Clinician I II at BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INC

Description

Under general supervision, the Clinician I/II has responsibility for a psychiatric caseload of adolescents, transitional age youth and/or adults.
                                       
QUALIFICATIONS:                

Following are the qualifications required to perform the essential functions of this position. Qualifications may be subject to modification based on the Americans with Disabilities Act:    

Clinician I - Master’s degree in related field, MFT or MSW licensed waivered.  Must possess and maintain a valid intern registration number or waiver from the 
State Board of Behavioral Examiners. 

Clinician II - Must possess a current registration to practice as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, or a Marriage, Family and Child Intern in the State of California. Must possess and maintain a valid intern registration number or waiver from the State Board of Behavioral Examiners. Must have at least 2 years’ experience providing clinician experience. 

Recovering individuals must have a minimum two years clean, sober and abstinent to be considered for employment.
 

Qualifications

Must possess knowledge of:

•    Principles and practices of community mental health treatment, including interviewing, assessment, individual, family and group counseling.
•    General psychiatric emergency intervention, diagnosis and brief and long term therapy methods.
•    Principles of adult and child psychology. 
•    Laws and regulations related to clients’ rights, voluntary or involuntary treatment and commitment for treatment, including criteria for commitment. 
•    Community resources and agencies providing support services for the mentally ill and/or persons with co-occurring disorders. 
•    Medical record keeping and documentation including client charting. 
•    Medi Cal regulations and documentation for medical necessity. 

Vision, hearing, manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination must be adequate for performance of job duties.  Able to sit at desk, use keyboard, write and physically perform other job duties.  Able to move about the facility to observe clients and staff.

Specific qualifications may vary based on assignment. The supervisor will initial those items on the following list, which apply and write N/A to indicate those qualifications, which are not applicable:

_____ California Driver’s License

_____ Personal vehicle with liability insurance for reimbursable mileage

_____    First Aid certification, obtain within 90 days of employment and maintain current thereafter.

_____    CPR certification, obtain within 90 days of employment and maintain current thereafter. 

_____ Develop computer skills adequate to perform job duties within 90 days of employment.

           Bi-cultural, bi-lingual (specify _______________)

           Experience with special populations (specify: ___________________)

_____ Other (specify):

The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements which may be inherent in the position.