Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
L26 – Van Nuys, CA
Remote Type
N/A
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Master’s Degree
Salary Range
$64,480.00 – $66,480.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Up to 50%
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Nonprofit – Social Services
Description
Provide assessment and intake to new clients. Provide direct and indirect services involving clinic and field-based services, including plan development, placement services, assistance in daily living, individual and/or group counseling, crisis intervention, and community outreach and education as assigned.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide direct and indirect client services. The ideal candidate will provide assessment and evaluation of seriously older mentally ill adults. Determine individual’s strengths, needs, and resources. Assess client’s level of psycho-social impairment, self-care potential, family and support network availability, independent living needs, financial status, educational, employment or training needs, and social-recreational needs.
Provide outreach, assessment and evaluation of assigned older adult clients. Determine individual’s strengths, needs and resources. Assess client’s level of psychosocial impairment, self-care potential, family and support network availability, independent living needs, financial status, educational, employment or training needs, and social/recreational needs. Develop and coordinate treatment plans.
Complete all documentation within mandated time frames and in compliance with County, State, and Center guidelines.
Assist clients in developing independent living skills, and resources including peer or caregiver support, social/recreational, volunteer or educational goals, needed to implement and achieve goals of the individual treatment plan.
Transports clients to and from appropriate service as necessary.
Provide crisis intervention-intervene with the client/others at the onset of a crisis to provide support and assistance in problem resolution and to coordinate or arrange for the provision of other needed services. Provide services in the field and at the apartment complex in support of client’s individual treatment plans. Assist clients in their apartments to maintain housing.
Assist clients in accessing peer support, self-help and recovery based services.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate must have a master’s degree in psychology and be licensed waivered by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Minimum of two years’ experience in a behavioral health care; experience with adults and/or older adults with mental illness.
Knowledge of DSMIV required.
Maintain current status as a licensed waivered professional under California law.
Minimum of two (2) years experience in a mental health setting.
Must have a valid California Driver License in good standing and be insurable by the Center’s auto insurance carrier.
Must have a good driving record and must be insurable by the Center’s insurance company.
Bi-lingual/ Bi-cultural in Spanish a plus.
We offer:
- Experience working with a diverse client population
- A team-oriented work environment
- Training opportunities
- Excellent compensation and benefits