CORE Clinical Manager

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT BUREAU

The Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE) Bureau is a specialized unit within the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Services Division, and is focused on building stronger ties with the community. CORE’s mission compliments the Agency’s mission of improving public safety though innovative and inclusive law enforcement practices. Building trust and legitimacy with the community is a foundational principle for 21st Century Policing is essential to improving public safety.

CORE is divided into 5 smaller units: Crime Prevention and Reduction Units (CPU and CRU), School Resource Officers (SRO), Behavioral Health Unit (BHU), and Deputy Sheriff’s Activities League (DSAL). CORE takes a multi-pronged approach including engagement, enforcement, support, and services. CORE hosts and participates in community events such as National Night Out, Faith and Blue, and Coffee with a Cop. We partner with the Board of Supervisors, Municipal Advisory Councils, Neighborhood Watch groups, and more. Our School Resource Officers respond to school related calls but also support school events and programs such as the Explorer program. BHU offers support and services to the community by providing individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, juvenile diversion services, clinical case management, crisis intervention/crisis response, and victims of crime support. DSAL offers free health and fitness programs such as soccer, martial arts, and boxing to community members who are disadvantaged.

THE POSITION

This is a single-position classification located in the Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE) Unit of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO). Under general direction, the incumbent performs management, administrative, and supervisory duties for the clinical functions of the CORE Unit. These duties include, but are not limited to, clinical program development and implementation; program monitoring and evaluation; program service coordination; program budget, and reimbursement oversight; and performs other related duties as assigned.

The CORE Clinical Manager has primary responsibility for the supervision, and management of all clinical aspects of the Sheriff’s CORE Unit.

For more detailed information about the job classification: CORE Clinical Manager (#6502).

ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a full-service law enforcement agency accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for its law enforcement services, its Regional Training Center, and its Dispatch Unit; the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board for its Crime Lab; the Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit. Additionally, the agency's health care provider, Wellpath, has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

The Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1600 authorized positions, including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agency's Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez, who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April Luckett-Fahimi, Assistant Sheriffs Daniel McNaughton and Pace Stokes.

The Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties, including the following:

• Providing security to the Consolidated Superior Courts
• Operating the Coroner's Bureau
• Operating full-service criminalistics laboratory
• Performing Civil Process
• Operating a County Jail (Santa Rita)
• Operating the County Office of Emergency Services
• Providing patrol and investigative services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County
• Pursuant to contractual agreements, providing patrol and investigative services to the City of Dublin, Oakland International Airport, Highland County Hospital, Social Services, and to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
• Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) requirements. [Sheriff's Academy website]
• Providing Fish and Game enforcement
• Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force
• Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force

For more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EITHER I

Experience:

One (1) year of full-time experience in the Alameda County classification of CORE Clinical Supervisor;

OR II

Education:

Possession of a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Marriage and Family Therapy Counseling, Marital and Family Therapy, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Counseling with an emphasis on Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, or a Master’s degree in Nursing or Social Work with an emphasis on Clinical Social Work, or an equivalent degree that meets requirements set by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences for a Marriage and Family Therapist license.

AND

License:

Possession of a valid clinical license in Marriage Family Therapy (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW), Clinical Psychology, or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), issued by the applicable licensing authority: California Board of Behavioral Sciences or California Board of Psychology.

AND

Experience:

Two (2) years of full-time post-masters degree experience as a psychotherapist or marriage and family therapist counselor in an outpatient facility, hospital, or other clinical or agency setting; and two (2) years of full-time experience performing duties comparable to those performed by incumbents in the classification of CORE Clinical Supervisor.

Special Requirements:

Appointees to this classification must be certified by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to provide clinical lead to interns seeking MFT licensure.

Prior to appointment to this classification, prospective appointees must pass a comprehensive background investigation conducted by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Principles, practices, funding sources, laws and regulations, and administrative requirements.
• Principles of effective management and personnel supervision.
• Social, economic, cultural, and other issues impacting the program area.
• Principles and practices of program planning and evaluation.
• Practices and techniques of programmatic analysis and report preparation.
• Office administrative practices and procedures.
• Computer applications related to work.
• Basic budgetary and financial record-keeping techniques.
• Crisis intervention and intake procedures.
• Theory, principles, and techniques of counseling and/or psychotherapy.
• Social, emotional, and behavioral aspects of mental disorders, emotional disturbances, and at-risk behavior characteristics exhibited by youth.
• Principles of maturation, social adjustment, human/child development, normal and abnormal behavior, and general psychology.
• Psychotherapy, case management, and other methods of counseling, including but not limited to therapy with children, adolescents, families, couples, and groups.
• Scope, activities, and functions of the various mental health facilities including but not limited to public and private community agencies concerned with mental health.

Ability to:

• Build coalitions among groups with differing needs and objectives.
• Function effectively in a highly structured law enforcement environment and adhere to established policy, procedure, and protocol.
• Plan, supervise, review, and evaluate the work of others.
• Plan, monitor, and evaluate program and service delivery effectiveness.
• Organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.
• Exercise sound independent judgment within established policies and guidelines.
• Identify programmatic and operational problems, investigate evaluate alternatives and implement effective solutions.
• Interpret, explain, and apply complex regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records and files.
• Prepare clear, accurate, and effective reports, correspondence, policies, informational materials, and other written materials.
• Effectively train counseling interns.
• Perform crisis intervention and crisis intake.
• Apply clinical and case management principles and concepts.
• Develop effective and productive therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Secure and systematically record accurate social and personal data.
• Maintain necessary statistics and prepare comprehensive statistical reports.
• Utilize community resources in case management.
• Work effectively with law enforcement staff in the handling of disputes and/or crisis calls.
• Establish and maintain effective and professional relationships and work effectively with others.
• Represent the ACSO and the CORE Unit in meetings with others and make effective presentations to diverse groups.
• Write and speak effectively.