Senior Behavioral Health Clinician (2932) - Citywide (H00041)

Under direction the 2932 Senior Behavioral Health Clinician performs essential duties that include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervises one or more Class 2930 Behavioral Health Clinician/2931 Marriage Family and Child Counselor and/or unlicensed support personnel by preparing and maintaining work schedules performance appraisals; coordinating activities of a multidisciplinary team; and monitor productivity of staff;
• Supervises the psychosocial assessment of client/patients for behavioral health services in behavioral health and/or primary care settings; monitors process to ensure clients/patients are referred to appropriate care provider; reviews forms and procedures related to the intake process; and prepares written care summaries for the purpose of coordinating care;
• Performs clinical evaluations in the more difficult individual cases by participating in the interviewing diagnosing and disposition of these cases including referring to other staff members or disciplines for further treatment;
• Performs regular and effective treatment in the more difficult and complex cases by applying intensive casework and psychotherapy techniques for the benefit of
  client/patient; observes client/patients condition and reactions; determines degree of danger presented to patient and others;
• May conduct group psychotherapy and case management on a scheduled basis in connection with administering direct treatment to patients; observes evaluates and analyzes changes; determines treatment goals at successive intervals during treatment process;
• Charts and assures staffs charting of medical records according to departmental and regulatory standards both written and electronic;
• Organizes community health education outreach and consultation involving the development of workshops and seminars training and coordination of programs and services; acts as consultant to other agencies and participates in negotiation and development of outreach services; and
• May perform Quality Improvement activities such as chart audit and compliance review.
• The 2932 Senior Behavioral Health Clinician performs related duties as required.

Nature of work requires carrying out interpreting and enforcing existing legal provisions policies methods and procedures in connection with psychiatric welfare work; achieving considerable economies and/or preventing considerable losses through enforcing careful and judicious interpretations of various legal provisions methods and procedures in approving and recommending assistance; making regular contacts with employees supervisors applicants recipients their families other departments community organizations and others concerned; gathering and checking detailed psychiatric financial personal and confidential information.

Nature of duties involves normal physical effort and manual dexterity with occasional accident and injury hazards and exposure to disagreeable element when dealing with mentally ill or emotionally disturbed persons.

Qualifications :

Both & Required Before Applying

Minimum Qualifications

•  Possession of a valid license issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for 
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
    OR
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
    OR
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)

     AND

• Two (2) years of verifiable experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC).

One (1) year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a forty (40) hour work week).

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Important Note: Please make sure it is absolutely clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Please be aware that any misrepresentation of this information may disqualify you from this recruitment or future job opportunities.

SELECTION PROCEDURES

Training and Experience Examination: (Weight 100%)
The Training and Experience Examination that is linked in this job ad is a required part of the application. It measures knowledge skills and/or abilities in job-related areas which may include but are not limited to:

• Knowledge of federal state local and other existing legal provisions/policies governing client eligibility health facilities confidentiality conditions reportable to authorities care and safety of the client and others and the applicable provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code and the Mental Health Act.
• Decision-making ability refers to the interpretation of rules policies and operational procedures; planning and direction of appropriate courses of action as a result of analyses and evaluation of data and other critical factors.
• Knowledge of principles of psychiatric case management refers to the understanding and the application of the theories and techniques of the licensed mental health clinician used in hospitals clinics and forensic or medical service facilities to provide psychiatric assistance to clients with mental health needs and their families/significant others. This includes knowledge of the trends and ethical standards of the profession familiarity with psychopharmacology principles of clinical case management effective assessment advocacy community organization and interviewing techniques.
• Knowledge of clinical methods refers to the utilization of the history culture socioeconomic background and environment of the individual client or family to aid in diagnosis and treatment in psychiatric settings; the systematic use of psychiatric principles and techniques to help clients and their families/significant others respond constructively to treatment; the application of appropriate clinical interventions. Areas of treatment include but may not be limited to mental illness wellness recovery HIV/AIDS substance abuse harm reduction post-traumatic stress syndrome and multiple diagnosis.
• Knowledge of appropriate resources refers to the knowledge of community agencies organizations and groups which provide appropriate services to clients and their families/significant others; the knowledge of the roles of behavioral health consumers in self-help programs/traditional behavioral health programs; an awareness of consumer-guided services.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques refers to the ability to identify and assess the needs of patients through skillful interviews to elicit meaningful information.
• Self-protection/assessment skills include the ability to recognize unsafe situations and protect oneself ones colleagues and ones clients by understanding the precursors of dangerous circumstances when to seek assistance and knowledge of physical methods of safety such as running and restraint.
• Written communication skills refer to the ability to compose and organize information such as reports chart notes case documentation and correspondence and agency forms both manually and electronically.
• Oral communication skills refer to the ability to interpret medical/social situations concisely and sensitively to diverse ethnic cultural and socio-economic backgrounds of individuals/groups and program/management staff; the ability to follow complicated oral instructions; promote good public and professional relations and to establish collaborative interpersonal relationships
• Ability to supervise refers to the ability to apply sound principles of supervision in a psychiatric social work setting with clear direction of goal-oriented activities making equitable duty assignments monitoring staff performance and to counsel discipline and orient individual staff members.

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Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:
Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement including requirements time periods and other particulars except when superseded by federal state or local laws rules or regulations. Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website at  The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4. Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources 1 S Van Ness Avenue 4th Floor San Francisco CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements applications and examination policies including applicant appeal rights can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at  information regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco: 

• Information about the Hiring Process 
• Conviction History 
• Employee Benefits Overview 
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Workers
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the exam analyst Hanz Pagao (she/her/hers) at  or .

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The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.