Associate Behavioral Health Director - LCSW - LifeLong Medical Care

Are you a highly motivated Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) looking for a fulfilling and meaningful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of underserved youth? LifeLong Medical Care is seeking an Associate Behavioral Health Director to join our multidisciplinary team at our Brookside San Pablo Health Center.

As the Associate Behavioral Health Director, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive psychiatric care in a clinic setting, working closely with patients families to promote positive mental health and well-being. You will also have the opportunity to build collaborative teams with other healthcare professionals and community partners. As the ideal candidate, you will have experience providing therapy and possess strong clinical and administrative supervision skills. You will be passionate about working with underserved populations and dedicated to providing compassionate care to all of our patients.

At LifeLong Medical Care, we believe in creating a supportive work environment where all team members are valued and encouraged to grow professionally. Join us as we work together to make a positive impact on the lives of our patients and the community we serve.

About us:

As a Federally Qualified Health Center in Northern California with over 45 years of dedicated service to the community, LifeLong serves over 66,000 patients in the East Bay Area's socio-economically underserved regions. We provide medical, dental, behavioral health, and school-based services at more than 15 primary care sites across Oakland, Berkeley, and West Contra Costa County. From opening a residential respite program for homeless persons discharged from hospitals to offering free COVID testing to the community, we are innovative and responsive to our times' social and medical needs. We provide an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and with which our patients can identify. To this end, we seek candidates who reflect the diversity of the East Bay communities we serve.

LifeLong Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, bilingual and bicultural individuals, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. If you're looking for accommodation, please let me know when you apply.

Benefits:

Compensation: $83,000-$104,900/year, depending on the years since licensed, a $10,000 yearly ABHD stipend, sign-on bonus, and excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, dependent and domestic partner coverage, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and loan repayment programs, and commuter benefits. LifeLong qualifies for federal and state loan repayment programs (HPSA score is 16). Acceptance rates may vary year to year based on funding levels and the number of applicants.

Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy:

By LifeLong Medical Care's commitment to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we have adopted a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy to safeguard the health of our employees and their families, our patients and visitors, and the community at large from infectious diseases, that vaccinations may reduce. This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Order of the California State Public Health Officer. Unless a reasonable medical or religious accommodation is approved, all employees must receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Administrative

1. Reviews and supports behavioral health staff to achieve productivity goals through administrative support and schedule management.
2. Hires, trains, and supervises psychosocial services staff in coordination with site leadership, including performance evaluations and personnel issues per agency guidelines.
3. Represents Psychosocial Services at health center meetings.
4. Represents the clinic at agency-wide meetings involving planning or providing psychosocial services.
5. Collaborates with Center Director, AMD, and other providers to develop and maintain integrated and responsive services, including team-based care, case management, information and referral, mental health, and substance use.
6. Meets with Associate Behavioral Health Directors throughout the agency to increase continuity and integration of services offered across sites.
7. Collaborates with Center Director and AMD in developing and implementing an operational budget to support psychosocial services.
8. Sets psychosocial caseload standards and oversee program quality and staff productivity.
9. Plans psychosocial service programs, develop systems and establishes protocols to meet funders' requirements and achieve quality improvement and assurance goals.
10. Ensures collaboration with outside social service agencies to facilitate referrals, service coordination, and educational in-services as needed.
11. Participates in planning and implementation of data collection and quality improvement activities related to psychosocial services and integrated care.

Clinical

1. Provides individual psychotherapy, including crisis intervention services.
2. Develops and provide group educational and therapeutic services.
3. Maintains licensure to provide billable mental health services to clinic patients and provide supervision to licensed and pre-licensed staff.
4. Provides clinical supervision to patients and interns.

1. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with the California Board of Behavioral Science.
2. Demonstrated skills in assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health and substance use disorders.
3. Experience with individual and group modalities, crisis intervention, and staff education and training.
4. Strong commitment to working with a low-income, ethnically diverse patient population.
5. Strong knowledge base in mental health and psychosocial issues particular to the clinic’s client population.

Education and Experience 

1. Master's Degree in Social Welfare.
2. Three years of experience in the supervision of clinical social workers and social service support staff.
3. Completion of BBS-required 15-hour course in clinical supervision.
4. Experience in a publicly funded mental health program, community health center, and/or social service agency serving the clinic’s particular client population preferred.
5. Experience in program planning, budgeting, staff development, and grant writing.
6. CAQH PAVE/ORP