Clinician I Floater - Antelope Valley

Sycamores•Palmdale, CA

13d•$71,000 - $77,900•Hybrid

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 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 assessments for individual, and/or family therapy, in line with the consumers’ specific therapeutic needs. This is a clinic, school, and community-based position, meaning that the Floater Clinician is expected and required to travel to consumers’ residences, schools, and other places within the community throughout the Antelope Valley (service area 1) to provide services. The Floater Clinician will serve consumers/families in various programs throughout the Service Area 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, or Professional Clinical Counsel or Psychologist required.
Attend and satisfactorily complete all trainings required by the Agency, federal, state and/or local regulations.
Successfully pass clearances for Residential program (if covered within Floater’s region).
Valid California Driver’s License and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier.
Ability to use a personal car with appropriate insurance for all Agency business and adhering to federal, state, and local motor vehicle safety standards when transporting children.
Fluent in English required.
Must Register with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) in the State of California as MFT, MSW, APCC, or Psy. D/Ph. D for a registration number and receive number within 4 months of date of hire.
Personal, reliable vehicle for travel to various locations.
Acceptable driving record as determined Agency policy.
Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements.

Nice To Haves

DMH experience preferred.
2 + years of experience working with high need populations, varied treatment modalities or intensive programs, preferred.
DMH/DCFS experience preferred.
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 assessments for individual, and/or family therapy, in line with the consumers’ specific therapeutic needs.
Traveling to consumers’ residences, schools, and other places within the community throughout the Antelope Valley to provide services.
Serving consumers/families in various programs throughout the Service Area for brief intervals filling in for caseloads of existing clinicians.