Mental Health Clinician I Emergency Appointments Homelessness
Mental Health Clinician I Emergency Appointments Homelessness
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TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:
OPEN COMPETITIVE EMERGENCYFILING DATES:
November 2 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REPOSTING TO UPDATE THE SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
EXAM NUMBER:
b9029IEA
The LA County Board of Supervisors recentlydeclared a local state of emergency for homelessness and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing mental health and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County this may be the opportunity for you.
The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Mental Health Clinician I vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.
Under the emergency order applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
Before the end of your initial work period you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100.
Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Mental Health Clinician I.Essential Job Functions
Interviews and conducts diagnostic assessments of clients in order to develop treatment and recovery plans for clients and/or their family members.
Participates in the intake process by interviewing clients and/or their family members to obtain family social employment medical and mental health treatment history; provides crisis intervention treatment case management referrals and other related mental health care services to clients and their family members.
Participates in multidisciplinary team to review client cases treatment approaches clinical issues client progress and treatment recommendations; and to prepare and present progress reports.
Participates in the development of individual and group treatment plans designed to address mental emotional and family disorders and dysfunction.
Provides ongoing clinical assessment treatment planning and clinical treatment for clients and families.
Performs intensive casework services with children and adult clients and their relatives through individual and group sessions.
Prepares and maintains clinical case histories for use in diagnostic evaluations and to record client treatment progress.
Coordinates continuity of care and other treatment related services with caseworkers probation officers and community and healthcare workers.
Coordinates mental health support services to clients and families by linking them to other community resources to maximize client selfsufficiency and independence significant to clients continuum of care.
Interviews clients seeking mental health intervention services on an emergency basis and utilizes crisis intervention and community outreach techniques supportive of client recovery in the community.
Under supervision of a licensed clinician evaluates clients and makes arrangements for voluntary or involuntary admissions to psychiatric facilities for treatment.
Serves as liaison and consultant to schools organizations parents children etc. on issues concerning clients and may serve on committees boards etc.
Provides mental health treatment services in schools and other community settings to emotionally and behaviorallydisturbed children with the goal of helping them to achieve higher functioning in interpersonal relations and academic performance.
Maintains cooperative professional relationships with local community agencies significant to the continuum of care for clients.
Conducts outreach and communitybased service provision.Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
PreLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist: A Masters or Doctorates degree from an accredited college or university in marriage family and child counseling marital and family therapy couple and family therapy psychology clinical psychology counseling psychology or counseling with an emphasis in either marriage family and child counseling or marriage and family therapy.
PreLicensed Professional Clinical Counselor: A Masters or Doctorates degree that is counseling or psychotherapy in content as defined by the State of California Business and Professions Code. The degree must be from an accredited college or university and qualify the degreeholder for registration as an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor with the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs Board of Behavioral Science.
LICENSE:
PreLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist: Appointees are required to obtain a valid Marriage & Family Therapist Intern registration number from the State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences within thirty 30 days of appointment.
PreLicensed Professional Clinical Counselor: Appointees are required to possess a valid Associate Professional Clinical Counselor registration number.
Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Interns and registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselors must obtain full licensure as Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors respectively within six years of initial registration.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out jobrelated essential functions.
PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class II Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending stooping or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.Additional Information
EXAMINATION CONTENT:
Under the emergency order applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
Before the end of your initial work period you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100.Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment.
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE
Applicants are required to complete and submit an online Los Angeles County Employment Application AND Supplemental Questionnaire in order to be considered for this examination. Paper applications resumes or any unsolicited documents will not be accepted in lieu of completing the online application and Supplemental Questionnaire. We must receive your application before filing closes. Application filing may be suspended at any time without advance notice.
Applications must be submitted online onlyand will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within60days and the recruitmentremains open or reopens for filingwe encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add as well as and to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as span/junk/clutter mail.
You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs and viewing your profile inbox which saves a copy of all emailed notices.
Plan to submit your online application well in advance before the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address and if you already have a job seeker account ongovermmentjobs/careers/lacountygovyou can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LANGUAGE
Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT LIBRARIES
For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYER
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and consider potential mitigating factors including but not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.
NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD
All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friends user ID and password may erase a candidates original application record.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
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HR Examinations Unit Email:
Analyst Contact Phone: Hon Sang Cheang
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The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952.
Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
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Employment Type
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