Clinical Therapist I/Ii - Preschool Mental Health Services

Applications will be reviewed in the order of when it was received

MUST BE CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

Candidates must hold one of the following: Associate Clinical Social Worker, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.

Riverside University Health System (RUHS) seeks multiple Clinical Therapists I/I who will be assigned to Preschool 0-5 Programs with Behavioral Health.

Preschool 0-5 Programs is a specialized program with braided funding (MHSA/PEI, First 5, Medi-Cal) and multiple components with a range of screening, prevention, early intervention, and treatment options.

The program includes multidisciplinary RUHS-BH staff, multiple subcontractors, school district partners, and the Growing Healthy Minds Initiative. Services are provided at 18 locations across Riverside County to children ages 0 through 6 and their families in clinics, at school-based sites, and on mobile therapy units. Positions are needed to provide increased patient care to the population of 186,000 children ages 0-5 across the county. Staff are spread across multiple sites and overextended to make up for vacancies, thus meeting the following department and program obligations has become more challenging:

• Per First 5 funding and contract obligations, Preschool 0-5 Programs is the lead on a project to coordinate an Integrated System of Care for children ages 0-5 across Riverside County.

• The program is responsible for the PCIT and PCIT Toddler training dissemination and fidelity monitoring across RUHS-BH.

• Staff are primarily field-based providing services in 15 cities and at 18 different sites each week (16 of those being school sites). As vacancies have occurred, existing staff have been moved locations to provide coverage. Program paraprofessional staff are being utilized to assist with coverage, however, they are unable to provide treatment services and their utilization for coverage reduces their availability to provide support to consumers as their role is intended.

• There is a contract in place with First 5 that includes 17 service targets that must be met to fulfill contract obligations.

• Currently MOUs are in place with partner school districts, which indicate that RUHS-BH will have up to two clinicians available to provide services for school campuses and the surrounding communities. Due to vacancies coverage has been reduced at school sites and mobile therapy unit locations.

• The mobile therapy units are designed for the units to be regularly staffed by 2 clinicians for employee safety, vehicle maintenance, department liability, and consumer continuity of care purposes.

• The program is designed to provide a range of screening, prevention, early intervention, and treatment options.

• Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Clinical Therapist job responsibilities include:

•             Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

•             Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Toddlers

•             Trauma-Focused - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

•             Incredible Years Dinosaur School

•             Other Mental Health Treatment

•             Case Management Services

•             Crisis Intervention

•             Classroom observations

•             Training and presentations for teachers and parents

•             Community outreach

•             Consultation with RUHS-BH children's clinic staff regarding screening, assessment, and services to children 0-5

•             Cross-training for mobile therapy units

Under general supervision, performs a full range of therapeutic assignments related to the field of mental or behavioral health services and psychiatric social work, which includes the design and implementation of personalized treatment plans, individual and group psychotherapy, evaluations and investigations, and professional counseling, as applicable by professional licensing law, in order to meet the needs of consumers or families with mental or emotional disorders; and performs other related duties as required.

The Clinical Therapist II is the journey and licensed level of the Clinical Therapist series. Positions in this class include the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), and the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The Clinical Therapist II class has responsibility for performing, within the scope of licensure, a full range of psychotherapy and counseling for individual consumers, couples, families, and groups exhibiting a variety of mental health and related disorders in a clinic or institutional setting. Assignments range from average difficulty to very complex and may include serving in a lead capacity over other mental health treatment staff.

The Clinical Therapist II is distinguished from the Senior Clinical Therapist in that the latter is the lead level classification, responsible for the most complex assignments or providing extensive clinical supervision over unlicensed clinicians.

• Interview consumers, relatives, and other involved persons to gather personal and social data relevant to assessing mental or emotional disorders.

• Develop service plans with consumers; evaluate psychological, economic, vocational, educational, physical, health, socialization, and housing needs.

• Coordinate with other staff members (psychiatrists, psychologists, and other program staff) and community agencies in carrying out and designing treatment or rehabilitation plans.

• Assist consumers and other concerned individuals in understanding the nature of major psychological illnesses and their psychosocial effects.

• Assist consumers and their families in understanding and choosing options of mental health treatment.

• Initiate and conduct individual, collateral, group, and family therapy sessions.

• Establish and maintain effective contact with local area mental health resources, including community members, parents, schools, residential facilities, and other agencies/organizations.

• Perform specialized tasks including involuntary hospitalization procedures (5150) and Tarasoff assessments.

• Participate in mental health conferences and local area committees.

• Prepare reports and write correspondence.

• Provide guidance to volunteers and staff.

• Act as a casework consultant to other clinical therapists and other departmental staff.

• Licensed level, within the scope of licensure, may provide clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians.

• Coordinate clinical decisions in response to operational demands.

• Conduct clinical discussions regarding complex or difficult cases.

• Respond to emergencies, within licensure, which may occur on the unit.

• Coordinate the flow of information and clinical data to ensure continuity in treatment or shift.

• Serve as liaison with other sections, units, services, and agencies.To review which position you qualify for please click on the links provided below.

Click here to review Clinical Therapist I job qualifications.

Salary: $29.50 - $42.60 Hourly

Click here to review Clinical Therapist II job qualifications.

Salary: $33.99 - $48.37 Hourly

Education: Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or a closely related behavioral science field.

AND

Certificate: Clinical Therapist I must have possession of a valid certificate of registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Clinical Therapist II must have possession of a valid certificate of registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences. 

Other Requirements

License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License may be required.

Bilingual Testing

The Human Resources Department will coordinate a Bilingual (Spanish) Non-Proctored Assessment.

County of Riverside Human Resources Contact:

For more information regarding this position, please contact the recruiter, Jammie Smith, via email at jasmith@rivco.org.