Clinician, Overnight - Crisis Stabilization Unit

Oakland, California, United States | Clinical | Full-time

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We are currently hiring BBS Registered Clinical Care Coordinators for our Amber House CSU/CRT, a 10-bed voluntary-only CSU whose purpose will be to assess individuals who are having a mental health crisis and are in need of assessment, stabilization, and brief treatment.  The service is available to individuals for up to 24-hours. The Amber House CRT has up to 14-beds for individuals in crisis who do not meet medical necessity criteria for hospitalization and would benefit from treatment and supportive programming. 

Open Positions:

  • NOC 12am to 8 am (Clinical supervision hours towards licensure available)
  • Swing 4pm to midnight (Clinical supervision hours towards licensure available)
  • Day 8am to 4:30pm (Clinical supervision hours towards licensure available)

CRISIS CLINICIAN RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Delivery of individual, family, group counseling, individual rehabilitation, and case management/brokerage for individuals within the caseload as assigned.
  • Utilize Evidence-Based Practice for the designated population/program to assure high-quality results and intended impact.
  • Assess an individual’s risk status including risk-based symptoms, substance use, environment, physical conditions, etc, and intervene appropriately.
  • Creating a service plan that aims at an individual getting better/healthy and accomplishing service goals that are person-centered and belong to the client.
  • Outreach and progressive engagement and reporting disengagement to the team immediately. Responsible for working with the outreach team and determining when to disenroll individuals based on program protocols.
  • Assessment, screening referrals, service planning, community planning, and benefits coordination support wellness and recovery principles.
  • Documents and maintains all data collection, reporting, and charting records in accordance with BACS and other relevant county regulatory policies/agencies.
  • Participates in supervision, staff meetings, consultation, travel, crisis/emergency coverage, weekend coverage, as well as, agency-wide meetings and training, as required by the manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • ASW, AMFT, or APCC with current BBS registration; and 1 year of social service experience
  • LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC with current BBS registration; and 1 year of social service experience
  • LVN or RN with current CA license and 1 year of social service/psychiatric experience 

Benefits/Perks

  • Highly competitive compensation $45/hr (equivalent to $93,500 annually) ASW or AMFT, $104,000 exmpt for LCSW/LMFT. $40/LVNs
  • $2,500 hiring bonus - half paid after 90 days of continuous employment and the other half after 6 months.
  • +3% wage differential for tested competency in threshold languages for Alameda county (Chinese, Cantonese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Farsi, Cambodian and Tagalog)
  • Fully paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage for employees & dependents – nothing comes out of your check.
  • After one year of service, $3,000 per year for student loan payments, tuition reimbursement or CEUs, etc.Up to $15,000 over 5 years. 
  • Clinical supervision hours towards licensure
  • 403b plan. After 1 year of service BACS matching contribution.
  • After 1 year of service $3,000 per year student loan, tuition or CEUs. Up to $15,000 over 5 years.
  • One month PAID sabbatical after 4 Years – not charging PTO
  • Free iPhone with unlimited data for personal/professional use + laptop for easy mobility*

       * Most direct service positions

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