Senior Clinical Therapist - Perris Behavioral Health Services

The Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health Department is filling a Senior Clinical Therapist position located in Perris, CA. The incumbent's duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to providing clinical assessments, developing treatment plans, facilitating psycho educational and therapeutic groups, provide therapy and case management services to clients cycling through the justice system, struggling with homelessness or high utilizers of impatient services. They will provide crisis intervention including risk assessments and 5150 assessments. The incumbent will provide clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians, within the scope of licensure. They will monitor fidelity and provide clinical supervision and coaching for evidence-based treatment models. The incumbent will develop mental health related training curriculum and conduct training for department staff. They will serve as the liaison with other sections, units, services, and agencies. The incumbent will coordinate designing treatment or rehabilitation plans with staff members and community agencies. They will establish and maintain effective communication with local mental health resources, community members, parents, schools, residential facilities, and other agencies or organizations. They will prepare reports and write correspondence as needed.

Competitive candidates will be Spanish Bi-lingual and have experience in providing clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians; experience working in a crisis intervention setting conducting assessments on clients with severe and persistent mental illness; experience providing services to mental health clients in the field; and experience using the Electronic Management of Records (ELMR) system.

Under direction, performs the full range of therapeutic assignments related to the field of mental or behavioral health services and psychiatric social work, which includes the design and implementation of personalized treatment plans, individual and group psychotherapy, evaluations and investigations, and professional counseling, as applicable by professional licensing law, in order to meet the needs of consumers or families with mental or emotional disorders; and performs other related duties as required.

The Senior Clinical Therapist is the lead/advanced journey level of the Clinical Therapist series. Senior Clinical Therapists include the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The Senior Clinical Therapist class has responsibility for providing clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff. This classification is also responsible for performing, within the scope of licensure, the full range of psychotherapy and counseling services for individual consumers, couples, families, and groups exhibiting a variety of mental health and related disorders in a clinic or institutional setting. Assignments range from moderately difficult to the most complex and include serving in a lead capacity over and providing consultative support to other mental health treatment staff.

This classification is distinguished from the class of Mental Health Services Supervisor in that the latter class is the first line supervisor responsible for the planning or implementation of specialized mental health services. The Senior Clinical Therapist is further distinguished from the Clinical Therapist II in that the former is the lead level and may provide extensive clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff.