Senior Clinical Therapist - Mobile Crisis Response

Senior Clinical Therapist

LPCC, LMFT or LCSW

Mobile Crisis Response Program, Riverside, Ca.

The County of Riverside's Behavioral Health Department – Mobile Crisis Response Program has an opening for a Senior Clinical Therapist position. The Mobile Crisis Response Program provides crisis intervention services to anyone, anywhere and anytime throughout Riverside County. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams are part of the Crisis Support System of Care Program. These are field based teams consisting of Clinical Therapists, Behavioral Health Specialist, Substance Use Specialist, Homeless and Housing Specialist, and Peer Support Specialist working collaboratively with Law Enforcement, Emergency Departments, Schools, Cities, Community Agencies, and the community directly to decrease the need for inpatient hospitalizations, as well as decreasing the amount of time that these agencies are dedicating to individuals in psychiatric crisis.

The Mobile Crisis Response Teams can work with individuals from all age groups. This position will provide clinical support to mobile crisis field-based staff, conduct risk assessments, clinical assessments, provide live clinical supervision, review notes, review charts, review reports, and provide clinical consultations. This position will work in the field therefore a driver’s license is required.

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. 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.

The certification list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill other future Senior Clinical Therapist vacancies within Behavioral Health that may occur in the coming weeks.

• Provide extensive clinical supervision to unlicensed clinicians, within the scope of licensure.
• Monitor fidelity and provide clinical supervision and coaching for evidence based treatment models.
• Develop mental health related training curriculum and conduct training for clinical therapists and other departmental staff.
• Conduct clinical and quality improvement chart audits.
• Coordinate clinical decisions in response to operational demands.
• Conduct clinical discussions regarding complex or difficult cases.
• Act as a casework consultant to other clinical therapists and other departmental staff.
• Provide guidance to volunteers and staff.
• Serve as liaison with other sections, units, services, and agencies.
• Participate in mental health conferences and local area committees.
• Interview consumers, relatives, and other involved persons to gather personal and social data relevant to assessing mental or emotional…