What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinician - Amber Crisis Stabilization Unit (ACSW/AMFT) position at Bay Area Community Services?
We are currently hiring 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:
- Swing 4pm to 12:30am (Sun - Thurs)
- Day 8:00 am - 4:30pm (Thurs - Mon)
- On Call
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.
- 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.
- 31 days PTO
- Clinical supervision hours towards licensure
- 403b plan.
- Free iPhone with unlimited data for personal/professional use laptop for easy mobility*
* Most direct service positions
BAY AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Salary : $93,500