Clinician I Floater - School Base Services West

Sycamores • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

Sycamores provides a spectrum of equitable mental health services through various programs to multicultural populations of all acuities. Although it serves a variety of consumers, the agency focuses primarily on providing care to low-income, high at- risk youth.
The Floater Clinician I is a key member of our behavior services team. They are responsible for meeting clinical benchmarks for quality care and productivity requirements, ensuring proper care is provided in accordance with program contracts, and developing and providing direct behavioral health services to consumers. The Floater Clinician will carry out these objectives by providing a wide variety of time-limited assessment individual, and/or family therapy, in line with the consumers’ specific therapeutic needs. This is a clinic and community-based position, meaning that the Floater Clinician is expected and required to travel to consumers’ residences and other places within the community throughout all service areas in the region assigned to provide services. The Floater Clinician will serve consumers/families in various programs throughout the Service Areas they are designated to for brief intervals filling in for caseloads of existing clinicians.

Requirements

• Masters’ Degree in related field as minimum, required.
• Licensed eligible in the State of California as Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Professional Clinical Counselor or Psychologist required.
• Attend and satisfactorily complete all trainings required by the Agency, federal, state and/or local regulations.
• Fluent in English required, Spanish fluency preferred.
• Personal, reliable vehicle for travel to various locations.
• Valid California driver’s license.
• Acceptable driving record as determined Agency policy.
• Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements.
• All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 2 + years of experience working with high need populations, varied treatment modalities or intensive programs, preferred.
• DMH/DCFS experience preferred.
• Successfully pass Clearances for Residential program (if covered within Floaters region).
• Spanish fluency preferred.
• Certification in EBP(s) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Meeting clinical benchmarks for quality care and productivity requirements
• Ensuring proper care is provided in accordance with program contracts
• Developing and providing direct behavioral health services to consumers
• Providing a wide variety of time-limited assessment individual, and/or family therapy, in line with the consumers’ specific therapeutic needs
• Travel to consumers’ residences and other places within the community throughout all service areas in the region assigned to provide services
• Serve consumers/families in various programs throughout the Service Areas they are designated to for brief intervals filling in for caseloads of existing clinicians.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level