Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician I/II

La Clinica de La Raza•Oakland, CA

About The Position

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center serving diverse communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician provides culturally sensitive social work, behavioral health treatment, and case management to medical patients as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team. The role works under the supervision of the Site Manager and Clinical Supervisor and provides services at La Clínica primary care clinics. Services include screening; psychosocial and psychiatric assessment; crisis intervention; behavioral health panel management; short-term counseling, therapy, and psychoeducation for individuals, families, and groups; individualized service planning; goal setting and progress monitoring; and care coordination. The clinician serves children, adolescents, adults, and families, and collaborates with medical staff and community agencies to support continuity of care. The role is offered at Clinician I and Clinician II levels. Clinician I requires a relevant graduate degree and registration or registration in process with the appropriate California board. Clinician II requires a qualifying California clinical license. The position also requires a current BLS certificate, with a 30-day grace period after hire to obtain it.

Requirements

For Clinician I: a master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, counseling, or another counseling discipline, or a doctorate in psychology, from an accredited program or university.
For Clinician I: registration or registration in process upon completion of a master’s degree with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as an ASW, AMFT, or APCC, or registration with the Board of Psychology as applicable.
For Clinician II: a California LCSW, MFT, LPCC, or PsyD/PhD license.
At least two years of experience in a mental health, medical, or social services 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 30 days of 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 apply case management skills; build effective relationships with schools, social services, medical, housing, and legal services; and record and secure accurate, clinically pertinent biopsychosocial data.
Working knowledge of DSM-5.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a multicultural client population and provide culturally and linguistically sensitive services.
Ability to work across cultures and support diversity, equity, and inclusion, with cultural competence, proactive 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 establish positive working relationships with staff and patients.
Flexibility and willingness to take on new tasks as needed.
Experience working in 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; required at some sites and preferred at others.

Responsibilities

Perform psychosocial and behavioral health assessments, interventions, and treatment services for children, adolescents, adults, and 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, and individualized service planning.
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 actively as a member of the primary care treatment team.
Support colleagues and contribute to a positive and supportive work environment.
Maintain working relationships with staff, medical providers, and community partners.
Recommend service-delivery improvements to the Integrated Behavioral Health Manager.
Assist in 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 a supervisor.
Participate in staff meetings, trainings, case conferences, and peer review.
Perform other assigned clinical, administrative, and operational duties.