Senior Clinical Therapist - Multiple Locations/Programs

Senior Clinical Therapist

The Riverside University Health System

• Behavioral Health Department seeks candidates for several Senior Clinical Therapist positions.  

We are looking for candidates who

• Are Licensed professionals (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC)

• Have a minimum of two years post-licensure experience

• Have strong computer and organizational skills

• Have supervisory/lead experience

For this recruitment, some positions are eligible for a 10% DTR differential that is applied to hours worked. At any time, this differential can be removed.

The certification list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill other future Senior Clinical Therapist vacancies within Behavioral Health that may occur.

The schedule for these positions will likely be a 9/80 or 4/10 schedule and will be determined by the hiring department.

We have Immediate openings in the areas below:

Homeless Housing Opportunities, Partnership, and Education (HHOPE), Riverside, CA

Riverside University Health System's (RUHS), Behavioral Health department's (BH), Homeless Housing Opportunities, Partnership, and Education (HHOPE) program, provides housing and homeless services to our department and the community at large.  HHOPE provides a full continuum of housing and homeless services. HHOPE manages, coordinates, and monitors all programs providing housing support services. Permanent support housing includes HUD grants, shelter plus care, men's grant, women's grant, The Path, The Place and the MHSA projects Rancho Dorado and Vintage at Snowberry. Our Goal is also to partner with housing providers across the continuum of housing options to promote housing development, improve access to housing and to ensure effective supportive housing services to persons served in Riverside County. This position will Provide supervision to unlicensed staff, monitor fidelity, coach for evidence-based treatments, develop and conduct training, conduct quality improvement audits, serve as a liaison with other sections or units, assess and interview consumer and their families, develop service plans, educate consumers and their families, and conduct therapy sessions.  This position will work a 9/80 schedule and field work is required.

Mobile Crisis Response, Riverside, CA.

The Mobile Response Program provides crisis intervention services via Mobile Crisis Response Teams to the community at the requests of stakeholders. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams are part of the Crisis Support System of Care Program. These are field based teams consisting of Clinical Therapists, Behavioral Health Specialist, Substance Use Specialist, and Peer Support Specialist working collaboratively with community partners such as Law Enforcement, Emergency Departments, Schools and City homeless programs to decrease the need for inpatient hospitalizations, as well as decreasing the amount of time that these agencies are dedicating to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams can work with individuals and families from all age groups. This role entails delivering clinical supervision to pre-licensed MSW, MFT, and PCC staff, both in the field, office, and virtually, with a focus on fostering their professional growth and development. Responsibilities include creating training programs and materials for group supervision, actively participating in leadership meetings, co-responding to crisis calls alongside staff to exemplify effective crisis response, offering in-vivo training experiences, and providing guidance, training, and co-signature for clinical documentation. This position will work a 9/80 schedule and participate in field work therefore a driver's license is needed.

Mobile Response Program, Indio, Ca.

The County of Riverside's Behavioral Health Department

• Mobile Response Program has an opening for a Senior Clinical Therapist position. The Mobile Crisis Response Program provides crisis intervention services to anyone, anywhere and anytime throughout Riverside County.  The Mobile Crisis Response Teams are part of the Crisis Support System of Care Program. These are field based teams consisting of Clinical Therapists, Behavioral Health Specialist, Substance Use Specialist, Homeless and Housing Specialist, and Peer Support Specialist working collaboratively with Law Enforcement, Emergency Departments, Schools, Cities, Community Agencies, and the community directly to decrease the need for inpatient hospitalizations, as well as decreasing the amount of time that these agencies are dedicating to individuals in psychiatric crisis. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams can work with individuals from all age groups.  This position will provide clinical support to mobile crisis field-based staff, conduct risk assessments, clinical assessments, provide live clinical supervision, review notes, review charts, review reports, and provide clinical consultations.  This position will work in the field therefore a driver's license is required.

