Mental Health Clinician I

EXAM NUMBER:

b9029J

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:
OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY

FILING START DATE:
November 2 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time).

DEFINITION:
Under the supervision of a licensed clinician conducts professional mental health assessments; provides counseling case management and psychotherapeutic services; and performs related activities for clients and their family members in a range of mental health care settings including outpatient clinics mental health centers and specialized mental health treatment programs.

Interviews individuals their familiesand/or significant othersto obtain a family social employment medical substance abuse and mental health treatment history.

Assessesclients functioning in his/her environmental setting.

Develops a tentative Crisis Care Continuum Plandesigned to resolve or cope with the mental or emotional problem which may include individual group family or marital counseling case management and/or referral to another treatment source such as a psychiatrist a psychologist a vocational or rehabilitation counselor or another agency.

Plans and conducts the clients therapy program under the guidance of supervisory staff byconsidering the clientstreatment goal and by determining the priorities of the programs to be dealt with and the length and modality of therapy.

Provides psychotherapy to individuals groups families and significant others.

Provides case management services to secure resources for clients families and significant others in order to achieve treatment goals.

Serves as a member of a mental health emergency intervention team and/or joint law enforcement/mental health emergency intervention team by evaluatingthe behavior of persons to determine if they are as a result of a mental disorder dangerous to themselves others or gravely disabled.

Requests LPSauthorized persons to complete an application forimmediate 72hour detention at a hospital facility.

Interviews persons seeking psychiatric assistance on an emergency basis and utilizes crisis intervention techniques to prevent hospitalization and to aid the person in dealing with the emotional crisis.

Assists clients families and significant others by discussing their reactions and attitudes concerning mental health problems and cooccurring substance abuse disorders; explains need for treatment; and encourages all concerned parties to work together cooperatively to resolve the problem and minimize the stresses that impact social functioning.

Works with families and significant others toward gaining their acceptance of and participation in treatment recommendations.

Participates in multidisciplinary team conferences to discuss and evaluate the nature of the clients problem to evaluate the clients progress and to develop a CCCP.

Participates in research to increase knowledge of mental health problems and to improve therapeutic treatment methods as needed.

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.

Applicants must meet the requirements at time of filing. Withholds will not be accepted.

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.

EXAMINATION CONTENT

The examination will consist of a Training & Experience Evaluation weighted 100 assessing your training and/or experience in the following areas:

• Providing clinical services to clients or patients
• Utilizing risk management interventions to assess for safety
• Utilizing assessments with patients or clients in order to render a diagnosis and/or develop a care plan
• Providing case management services to patients or clients
• Collaborating and/or coordinating client care with members of a multidisciplinary treatment team

Applicants must meet the MinimumRequirements and achieve a passing score of 70 or higher on the Training & Experience evaluation in order to be placed on the eligible register.

Applications must complete and submit their online applications and upload required documents (e.g. license transcripts resume etc. as attachment(s) during application submission or send by email to within seven 7 calendar days from date of application submission. Please be sure to reference your full name and examination title on the subject line of your email.

The acceptance of your application will depend on whether you haveclearlyshown that you meet the MinimumRequirements. Your online application must show complete license education and work experience information necessary to evaluate your qualifications. License information section must show title of license license number original date of issue and expiration date. Education information section must include name and address of school attended complete dates attended name of course/s taken number of units earned and degree/s earned. Work experience section must include job title employer name and address name of work area/facility actual payroll title held and not the working and/or functional titles from/to dates of employment including month day and year total number of months total number of hours worked per week not a range of hours (full or parttime) and complete and detailed description of related job duties. If range of hours is provided experience will be prorated based on the lowest number of hours worked per week. LIST separately each job experience to be evaluated. All information supplied by applicants is subject to verification. We may reject your application at any time during the examination or selection process.

IMPORTANT NOTES
Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject toVERIFICATIONat any point during the examination and hiring process including after an appointment has been made.
FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION or RESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT.
Utilizing VERBIAGE from Class Specification and/or Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOTbe sufficient to meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONand you may be DISQUALIFIED.

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 on govermmentjobs/careers/lacountygov you 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.

For the time being all notifications including results letters and notices of nonacceptance will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add jgoldman@ 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.

Applicants 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.

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.

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.

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Department Contact Name: Hon Sang Cheang
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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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Revised January 2025