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Job Title: Clinician
Report to:Program Manager
Dept:Mental Health Services
Location: Several locations throughout South LA/South Bay including but not limited to Harbour 445 N Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90744
Schedule:Monday Friday 8:00 am 4:30 pm
Status: Full Time; NonManagement; NonExempt (hourly no paid lunch)
Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Retirement Planning 403b) Employee Assistance Program (EAP) etc.
Number of openings: 6
Summary
The Housing Supportive Services Program (HSSP) is a specialized program that provides comprehensive and intensive fieldbased community mental health services designed to meet the unique needs of individuals in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) who are formerly homeless and have a Severe Mental Illness (SMI) or Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). As part of a multidisciplinary team the Clinician will conduct psychotherapy with adult members that have severe and persistent mental illness in the office in members homes or the field. The Clinicians primary responsibilities are to engage members and to coordinate mental health and recovery services that will ensure housing stability and community integration. This position is responsible for maintaining the highest quality provision of direct individual and group therapeutic services and case management services while fostering teamwork among staff and across departments and programs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide coordinate and implement mental health and recovery support services with individual members
2. Conduct individual family and group psychotherapy
3. Develop effective trusting relationships with members with a focus on facilitating independence and maintenance of improved physical and mental health
4. Collaborate with each member to develop their individual service plan; review and update it upon completion of goals
5. Assist management and other Clinicians with program evaluation and modification for future program improvements and growth
6. Assist members with becoming involved in daily activities socialization health maintenance sense of community and progress in recovery reflective of The People Concerns model which emphasizes customer choice harm reduction and psychosocial rehabilitation
7. Work cooperatively and cohesively with other members of the HSSP team including participation in weekly staff meetings group clinical supervision and trainings
8. Develop and maintain a complete accurate and current member file with all funderrequired documents
Qualifications:
1. Masters degree in Social Work Psychology or a related field of study from an accredited university.
2. Valid registration or licensure with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
3. Current valid California Drivers with an acceptable driving record and reliable vehicle
4. Able to transport members in your vehicle
5. Outstanding clinical and strong teambuilding skills
6. Detailoriented with excellent time management organizational written verbal and computer skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Work Environment:
Combination of field and office environment
Regularly required to sit stand bend; occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.
On occasion walk or drive to different local sites
Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments
Will be exposed to elements like cold heat dust noise and odor
May need to bend stoop twist and sit throughout the day
EXPECTED BEHAVIORS OF ALL STAFF
Equal Opportunity Employer
The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to nondiscrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job basedon jobrelated qualifications regardless of race color age sex religion national origin disability ancestry marital status credit history sexual orientation arrest and court record genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or other applicable laws.
About the People Concern
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles Countys largest social services agencies The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fiftyeight years of work in the community The People Concern is a leading provider of and advocate for evidencebased solutions to the multifaceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.
With compassion and profound respect for those we serve we provide a fully integrated system of care including outreach interim housing mental and medical health care substance abuse services domestic violence services life skills & wellness programs and permanent supportive housing tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals survivors of domestic violence challenged youth and others who have nowhere else to turn.
The People Concerns model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multifaceted obstacles in their lives become their best selves and ultimately connect with and contribute to their communities.
Benefits & Perks
Hourly