Mental Health Clinician II #762202

Position: Mental Health Clinician II # 762202

Program: Mental Health Services

Department: Health Services

Reports to: Associate Director of Substance Use and Recovery Services

Compensation: $27.70$36.55 per hour plus $1.75 per hour Shift Differential Premium for hours worked between 6pm6am

Schedule: TuesdayFriday10:00am9:00pm 100% FullTime NonExempt Union 90 days

Benefits: Medical Dental Vision; also including Life Insurance LongTerm Disability Employee Assistance Program and a 403(b) Retirement Plan

Centers Mission:

Building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy equal and complete members of society.

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: As the nations largest and most experienced provider of LGBT medical and mental health services we help LGBTQ people lead healthier happier lives by keeping their minds and body well. All services are free or low cost. Were also one of the few Federally Qualified Health Centers in the nation with providers who specialize in primary care for LGBTQ people and with a research team working to advance the care and treatment of people in our community.

JOB SUMMARY: Conducts individual couple and group counseling services documenting progress utilizing short term model in treatment planning to the greatest extent possible and serve onduty walkins crisis as well as general information and crisis telephone calls.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Conduct individual couple and group counseling services for clients presenting to SURS MHS and documents progress in the clients record immediately following the session.

Utilize short term model in treatment planning to the greatest extent possible; must receive concurrence of supervisor to extend number of sessions beyond the shortterm model protocol.

Serve onduty for designated hours each week to handle walkins whether crisis oriented or not as well as general information and crisis telephone calls. May complete Intake at the time of seeing a walkin client if deemed appropriate.

Conduct Intakes prepares the required documentation and routes the clients record to the supervisor for disposition/ placement.

Participate in the multidisciplinary Clinical Case Conference presenting assigned cases as they come due for review.

Make appropriate referrals to services outside the Center w/in and to other services within the Department e.g. psychiatric evaluation; and follows up on those referrals with the client to assure appropriateness of the referral & continuity of care.

Participate in the Quality Improvement process practiced in the Clinic.

Adhere to the Utilization Management protocol used in the clinic to insure timely and appropriate client service.

Assume responsibility for completing all documentation in a timely legible and thorough manner submitting client records at the end of each business day and proper notification of changes in appointment schedule to supervisor and Administrative Support staff.

Participates as assigned in clinical supervision groups and/or individual supervision on a weekly basis.

Mandatory attendance at monthly inservice training sessions.

Assist in the coordination of the work of paraprofessional volunteers and Mental Health Clinicians I.

Participation with supervisor and/or members of the MHS Management Team in program planning program evaluation dissemination activities and training.

Participate in staff meetings planning meetings and other meetings as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people.

A passion for the Centers work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people.

Masters in social work (MSW only with at least 2000 accrued hours).

Eligible for licensure in related field of practice.

Two years counseling experience i.e. residential care social services child welfare services general counseling chemical

dependency treatment juvenile justice youth services etc.

Bilingual skills a plus (English/Spanish fluency preferred).

Proven ability to work under direct supervision.

Ability to relate in a nonjudgmental and respectful manner to gay lesbian bisexual and transgender individuals or people experiencing a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills including strong organizational detail and interpersonal skills.

Computer skills and knowledge including word processing database operations spreadsheets and other software systems.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races ethnicities nationalities sexual orientations gender identities gender expression socioeconomic backgrounds religions ages Englishspeaking abilities immigrationstatus and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race color ancestry religious creed national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression medical/physical/mental condition pregnancy/childbirth and related medical condition age marital status or veteran status.

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