UCLA Health

Behavioral Health Therapist (LCSW) - SUMMIT Services

UCLA Health  •  $116k - $139k/yr  •  Remote  •  29 days ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Inglewood, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fixed Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Posted Date
04/30/2026
Salary Range $9679.62 - 11567.52 Monthly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29804


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

Join our dedicated and caring team of professionals and make a difference in the communities we serve as a Behavioral Health Therapist for our Substance Use, Motivation, Medication Integrated Treatment (SUMMIT) program. In this clinical social work role you will provide therapy to patients, which includes providing clinical interventions using treatment with individuals, teens, families, and groups, as well as crisis intervention and assessment at the Venice Family Clinic. There may also be an opportunity to supervise a graduate student. This therapist works closely with the SUMMIT case managers and counselors, other behavioral health staff, medical staff, and community partners. This role will be comprehensive, serving patients of all ages, and the on-call work may include triage for patients who are unhoused, who have severe mental health challenges, and/or who are struggling with substance use. Ongoing psychotherapy will be a hybrid model of telehealth and in-person.

Note this position will be based at our Inglewood location but will also work at our location in Gardena, CA.

LCSW Salary Range: $116,157.21 - $138,810.24 Annual


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Master’s Degree from an accredited School of Social Work or Social Welfare.
  • Active state licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
  • Excellent oral communication skills and advanced Spanish communication skills.
  • Demonstrated work experience with individuals struggling with substance use.
  • Skill at assessing the psychological needs of indigent populations.
  • Demonstrated work experience in individual, family, and group therapy.
  • Working knowledge of California child abuse reporting laws.
  • Effective interpersonal skills to diffuse patients who become agitated.
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Knowledge of community mental health and social services.
  • Skill at developing treatment and case management plans.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills to initiate problem-solving and program implementation.
  • Working knowledge of diverse cultures and the low-income population, including the homeless.
  • Ability to work flexible hours to meet client needs.
  • Ability to percept, supervise, and evaluate MSW interns.


As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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