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Location : Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 16-00753
Department: Health and Human Services
Opening Date: 08/23/2022
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
There are currently four (4) openings for the Mental Health Clinician position with the Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency
Only Online applications will be accepted
In addition to the salary above, there is an $800 monthly stipend for employees who are Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT), or have a PhD in clinical psychology; or $700 monthly stipend for employees with a Master's in Social Work (MSW) or a Master of Art (MA) in clinical psychology.
DEFINITION
To assess, diagnose, counsel, and provide psychotherapeutic treatment, rehabilitation, and care coordination for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and seriously and persistently mentally ill adults; to provide educational and consultation services to other community agencies, and the public; and to perform related duties and responsibilities as required.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
Receives direction from the Deputy Director of Behavioral Health or a Social Worker Supervisor II, or the Human Services Director.
Examples of Duties
Interviews potential clients to assess needs for Mental Health services or referral elsewhere.
Counsels or provides psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation services for individuals, family members and groups to assist them in achieving productive social adjustments, reducing the impact of disability disorders, and facilitating their achievement of living, vocational, recreational, and interpersonal goals.
Documents clinical activity presenting diagnostic and interview findings, clinical evaluations, and recommendations.
As a member of an interdisciplinary team, reviews diagnosis and treatment plans with other professional and technical staff; and may act as a case manager by coordinating services for clients to assure continuity of care and to assure that clients receive appropriate types of services.
Provides crisis counseling in the field and in the office for individuals experiencing acute episodes, evaluates patients and arranges for voluntary or involuntary admission to facilities for observation and treatment.
Confers with and advises clients' relatives to secure their understanding of and cooperation in treatment and rehabilitation programs.
Cooperates and works with other agencies and practitioners regarding mutual clientele.
Educates clients and their families regarding their diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and rehabilitation process.
Manages the care of clients by assessing and referring them to public and private providers and monitoring their progress.
Develops and presents training programs for departmental staff.
Develops, conducts, and/or participates in quality assurance and program evaluation studies.
Assists clients to obtain stable housing, physical health care, benefits, and entitlements, and to basic living skills.
Performs administrative and general office work as required, including preparing reports and correspondence, attending meetings, copy and filing documents, sending and receiving faxes, entering and retrieving computer data, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in social work, family or marriage counseling, psychology, or closely related field. A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript must be attached to your application.
Additional Requirements:
Possession of a valid California driver's license. Under certain circumstances, the Human Resources Director may accept a valid driver's license from another state if applicant acknowledges his/her intent to acquire a California driver's license within three months by signing an acknowledgement form.
Possession of a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or a valid license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), or an intern number of licensure as either an Associate Clinical Social Worker or a Marriage and Family Therapist intern in the State of California as established by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners. A copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure must be attached to your application.
Supplemental Information
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
Knowledge of:
Working knowledge of: assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, counseling, and psychotherapeutic treatment.
Marriage, family, and child relationship dysfunctions.
Methods of developing and implementing a treatment plan.
Current trends in the field of Mental Health.
Laws and regulations applicable to Mental Health.
Ability to:
Perform effective counseling and psychotherapy with individuals, families, and groups.
Develop and maintain cooperative relationships with clients' families, members of other professional disciplines, social agencies, and co-workers.
Relate professionally with persons with serious mental disorders.
Identify and utilize community resources.
Advise and train other Mental Health staff; and prepare and present clear and concise oral and written reports.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
Work is normally performed in an office environment. Interaction with clients requires adaptability when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or potentially dangerous situations. Potential exposure to infectious diseases.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Requires the ability to sit at a desk for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach while performing office duties: lift and/or move light weights; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment. Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a keyboard to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
All interested applicants must complete and submit a job application including any required supplemental questionnaires, and attach any required documentation. For those who meet the minimum qualifications, a competitive evaluation of the training and experience described on your application or supplemental questionnaire, a written examination, a structured oral interview, a performance rating, or a combination of any of these, may be performed. You will be scored based on that competitive evaluation. This process may be altered if there are ten or less applicants that qualified.
To view benefits please click here:
01
A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript must be attached to your application. Have you attached A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript?
02
Possession of a valid California driver's license is required for this recruitment. Under certain circumstances, the Human Resources Director may accept a valid driver's license from another State if applicant acknowledges his/her intent to acquire a California driver's license within three months by signing an acknowledgement form. Do you have a valid driver's license?
03
A copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure must be attached to your application. Did you attach a copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure?
