MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL SUPERVISOR / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

About the role

The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Mental Health Clinical Supervisor vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Responsibilities

• Trains, instructs, and evaluates workers and makes work assignments.
• Effectively communicates program, administrative, and clinical direction to subordinate staff.
• Discusses problem cases with workers and makes suggestions and recommendations.
• Reviews case records for completeness, consistency, and quality of mental health services provided including application of proper techniques; ensures compliance with state and federal mandates.
• Consults with individual workers to promote staff development and to suggest solutions to problem cases.
• Studies and makes suggestions and recommendations on special, complicated, or problem cases.
• Confers with program manager concerning human resources and work problems.
• Aids in planning, developing, and implementing mandatory and discretionary mental health programs in accordance with applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations by determining type and level of services to be provided; measures of quality-assurance to be employed; and formulating and carrying out policies and procedures.
• Keeps informed of new developments in the field of psychiatric social work or marriage and family therapy.
• Identifies staff training and development requirements and provides training and guidance to administrative and clinical staff to ensure mental health services delivery effectiveness.
• Carrries a caseload that includes the more complicated or emergency casework assignments as required.
• Reviews and/or approves treatment authorization requests from hospitals, contracted network and/or legal entity community-based providers/programs and recommend approval or denial of requests per specified state and Department of Mental Health contract compliance requirements, as needed.

Requirements

• Training and Experience: Two years of post-licensure social work experience in a recognized social services or mental health care setting involving problems of mental or emotional adjustment and the use of psychiatric consultation. OR Two years of post-licensure marriage and family therapy experience in a recognized social services or mental health care setting involving problems of mental or emotional adjustment and the use of techniques of family systems therapy.
• Licenses: Valid, active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences. OR Valid, active license as a Marriage and Family Therapist or Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor issued by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Physical Class: Physical Class II – Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Qualifications

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

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