Clinician I at Pacific Clinics

Compensation We Offer

• The compensation for this position is $68,640 - $84,418.54 per year.
• Salary is dependent on commensurate experience above the minimum qualifications for the role and internal equity considerations.
• The salary may also vary if you reside in a different location than the location posted. 
• 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 Offer Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, Voluntary Life Insurance, Flex Spending, Health Savings Account, EAP, and more!   
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability & Basic Life Insurance
• 401K Employer Match up to 4%
• Competitive Time Off Plans (may vary by employment status)
• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

Who We Are  

 Pacific Clinics is the leading community-based nonprofit provider of mental health and substance use disorder services. For over 150 years, we have offered high-quality behavioral health, educational and support and social services at no cost to the individuals and families we serve.  Reaching more than 100,000 Californians each year, Pacific Clinics offers hope through culturally responsive, trauma-informed and research-based care.   

Who We Serve  

Pacific Clinics offers comprehensive behavioral health services, support and social services and education services to individuals and families who are eligible for Medi-Cal across California.

Program Type: Wraparound

Population Served: 0-21 years 

JOB SUMMARY

Works within the vision, mission and philosophy of the agency, and 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 AND DUTIES

•  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.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

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

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.

Minimum Education and/or Experience

•  Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Social Work, Marriage Family Counselor, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related field.
•  One (1) year of supervised clinical experience with children. 
•  Registration with the BBS or BOP required
•  Licensed according to California state law (Welfare and Institutions Code section 5600.2) or become licensed within the designated time frame.  

Preferred Qualifications

•  Two (2) to three (3) years of clinical experience with children.
•  Training in domestic violence, physical/sexual child abuse, trauma with the competency to maintain current knowledge related to state, county, and local law.
•  Experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities with culturally diverse populations. 
•  Bilingual communication skills in another language.

OTHER SPECIFIC 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.  

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Equal Opportunity Employer 

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.