must be able to engage patients in a therapeutic relationship and work with them remotely or in person.
• Exemplary communication skills are required as well as be bilingual English and Spanish.
• Excellent working knowledge of differential diagnosis of mental health disorders.
• Excellent working knowledge of evidence based psychosocial treatments for mental health disorders.
• Knowledgeable with psychopharmacology for mental health disorders that is within appropriate scope of practice for type of provider filling role.
• Ability to provide supervision to student interns.

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