Crisis Clinician I

Pacific Clinics; Fairfield (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring incentive

Medical, dental & vision

401K employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Pacific Clinics is seeking a licensed clinical professional for the Mobile Crisis program in Solano County. You will perform assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, and community-based interventions for youth and adults with limited supervision.

You will coordinate with families and local partners, ensuring documentation meets standards and facilitates follow-up care. State licensure and ongoing crisis intervention certification are required.

Qualifications

• MA degree in Social Work, Marriage Family Counselor, Clinical Psychology or related field with two years of supervised clinical experience.
• Licensed according to California state law or licensure within the designated time frame.
• Registration with the BBS or BOP required.
• May require passing a PATS and crisis intervention certification within 30 days and annually.

Responsibilities

• Completes culturally relevant assessments and evaluations for youth, adults, and families.
• Develops effective, measurable treatment plans tailored to individual and family needs.
• Provides leadership on observations and relay of behavioral data with a strengths-based approach.
• Records clinical information while maintaining accountability to risks and safety.
• Coordinates integration of Functional Behavior Analysis into individual service plans.
• Facilitates development of risk- and safety-focused plans.
• Monitors intervention effectiveness and maintains productive team dynamics.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Clinical assessment

Case management

Education

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Work / related field

Tools

PATS certification

BBS/BOP registration process

Licensure requirements

Job description

Overview

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: 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). The Mobile Crisis Unit will deliver – in partnership with local law enforcement, the CSU, local EDs, and Solano County Behavioral Health (SCBH) – a coordinated system of crisis services.

Schedule

Sunday - Wednesday 12 pm - 10:30 pm, 10-hour shifts

Pay Range

$79,295 - $97,523 per year

Job Summary

With limited supervision, provides comprehensive assessments, treatment planning, risk assessment, clinical interventions, case management, and coordination of therapeutic activities in the community. Ensures that documentation and maintenance of clinical records is completed per appropriate standards and regulations. Provides facilitation and support to enhance the efforts of youth and their families/caregivers in the design and implementation of evidence-based treatment. This position works directly with children and adults.

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.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with individuals 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 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 anon-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

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.

Must remain physically fit enough to keep clients self-safe. 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 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.