Behavioral Health Clinician

Communities Served

The Behavioral Health Clinician provides integrated behavioral health services through intensive street outreach to individuals experiencing mental health conditions, substance use disorders, homelessness, justice involvement, and other complex psychosocial needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs a combination, but not necessarily all, of the following duties:
• Delivers brief, solution-focused individual and group therapy within an integrated behavioral health model, typically ranging from 6 to 12 sessions.
• Conducts behavioral health assessments, screenings, and mental health evaluations in collaboration with primary care providers.
• Triage urgent and routine referrals from medical providers and program staff.
• Develops client-centered treatment plans that align with the brief intervention model.
• Consults with medical providers on psychosocial factors influencing patient health and medical visits.
• Collaborates with primary care, psychiatry, prescribing physicians, and program staff to ensure continuity of care.
• Engages in regular case conferencing with interdisciplinary team members.
• Conducts intensive, field-based street outreach to engage hard-to-reach and underserved populations, build rapport with individuals experiencing behavioral health, substance use, homelessness, or justice-related challenges, and encourage participation in treatment and supportive services through trauma-informed, person-centered engagement.
• Responds to community referrals and field-based behavioral health crises by collaborating with community organizations, outreach teams, first responders, and other partners to assess needs, provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and facilitate timely linkage to appropriate behavioral health, medical, and social services.
• Provides timely feedback to medical providers and program staff on referred patients.
• Prepares case presentations for the multidisciplinary team as needed.
• Participates in IBH clinical, staff, and organizational meetings as assigned.
• Engages in scheduled clinical and administrative supervision sessions.
• Provides case conferencing support to case managers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment with patient care plans, treatment goals, and service coordination efforts.
• Maintains active licensure or registration in good standing with the California BBS.
• Completes all Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation accurately and in a timely manner, including visit notes, billing, and prior authorizations.
• Mets or exceeds productivity and documentation standards.
• Adheres to scheduling requirements across assigned clinic locations.
• Supports program evaluation, data collection, and reporting activities as needed.
• Completes all reporting requirements in a timely manner, in accordance with established schedules and as needed.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Professional Clinical Counseling; Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a community mental health or integrated care setting; Experience working with multi-ethnic and underserved communities; Experience in a Managed Care or FQHC setting (preferred).
• Licensure: Candidates must hold one of the following active California credentials: LCSW – Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ACSW – Associate Clinical Social Worker, LMFT – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT – Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. All associate-level clinicians must be registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and actively working toward full licensure under approved supervision.

Benefits

• Free Medical, Dental & Vision
• 13 Paid Holidays + PTO
• 403 (B) retirement match
• Life insurance
• EAP
• Tuition Reimbursement
• SEIU Union
• Flexible Spending Account
• Continued workforce development & training
• Succession plans, growth within