Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician I/II (.80 FTE)

La Clinica de La Raza•Oakland, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center serving diverse communities across the San Francisco Bay Area. The Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician provides culturally sensitive social work, behavioral health treatment, and case management services to medical patients as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team. The position works under the supervision of the Site Manager and Clinical Supervisor and serves children, adolescents, adults, and families at La Clínica primary care clinics. Services include screening and psychosocial or psychiatric assessment; mental status examinations; crisis intervention; behavioral health panel management; short-term individual, family, and group counseling, therapy, and psychoeducation; service planning and goal monitoring; collateral services; and care coordination. The clinician also conducts routine assessments of pregnant patients under CPSP protocols, supports outreach and linkage to services, and collaborates with community agencies and medical providers. Clinician I is registered or completing registration with the relevant California board; Clinician II holds a California license. Salary is $62,462–$97,988 per year. The posting notes that La Clínica is an approved National Health Service Corps site, making therapists and providers eligible for federal and state loan repayment.

Requirements

For Clinician I: A master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, counseling, or another counseling field, or a doctorate in psychology, from an accredited program or university.
For Clinician I: Registration, or being in the registration process upon completing a master’s degree, with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an ASW, AMFT, or APCC; the posting also describes registration with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology.
For Clinician II: A California LCSW, MFT, LPCC, PsyD, or PhD license; the posting also describes licensure with the Board of Behavioral Sciences or Board of Psychology.
Two or more years of experience in a mental health, medical, or social service setting providing assessment, counseling or therapy, and crisis intervention; new graduates may substitute two years of field internship experience.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate; the certificate may be obtained within a 30-day grace period after hire.
Knowledge of social work, psychology, and human behavior, including the effects of physical health, mental health, and substance-use conditions.
Experience providing short-term individual and family counseling or therapy and case management for clients with behavioral health, psychosocial, and medical conditions, including domestic violence, poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, trauma, and medical conditions requiring special care.
Knowledge of mandated reporting laws, child development, family systems, stages of change, and co-occurring mental health and substance-use conditions.
Ability to use case management skills, build and maintain relationships with schools and social-service, medical, housing, and legal providers, and accurately record and secure clinically pertinent biopsychosocial data.
Working knowledge of DSM-5.
Ability to work effectively with multicultural client populations and provide culturally and linguistically sensitive services.
Ability to work across cultures and support diversity, equity, and inclusion, with cultural competence, self-reflection on positionality, and incorporation of antiracism approaches into clinical care.
Ability and willingness to work under pressure as part of an interdisciplinary team and build positive working relationships with staff and patients.
Flexibility and willingness to take on new tasks as needed.
Experience working with diverse, low-income, and immigrant communities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with brief counseling modalities, including CBT, solution-focused counseling, and motivational interviewing.
Bilingual Spanish/English skills are preferred at sites where bilingual ability is not required; some sites require them.

Responsibilities

Perform psychosocial and behavioral health assessment, intervention, and treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and their families under clinical supervision.
Co-manage client care and provide screening, biopsychosocial and psychiatric assessments, mental status examinations, crisis intervention, behavioral health panel management, short-term counseling, therapy, psychoeducation, collateral services, individualized service planning, and goal setting and monitoring.
Conduct routine assessments of pregnant patients, identify strengths and risks, and develop service plans in accordance with CPSP protocols and procedures.
Provide behavioral health panel management interventions.
Provide outreach, education, advocacy, information, linkage, and follow-up to coordinate care as needed.
Formulate provisional ICD-10 and DSM-5 diagnoses for review and establishment under the Clinical Supervisor’s license.
Coordinate services with community agencies and provide collateral services to maintain continuity of care.
Provide crisis intervention for La Clínica patients and crisis support to coworkers in the medical department.
Participate as an active member of the primary care treatment team and support a positive, supportive work environment.
Maintain strong working relationships with staff, medical providers, and community partners.
Recommend service-delivery improvements to the Integrated Behavioral Health Manager.
Assist with developing and implementing treatment programs under the Manager’s supervision and as assigned.
Meet monthly encounter productivity goals.
Review clinical interventions and case documentation regularly with the supervisor.
Participate in staff meetings, trainings, case conferences, and peer review.
Perform other clinical, administrative, and operational duties as assigned.