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 Shift Tuesday to Saturday 4pm to 12midight
- NOC
- Shift 12:00am to 8:00 am Sunday to Thursday or Thursday to Monday
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.
- Other duties as assigned.
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)
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and life insurance coverage options for employees, plus a vision reimbursement program. Children’s healthcare coverage is available for as little as $25/month. Average employer-paid benefit value: approximately $913/month per enrolled individual. BACS contributions apply to company-sponsored plans only.
- 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
About bacs
- Bay Area Community Services is a CARF accredited non-profit, community-based agency celebrating 70 years of serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramentoand Solano Counties by providing mental health and social services.
- BACS’ mission is to uplift under-served individuals and their families by doing whatever it takes.
- We are proud to be one of the leading agencies producing real outcomes to tough social problems.
- BACS owes its reputation as an innovator to our innovative and entrepreneurial staff.
- We are seeking individuals who want to transform clinical practice to be client-centered and effective in the field and who want to lead empowered teams to meet goals.
Bay area community services is an equal opportunity employer
