Clinician - Amber Crisis Stabilization Unit (ACSW/AMFT)

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