Community Behavioral/Health Assessment Team (CBAT), Riverside

The County of Riverside's Behavioral Health Department has an opening for Clinical Therapist on our Community Behavioral/Health Assessment Team (CBAT).   The CBAT team consists of two specially trained police officers and two County of Riverside clinical therapists who respond to calls for law enforcement service involving mental health issues in our community.  The officers and therapists ride together in the same patrol car.  At each call they handle, the therapist takes the lead role in evaluating the behavioral health issue while the officer provides the safety over-watch and law enforcement expertise.  The Senior role will train new onboarding clinicians, provide clinical supervision, assist with verifying that documentation is appropriately completed, and mentor/assist with difficult calls.  This position will work Tuesday through Friday 10 hours a day from 8:30 am to 7:00pm.  Lastly this position does work in the field and a drivers license is required.

This position also includes two hourly differentials.

Difficult to Recruit Differential

• Which is 10% of the base hourly rate.

Crisis Differential

• Which is 5.5% of the base hourly rate.

The Senior Clinical Therapist Classification

Under direction, performs the 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 Senior Clinical Therapist is the lead/advanced journey level of the Clinical Therapist series.  The Senior Clinical Therapist class has responsibility for providing clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff. This classification is also responsible for performing, within the scope of licensure, the full range of psychotherapy and counseling services 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 moderately difficult to the most complex and include serving in a lead capacity over and providing consultative support to other mental health treatment staff.

This classification is distinguished from the class of Mental Health Services Supervisor in that the latter class is the first line supervisor responsible for the planning or implementation of specialized mental health services. The Senior Clinical Therapist is further distinguished from the Clinical Therapist II in that the former is the lead level and may provide extensive clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff.

Meet the Team

•   Provide extensive clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians, within the scope of licensure.

• Monitor fidelity and provide clinical supervision and coaching for evidence based treatment models.

• Develop mental health related training curriculum and conduct training for clinical therapists and other departmental staff.

• Conduct clinical and quality improvement chart audits.

• Coordinate clinical decisions in response to operational demands.

• Conduct clinical discussions regarding complex or difficult cases.

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

• Provide guidance to volunteers and staff.

• Serve as liaison with other sections, units, services, and agencies.

• Participate in mental health conferences and local area committees.

• 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.

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

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

• Prepare reports and write correspondence.

• 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.

Experience: Two years of post-license professional experience in a psychiatric or mental health setting providing direct client services which must have included: client assessment and evaluation, development and implementation of appropriate treatment plans, providing psychotherapy or mental health counseling, and providing indirect services involving information, consultation, and educational services to staff and community.

AND

License: Possession of a valid license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, or Licensed Marriage Family Therapist issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Knowledge of: Psychological aspects of physical and emotional disturbances and mental deficiencies; characteristics of emotional and mental disorders including their effect on the individual in the community; mental health local community resources and community support systems; principles of clinical interviewing and methods of recording consumer information; individual licensing law and the scope of professional practice governed by the same; laws, rules, and regulations of publicly operated health and welfare programs; principles and techniques for making psychosocial assessments.

Ability to: Effectively apply the principles and techniques of clinical therapy, including a variety of treatment modalities; analyze consumer behavior and apply treatment or counseling techniques in a coordinated care social rehabilitation environment; speak and write effectively; provide crisis intervention; prepare clear and concise reports and interpret data; work effectively with a multicultural consumer and family population with diverse backgrounds and needs; establish and maintain effective working relationships with consumers, their families, other staff members, and mental health organizations/ agencies; provide work direction and training to staff; establish and maintain effective working relationships with other professionals and to work as part of a multidisciplinary team; communicate the goals and objectives of the County's mental and behavioral health services to members of the community and other interested individuals; consult with and assist in the professional development and supervision of unlicensed clinical therapists, within the scope of appropriate licensure, and other mental health support staff.

License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required for this position.

For questions regarding this recruitment contact the recruiter, Jeremy Holforty:

jholfort@rivco.org / 951-955-5558.