Clinician (Sf and Oakland) - Unity Care Group

Unity Care Group

Verified Company

Oakland, United States

4 days ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

DEPARTMENT:
Mental Health

POSITION TITLE:
Clinician - Residential
FLSA:Exempt

SUPERVISOR:
Clinical Program Manager
Job Code:NA
Salary Range 74,000-84,000 Annually

OVERVIEW:

The Residential Clinician is to provide culturally responsive, strength-based, trauma informed behavioral health services to youth and young adults in foster care who reside in Unity Care's THP program.

This position provides trauma-informed individual and group therapy, and consultation to collateral team members.

Under the supervision of the Clinical Program Manager, this person will provide services that are aligned with UCG's service model and clinical philosophy.

As with all UC staff, this position is responsible for adhering to the performance standards set forth in the UC Staff Employee and UC policies and procedures.

DIRECT REPORTS:
None

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

Minimum of 4 years' experience working with atrisk youth or adolescent children in a therapeutic role
Degree in a Behavioral Science such as Social Work (MSW) or Counseling Psychology (MA or MS)
Registered, Licensed or Licensedwaivered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
Minimum 4 years' experience in delivering Medi-Cal EPSDT services to clients aged 16 years to 21 years.
Strong understanding and skill in Medi-Cal documentation requirements, using an electronic health records system.
Understanding of productivity and billing standards.
Training and skills in EPSDT assessment, diagnosis, and treatment delivery methods
Organization, time management and team partnership skills

Preferred:

Bilingual/ Bicultural (Spanish/English)
Minimum of 1 year experience working with atrisk youth in a residential setting

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but not limited to):

Gather assessment information, orients new clients, and writes reports and service plans in a timely manner in compliance with state and county Medi-Cal guidelines.
Provide Trauma-Informed direct services including, case management, individual, group, and family therapy, case management, and rehab focused upon outcomes and interventions designed to promote independence.
Work effectively with program staff to ensure relevance, accessibility, and quality of service provided to children and their families.
Provide agency representation to county partners and other stakeholders in coordination of the clinical care of the assigned caseload.
Manage case files with timely and accurate documentation in electronic health records system, related to progress notes and billing.
Demonstrates a high level of clinical competence with youth and young adults. Provides evidencebased, quality, culturally proficient and relevant therapeutic, educational, preventative and crisis services to children and their families in residential, communitybased and inhome settings.
Maintains professional standards regarding client rights. Demonstrates an understanding of confidentiality policies, mandated child abuse reporting and duty to warn procedures. Utilizes clinical supervision in any case where these issues are in question.
Utilizes supervision, consultation, and training as necessary to continue to provide high quality services to youth and young adults as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Meets organization's productivity standards.
Maintains a case load of approximately 11 to 16 clients, depending on client's acuity and mental health needs.
Supports clients and program staff with CFT and case management supports with social workers and probation officers.
Organization Duties:
Timely and accurate submission of timecards to supervisor
Time away from the Office, Program and/or Home (i.e. vacations, personal time off, leaves of absence) must be preapproved by supervisor and requested based on process outlined in the UC Employee Handbook.
Maintain knowledge of staff handbook, policies, procedures, manuals, and pertinent documentation.
Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Read and interpret documents and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence.
Speak effectively in small setting and groups, i.e. UC employees, clients, or residents.
Resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Identify negative disruptive behaviors and redirect behavior using mediation and deescalation techniques.
Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use ha