Required Question
Location : Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 16-00753
Department: Health and Human Services
Opening Date: 08/23/2022
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
There are currently four (4) openings for the Mental Health Clinician position with the Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency
Only Online applications will be accepted
In addition to the salary above, there is an $800 monthly stipend for employees who are Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT), or have a PhD in clinical psychology; or $700 monthly stipend for employees with a Master's in Social Work (MSW) or a Master of Art (MA) in clinical psychology.
DEFINITION
To assess, diagnose, counsel, and provide psychotherapeutic treatment, rehabilitation, and care coordination for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and seriously and persistently mentally ill adults; to provide educational and consultation services to other community agencies, and the public; and to perform related duties and responsibilities as required.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
Receives direction from the Deputy Director of Behavioral Health or a Social Worker Supervisor II, or the Human Services Director.
Examples of Duties
Interviews potential clients to assess needs for Mental Health services or referral elsewhere.
Counsels or provides psychotherapeutic and rehabilitation services for individuals, family members and groups to assist them in achieving productive social adjustments, reducing the impact of disability disorders, and facilitating their achievement of living, vocational, recreational, and interpersonal goals.
Documents clinical activity presenting diagnostic and interview findings, clinical evaluations, and recommendations.
As a member of an interdisciplinary team, reviews diagnosis and treatment plans with other professional and technical staff; and may act as a case manager by coordinating services for clients to assure continuity of care and to assure that clients receive appropriate types of services.
Provides crisis counseling in the field and in the office for individuals experiencing acute episodes, evaluates patients and arranges for voluntary or involuntary admission to facilities for observation and treatment.
Confers with and advises clients' relatives to secure their understanding of and cooperation in treatment and rehabilitation programs.
Cooperates and works with other agencies and practitioners regarding mutual clientele.
Educates clients and their families regarding their diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and rehabilitation process.
Manages the care of clients by assessing and referring them to public and private providers and monitoring their progress.
Develops and presents training programs for departmental staff.
Develops, conducts, and/or participates in quality assurance and program evaluation studies.
Assists clients to obtain stable housing, physical health care, benefits, and entitlements, and to basic living skills.
Performs administrative and general office work as required, including preparing reports and correspondence, attending meetings, copy and filing documents, sending and receiving faxes, entering and retrieving computer data, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in social work, family or marriage counseling, psychology, or closely related field. A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript must be attached to your application.
Additional Requirements:
Possession of a valid California driver's license. Under certain circumstances, the Human Resources Director may accept a valid driver's license from another state if applicant acknowledges his/her intent to acquire a California driver's license within three months by signing an acknowledgement form.
Possession of a valid license as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or a valid license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), or an intern number of licensure as either an Associate Clinical Social Worker or a Marriage and Family Therapist intern in the State of California as established by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners. A copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure must be attached to your application.
Supplemental Information
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
Knowledge of:
Working knowledge of: assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, counseling, and psychotherapeutic treatment.
Marriage, family, and child relationship dysfunctions.
Methods of developing and implementing a treatment plan.
Current trends in the field of Mental Health.
Laws and regulations applicable to Mental Health.
Ability to:
Perform effective counseling and psychotherapy with individuals, families, and groups.
Develop and maintain cooperative relationships with clients' families, members of other professional disciplines, social agencies, and co-workers.
Relate professionally with persons with serious mental disorders.
Identify and utilize community resources.
Advise and train other Mental Health staff; and prepare and present clear and concise oral and written reports.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
Work is normally performed in an office environment. Interaction with clients requires adaptability when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or potentially dangerous situations. Potential exposure to infectious diseases.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Requires the ability to sit at a desk for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach while performing office duties: lift and/or move light weights; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment. Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a keyboard to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
All interested applicants must complete and submit a job application including any required supplemental questionnaires, and attach any required documentation. For those who meet the minimum qualifications, a competitive evaluation of the training and experience described on your application or supplemental questionnaire, a written examination, a structured oral interview, a performance rating, or a combination of any of these, may be performed. You will be scored based on that competitive evaluation. This process may be altered if there are ten or less applicants that qualified.
To view benefits please click here:
01
A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript must be attached to your application. Have you attached A copy of your Master's degree or college transcript?
- Yes
- No
02
Possession of a valid California driver's license is required for this recruitment. Under certain circumstances, the Human Resources Director may accept a valid driver's license from another State if applicant acknowledges his/her intent to acquire a California driver's license within three months by signing an acknowledgement form. Do you have a valid driver's license?
- Yes
- No
03
A copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure must be attached to your application. Did you attach a copy of your LCSW or MFT license or Intern number of licensure?
- Yes
- No
Required Question
