La Clínica de La Raza · 1 month ago
Behavioral Health Clinician II, Lead
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$93K/yr - $122K/yr
2+ years expLa Clínica de La Raza is a non-profit, community-based health center established in 1971 to address health barriers and create better lives for the underserved. This role provides clinical services to clients living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness and coordinates services with a team of non-clinician members of the care team.
Health CareHealth DiagnosticsHospitalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Serves as Lead of Service Team, and performs coordination functions for Service Team clients, and coordinating services by case managers that ensure access and utilization of primary care, psychiatry, substance use treatment and other person-centered social services
Serves as Lead of Service Team by reporting to clinical leadership and guiding the work of unlicensed clinicians and interns as needed, providing crisis consultation
Provides treatment and services for clients living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) drawing from a Person-Centered Model of Community Behavioral Health
Provides treatment and services for clients living with SPMI by incorporating the multidisciplinary Recovery Model into the assessment of health and wellness in each of the eight dimensions of wellness
Screens and performs culturally responsive comprehensive mental health assessments to establish diagnoses, and provides crisis intervention/ stabilization, individual, family and group therapy, psychoeducation, individualized treatment planning, goal setting, collateral services, progress monitoring, and care coordination
Implements and monitors social skills rehabilitation to improve completion of Activities of Daily Living in the home, community, inpatient and forensic settings and supports individuals living with SPMI in establishing their mental health homes
Ensures the delivery of quality services through the effective use of standardized outcome measures and other psychometrics
Participates in staff meetings, trainings, case conferences, and peer review process
Conducts other clinical, administrative, and operational duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of DSM-5, Especially with diagnoses of focus, including Mood/Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Personality Disorders, Substance Use/Dependency Disorders
Knowledge of the principles and techniques of individual and family therapy, social rehabilitation, recovery and wellness, risk/harm reduction for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, and co-occurring disorders
Knowledge of case management; clinical social work; physical and mental illness and their impact on personality; social aspects of mental and emotional disturbances with adolescent and adult populations
Knowledge of mandated reporting laws, child development, family systems, stages of change, and co-occurring mental health and substance use/abuse conditions
Knowledge of the Alameda County Behavioral Health Department's System of Care for adults living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Knowledge of ethical standards of the profession
Ability to speak Spanish and English fluently
Ability to multi-task and manage multiple clients' needs simultaneously
Ability to apply casework skills effectively
Ability to establish and maintain effective working communication and relationships with others and to collaborate in a team-based environment
Ability to meet productivity goals and documentation standards in keeping with regulatory and compliance requirements
Ability to adhere to department policies and procedures
Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion
Ability to use EHR, EPM, online calendaring, and online documentation systems
Ability to meet productivity goals and submit required paperwork on time
Ability to use electronic systems for documentation, scheduling and clinic functions
Prioritizes the use of collaborative documentation when clinically appropriate
Two+ years of experience in a mental health/medical/social service setting providing assessment counseling/therapy and crisis intervention services
Experience in community mental health delivering direct services to those living with Severe and Persistent Mental illness in the home, field, or office
Experience navigating clients through community mental health systems of care to enable them to access benefits, housing, legal, forensic, medical and crisis behavioral health and co-occurring illness services
Must have Masters in Social Work (MSW), Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapist, or other counseling degree, or doctorate degree in psychology from an accredited program or university
Must have an LCSW, MFT or PsyD/PhD, LPCC, LEP California license
Must hold a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate. You will have 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire
Preferred
Experience with Specialty Mental Health Medi-Cal documentation is strongly preferred but not required
Experienced working with diverse/low resourced and immigrant communities
Benefits
You Maybe Eligible For a Retention Bonus With Alliance
1st payment - $25,000 (within 90 days of hire), 2nd payment $25,000 (2nd year of service) + $5,000 for bilingual, final payment $25,000 + $5,000; total $85,000
If they are not bilingual, the award amount will be $75,000
Company
La Clínica de La Raza
Who We Are Since its beginnings as a single storefront operation in Oakland in 1971, La Clínica has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care and other services, with 32 sites spread across Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano Counties.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.04MKey Investors
Blue Shield of California
2025-04-23Grant
2010-08-12Grant· $0.04M
Leadership Team
Jane Garcia
CEO
Anita Juvvadi, MD (she/her)
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
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