Bay Area Community Services (BACS)

Clinician - Amber Crisis Stabilization Unit (ACSW/AMFT)

Bay Area Community Services (BACS)  •  $45 - $52/hr  •  Oakland, CA (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Location: Oakland,California,United States

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

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Bay Area Community Services (BACS)

About Bay Area Community Services (BACS)

BACS breaks the mental health, housing, and community barriers that hold people back. We are helping people experiencing mental health needs or housing crises, while balancing other complications like health needs, substance use, generational trauma, incarceration, poverty, and more.

BACS does “whatever it takes” to create programs that meet community needs, integrating nearly seven decades of behavioral health expertise with our Housing First philosophy.

Industry
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Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Year Founded
1953
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