Clinician I

Pacific Clinics; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits eligibility starts day one

Medical, dental & vision

401K employer match up to 4%

Competitive time off plans

Job summary

Pacific Clinics in California seeks a licensed behavioral health clinician to provide comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, clinical interventions and case management in community settings for adults and families. The role supports evidence-based practices and recovery goals with a multidisciplinary team.

You will work with children and adults, coordinating services, linking resources, and ensuring culturally informed care.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health field.
• Two years of relevant experience including practicum/internship hours; equivalent education/experience accepted.
• Registration with the California BBS and licensure timeline within five years.

Responsibilities

• Completes assessments and evaluations culturally relevant to youth and family needs and target behaviors.
• Develops effective treatment plans with measurable intervention strategies for families.
• Provides clinical leadership on family system observations and data sharing with teams.
• Records clinical information reflecting family input while addressing risks.
• Coordinates integration of Functional Behavior Analysis into child/family plans with stakeholders.
• Facilitates development of safe and proactive safety plans for behavior/risk.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with youth and families.
• Maintains organizational systems for paperwork and timelines.
• Performs related duties to support department and business needs.

Skills

Documents Clearly and Accurately

Encourages Customer Focus

Individual Family Group Therapy

Leads Team Performance

Time Management

Education

Master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or related behavioral health field

Registration with California BBS as ASW/AMFT/APCC; Licensure in CA within 5 years

Job description

Compensation

• The initial compensation for this position ranges from $70,304 - $84,419 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

• Benefits eligibility starts on day ONE!
• We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental & vision See our Benefits Page HERE.
• 401K Employer Match up to 4%
• Competitive Time Off Plans

About Our Program

Pacific Clinics will be opening a high‑intensity, community‑based Adult Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs for adults age 18+ with serious mental illness (SMI) and complex needs. The program delivers “whatever‑it‑takes,” recovery‑oriented services primarily in the community to stabilize individuals, reduce hospitalizations and incarceration, prevent homelessness, and support long‑term recovery and community integration.

FSP ICM offers a comprehensive array of community‑based services and can be provided either as a step-down from ACT or as an intervention to avert the need for ACT-level care for 144 individuals. FSP ICM is delivered by a multidisciplinary team that incorporates core case management functions, such as assessment, planning, and linkage, with low staff-to-client ratios, assertive outreach, and direct service delivery. FSP ICM is for individuals who may not meet ACT eligibility criteria but still have significant behavioral health needs and can benefit from FSP supports.

Schedule

Monday - Friday 9 am - 6pm and as needed evenings, weekends and holidays, or to support a crisis

• Career Ladder Opportunity: We may hire an individual into this position that 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 anon-exemptClinical Professional Trainee position. Once the degree is conferred,the individual will have 90 days to obtain BBS registration. Upon receipt, the candidate will promote without competition into the exempt Clinician I position.

Pay Range

$70,304 - $84,419

Job Summary

With limited supervision, provides comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, clinical interventions, case management, and coordination of therapeutic activities in the community. Provides facilitation and support to enhance the efforts of individuals and their families/caregivers in the design and implementation of evidence based treatment, working directly with children and adults.

Responsibilities

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

• Master’s degree (MA/MS) in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health field and two (2) or more years of relevant experience required including practicum/internship hours, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education) to include:
• Registration with the California BBS as an Associate Clinical Social Worker (ASW), Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC). Obtain Licensure in the State of California within 5 years
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care, DSM-5 diagnosis, and treatment planning.

Job Competencies

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

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 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. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and 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.

We will consider for employment, qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.