Pre-Licensed Clinical Therapist* Jobs

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Pre-licensed Clinical Therapists* (Marriage and Family Therapy, Master of Social Work, and Professional Clinical Counselor) work in a variety of programs providing rehabilitative mental health/substance abuse services in community mental health clinics, field and institutional settings to children, adolescents, families, and older adults with severe mental or emotional disorders. Pre-licensed Clinical Therapists may obtain supervised clinical experience. Applicants willing to work in forensics, criminal justice, or after-hours positions are encouraged to apply, as well as those seeking traditional schedules.

The resulting eligible list may be used to fill immediate and future vacancies throughout the County as they occur.

• Official Title: Clinical Therapist, Pre-licensed.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Background Check: An extensive background check will include a credit check, fingerprint/DOJ LiveScan, and DMV check. Must be a U.S. Citizen or be a permanent U.S. resident. Medical exam will also include drug and TB test. Some positions may require additional background check/process dependent upon the work location.
Shifts: Some programs offer 24-hour services; some assignments may require employees to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call.
Travel: Travel throughout the County may be required depending on assignment. Employees will be required to make provision for transportation. At the time of hire, a valid California driver license and proof of automobile liability insurance must be produced and maintained for the individual providing the transportation.
Differential: Clinical therapists regularly assigned to work night/overnight hours or in detention facilities receive additional compensation. Indicate your interest and availability for positions assigned to night/overnight or detention facilities on the Supplemental Questionnaire.

Registration/License: Pre-licensed Clinical Therapists must have a registration with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for the commencement of employment. Applicants within 90 days of graduation of a Master’s degree in a behavioral science accepted by the BBS for registration are considered recent college graduates and have to obtain an intern registration number immediately but no later than sixty (60) days of employment.

Pre-licensed Clinical Therapists must become licensed by the BBS within six (6) years of the original registration or may be terminated. Upon obtaining license, employees may be promoted to Clinical Therapist I ($5,541 - $8,006 monthly).

• Experience in a crisis intervention/brief therapy setting with severely mentally ill adults/children.
• Experience in transitional care coordination between inpatient and outpatient levels of care for medical complexity or severely persistently mentally ill adults and children.
• Experience with intensive care coordination with physical health care providers for severely persistently mentally ill clients.
• Experience with case management for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Experience in quality assurance or utilization review activities.
• Experience working with detained youth and incarcerated adults in correctional settings, such as institutions/locked detention facilities or with probationers/offenders recently released from a correctional setting.
• Experience providing child/adolescent and family therapy.
• Experience with coordinating care for individuals with co-occurring substance disorders.
• Government or private inpatient, psychiatric hospital or behavioral health clinics/programs/contract agencies, serving persistently mentally ill clients.