Mental Health Specialist

Stars Behavioral Health Group • Yucca Valley, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Partner with us in making a positive change! Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. Job Title: Mental Health Specialist II Division/Program: Yucca Valley: Morongo Basin Crisis Walk In Center Starting Compensation: 75,000.00 USD Per Year Working Location: Yucca Valley, CA Working Hours/Shift: Wednesday - Sunday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM Why Join Our Team? Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience. Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay. Comprehensive Benefits Package: Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle. Professional Growth Opportunities: On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. Career development programs designed to help you grow. Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable). Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication What you bring to SBHG: · Valid California Driver’s License · Recent graduates are welcome · Applicants must have attained the age of 18 years of age · Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or another related mental health field · Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science as an Associate · Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) or Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW) · First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross. How you will make a difference: This position assesses clients at start of treatment (reviews as needed), develops and maintains treatment plans, and conducts family collateral and discharge planning. Duties include discussing goals and objectives of proposed treatment plans and establishing a contract with the consumer. Interviewing consumers to team with mental health professionals in determining the needs of individuals or groups on a walk-in/telephone basis; respond to potential suicide or other emergency events. Visit clients, individually or as part of a team, in a variety of living situations, to help assess the mental health needs of individuals and families, observe progress, provide counseling, gather data, and report significant changes in the client's condition to designated professional staff. Division/Program Overview: · The Valley Star Crisis Walk-In Center (CWIC) is voluntary and offered on a 24/7 basis in an unlocked setting with a stay of up to 23 hours · Rapid mental health assessment and crisis intervention · All age groups – children, adolescents, adults, and older adults – who need immediate access to crisis mental health services. · The center provides important services to those in need of immediate crisis intervention and stabilization · Individuals admitted into the crisis stabilization unit will be provided with support and services to ensure their safe transition to the next level of care or back to the community. Learn more about SBHG at: https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/ For Additional Information: [email protected] In accordance with California law, the grade for this position is 70,304.00 - 98,178.07. Placement within the grade is determined based on experience, internal equity, and other factors permitted by law. We are committed to providing a career-enhancing environment for dedicated professionals desiring to improve the lives of people living with mental health and other challenges to their well-being. SBHG currently employs approximately 1,900 people at more than 45 different sites throughout California. We serve more than 30,000 adults, children, youth and families annually throughout the state. We strongly value and are committed to having a truly diverse workforce and environment- including LGBTQ, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity in our workforce.

Requirements

• Valid California Driver’s License
• Applicants must have attained the age of 18 years of age
• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or another related mental health field
• Registered with the Board of Behavioral Science as an Associate
• Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) or Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW)
• First Aid certification from persons qualified by agencies including but not limited to the American Red Cross.

Responsibilities

• This position assesses clients at start of treatment (reviews as needed)
• Develops and maintains treatment plans
• Conducts family collateral and discharge planning
• Discussing goals and objectives of proposed treatment plans and establishing a contract with the consumer
• Interviewing consumers to team with mental health professionals in determining the needs of individuals or groups on a walk-in/telephone basis
• Respond to potential suicide or other emergency events
• Visit clients, individually or as part of a team, in a variety of living situations, to help assess the mental health needs of individuals and families, observe progress, provide counseling, gather data, and report significant changes in the client's condition to designated professional staff.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience.
• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.
• Professional Growth Opportunities: On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. Career development programs designed to help you grow.
• Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable).
• Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication

What This Job Offers

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