Crisis Clinician I

About the role

This position is eligible for a $3,500 hiring incentive!!!
Compensation We Offer
The initial compensation for this position ranges from $79,295.00 - $97,523.00 per year; depending on experience, location and internal equity considerations
8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD. and select Peer Certifications
7.5% Bilingual Differential for qualified positions
Benefits We Offer
Benefits eligibility starts on day ONE! We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental & vision
401K Employer Match up to 4%
Competitive Time Off Plans
Hiring Incentive paid out after 30 days and 6 months
Must meet eligibility requirements based on employment status

About our Program

About our Program: Mobile Crisis services for Solano County will include the provision of emergency crisis intervention services to Solano County residents — both youth and adults — who are acutely suicidal, homicidal, or gravely disabled. Services include phone crisis screening and triage; in-person crisis evaluation and crisis intervention services; and linkage to an appropriate level of follow-up service including, but not limited to, referring individuals to the crisis stabilization unit (CSU) or a local emergency department (ED).

Responsibilities

• Completes assessments and evaluations that are culturally relevant and appropriate to youth, adults 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 individual and family strengths, needs and cultural preferences.
• Provides clinical leadership regarding individual and 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 individual and 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 individual and family service plans with individuals, family members, referral sources, collateral contacts, community resources and other agencies and support persons involved with a clients plan for stabilization and wellness.
• Facilitates the development and refinement of effective behavior and risk specific reactive and proactive safety plans.
• Maintains effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with individuals and families.
• Demonstrates proficient skills and abilities regarding conflict management and mediation of teams.
• Mets 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.

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.
• A Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Social Work, Marriage Family Counselor, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related field with two (2) years of supervised clinical experience with children or adults as a practicum student intern, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education) to include:
• Licensed according to California state law (Welfare and Institutions Code section 5600.2) or become licensed within the designated time frame determined by the program.
• Registration with the BBS or BOP required.
• 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.
• Career Ladder Opportunity: We may hire an individual into this position who is within 6 months of graduating with their master's degree in a related field and meets all other requirements. The position offered will be a non-exempt Clinical Professional Trainee. Once the degree is conferred, the individual will have 90 days to obtain BBS registration. Upon receipt, the candidate will be promoted without competition into the exempt Clinician I position.

Job Competencies

• Documents Clearly and Accurately
• Encourages Customer Focus
• Individual Family Group Therapy
• Leads Team Performance
• Time Management

Physical Requirements

• While performing these duties the employee is required to perform the following physical tasks when the need arises: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• This also includes the ability to: Move quickly/run
• Drive a car.
• If employed at a Crisis Stabilization Unit, employee is required to perform and pass a Human Performance Evaluation Test at a designated company clinic. This will include testing for: lifting, pushing/pulling, repetitive coupling, static weight, and other required movements.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific Vision Abilities

• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Color vision
• Peripheral vision
• Depth perception
• The ability to adjust focus.

Driving Required

May have unsupervised contact with children. Requires full background check and TB Exam.

We are Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability.