MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN II

About the role

The Department of Mental Health seeks a Mental Health Clinician II to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial diagnostic evaluation, noting behavioral symptoms indicating mental disorders in children and interpersonal/family/social dysfunctions related to child and adult clients.
• Plans intervention programs and disposition of cases under treatment as a member of the professional treatment team.
• Provides crisis intervention, treatment, case management, and other related mental health services to clients and their families.
• Provides case management, individual, family, and group therapy services.
• Affirms progress of clients on a selected basis and proposes modifications to rehabilitative plans to meet agreed-upon goals.
• Prepares and maintains psychosocial case histories for use in diagnostic evaluations and patient progress assessments.
• Collects and evaluates medical or psychosocial data such as histories, behavior patterns, and family relationships of clients.
• Engages in psychoeducation activities with consumers, families, and caregivers.
• Engages in outreach and community-based service provision as required.
• Serves as a broker between client and family, linking them to other community resources to assist individuals in maximizing their self-sufficiency and independence within the limits of their disability, providing case management services as appropriate as required.
• Conducts treatment groups in schools and other community settings with emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children toward the goal of achieving higher functioning in interpersonal relations and learning as required.

Requirements

• Must have a current valid license as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Marriage Family and Child Counselor) or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor issued by the California Board of Behavioral Science.
• All required licenses must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted.
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Desirable Qualifications

• Post-licensed experience in individual, group, or family psychotherapy.

Special Requirement Information

• Applicants must indicate their license number in the supplemental questions, attach a legible copy of the required license or certificate to their application at the time of filing or email the required document to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from the date of filing their application online.

Additional Information

• The resulting eligible list for this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Mental Health.