Behavioral Health Clinician II, Lead

Who we are: La Clinica de La Raza is a non-profit community-based health center established in 1971 to address health barriers and create better lives for the underserved. We have proudly grown into over 35 sites across Alameda Contra Costa and Solano County. To learn more about our history click here: Our History - La Clinica or visit our website at .

Job Summary:

This is a direct service position that provides clinical services in the clinic and in the field to clients living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. In addition this position coordinates services by a team of non-clinician members of the care team.

You maybe eligible for a retention bonus with Alliance:

• Dependent on providing funder with documentation that clinician is actively serving alliance members
• 1st payment - $25000 (within 90 days of hire) 2nd payment $25000 (2nd year of service) $5000 for bilingual final payment $25000 $5000; total $85000
  • If they are not bilingual the award amount will be $75000

Major Areas of Responsibility include but are not limited to:

Lead Responsibilities:

• Serves as Lead of Service Team and performs coordination functions for Service Team clients and coordinating services by case managers that ensure access and utilization of primary care psychiatry substance use treatment and other person-centered social services.
• Serves as Lead of Service Team by reporting to clinical leadership and guiding the work of unlicensed clinicians and interns as needed providing crisis consultation.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides treatment and services for clients living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) drawing from a Person-Centered Model of Community Behavioral Health.
• Provides treatment and services for clients living with SPMI by incorporating the multidisciplinary Recovery Model into the assessment of health and wellness in each of the eight dimensions of wellness.
• Screens and performs culturally responsive comprehensive mental health assessments to establish diagnoses and provides crisis intervention/ stabilization individual family and group therapy psychoeducation individualized treatment planning goal setting collateral services progress monitoring and care coordination.
• Implements and monitors social skills rehabilitation to improve completion of Activities of Daily Living in the home community inpatient and forensic settings and supports individuals living with SPMI in establishing their mental health homes.

• Ensures the delivery of quality services through the effective use of standardized outcome measures and other psychometrics.
• Participates in staff meetings trainings case conferences and peer review process.
• Conducts other clinical administrative and operational duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of DSM-5 Especially with diagnoses of focus including Mood/Affective Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Personality Disorders Substance Use/Dependency Disorders.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of individual and family therapy social rehabilitation recovery and wellness risk/harm reduction for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Substance Use Disorders and co-occurring disorders.
• Knowledge of case management; clinical social work; physical and mental illness and their impact on personality; social aspects of mental and emotional disturbances with adolescent and adult populations.
• Knowledge of mandated reporting laws child development family systems stages of change and co-occurring mental health and substance use/abuse conditions.
• Knowledge of the Alameda County Behavioral Health Departments System of Care for adults living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness.
• Knowledge of ethical standards of the profession.
• Ability to speak Spanish and English fluently.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple clients needs simultaneously.
• Ability to apply casework skills effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working communication and relationships with others and to collaborate in a team-based .
• Ability to meet productivity goals and documentation standards in keeping with regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Ability to adhere to department policies and procedures.
• Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity equity and inclusion.
• Ability to use EHR EPM online calendaring and online documentation systems.
• Ability to meet productivity goals and submit required paperwork on time
• Ability to use electronic systems for documentation scheduling and clinic functions.
• Prioritizes the use of collaborative documentation when clinically appropriate.

Education and Experience:

• Two years of experience in a mental health/medical/social service setting providing assessment counseling/therapy and crisis intervention services
• Experience in community mental health delivering direct services to those living with Severe and Persistent Mental illness in the home field or office.
• Experience navigating clients through community mental health systems of care to enable them to access benefits housing legal forensic medical and crisis behavioral health and co-occurring illness services.
• Experience with Specialty Mental Health Medi-Cal documentation is strongly preferred but not required.
• Experienced working with diverse/low resourced and immigrant communities.
• Must have Masters in Social Work (MSW) Psychology Marriage and Family Therapist or other counseling degree or doctorate degree in psychology from an accredited program or university.
• Must have an LCSW MFT or PsyD/PhD LPCC LEP California license.
• Must hold a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate. You will have 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire.

Physical Requirements:

• Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Bending/lifting pushing/pulling adjusting or moving objects weighing up to 15 pounds in all directions and occasionally more.
• Repeating motions that may include the neck wrists hands and/or fingers.
• Upper extremity demands: Reaching above shoulder and/or below waist.