Full-time Licensed Mental Health Professional (LCSW,LMFT,LPCC)

Serves a wide range of mental health assessment, diagnosis, therapy, and crisis intervention services to adult and/or child family members who come in for a psychiatric examination and show up. Plans and supervises treatment programmes for individual members in collaboration with treating medical, psychiatric, and allied health professional teams.

HoursPerWeek : 40

Job Schedule : Full-time

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Chart members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
• May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.
• Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
• Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
• Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.
• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups.
• Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members' families. May develop and conduct psychoeducational classes and groups.
• May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.

Basic Qualifications:

Education

• Masters degree in Social Work, Social Welfare from a clinical track, Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field required from an accredited college or university.

License, Certification, Registration

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)
• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California)

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California)

Additional Requirements:

• Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
• May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
• Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods.
• Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.
• Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.
• Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy.
• Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.
• Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
• Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.
• Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.

Pay and Benefits:

• 80k-122k/year.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Professional liability insurance.
• Employee assistance program for mental health support.
• Minimal paperwork.
• Full caseload for a busy and fulfilling schedule.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.