Senior Behavioral Health Clinician - Multiple Vacancies
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is hiring three 2932 – Senior Behavioral Health Clinicians for Castro Mission Health Center, Silver Avenue Family Health Center and Richard Fine People's Clinic (formerly General Medicine Clinic).
CMHC- Provides medical services and counseling to people with AIDS/ARC and those who are HIV positive. Provides preventative care as well as medical assistance to symptomatic individuals. The clinic offers services to transgender youth 12–25 years old. (Transgender experience preferred and Spanish speaking ideal)
SAFHC- Offers a full spectrum family medicine clinic is located southeast sector of the city offering evidence-based care to families through a multidisciplinary team, based on delivery models like Centering Pregnancy and the Chronic Care Model. (Prefer bilingual Spanish or Cantonese speaking candidates)
RFPC- Located on the ZSFG campus provides comprehensive, high quality primary care services to patients who are 18 years of age or older. The doctors are UCSF faculty who teach medical students and residents. (Strong adult experience preferred)
Examples of Important and Essential Duties:
·Supervises behavioral health clinicians and auxiliary personnel and personally participates in interviewing and diagnosing the more difficult individual cases.
·Supervises the determining of eligibility of applicants for psychiatric services; ascertains several factors, such as reasons for referral, attitude toward personal problems and demonstrated desire for assistance; obtains history of applicant's growth and development in order to arrive at an understanding of behavioral characteristics; obtains such pertinent information as parental background, relationship between parents and other members in the family group.
·Evaluates materials obtained as a result of interviews and analyses; decides on disposition of each case, including referral to other staff members for further study and recommends or refers to appropriate community agencies; completes appropriate forms and documents relating to the intake processes.
·Treats individual patients on a regular recurrent basis by applying difficult and intensive casework techniques in order to reduce mental and emotional illness; observes patient's condition and reactions especially in suicidal aid and homicidal cases; determines degree of danger presented to patient and others.
·Counsels with especially disturbed and difficult patients concerning emotional, economic and personal matters and crisis, to assist in reestablishing self-control and responsibility; arranges for commitment to hospital or other community agency or resource, based on appraisal of patients' needs.
·Conducts group psychotherapy in regularly scheduled group interviews in connection with administering direct treatment to patients; observes, evaluates and analyzes emotional and behavioral changes; determines treatment goals at successive intervals during treatment process.
·Records basic data pertaining to study and/or treatment of patients on appropriate forms, charts and case histories; prepares written case summaries for purposes of coordinating medical and case-work services in the best interests of the patient and family.
Minimum Qualifications: (Must meet to be considered)
Experience:
*Two (2) years (2 years = 4000 hours worked) of verifiable post-Master’s psychiatric Marriage, Family and Child Counselor (MFCC), Marriage, Family Therapist (MFT), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) experience in a psychiatric or medical setting.
Note: Post-Master's experience in a behavioral health / clinical setting is also considered qualifying.
License and Certification:
*Possession of a valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), or Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) license issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Note: The license must be possessed, current, and valid by the filing deadline of the announcement.