School-based Associate Behavioral Health Director (LCSW) - LifeLong Medical Care

Overview

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 West Oakland Middle School location.

As the Associate Behavioral Health Director, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive psychiatric care in a school-based setting, working closely with students and 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 in writing when you apply.

Benefits:

Compensation: $80,000 - $100,000/year, depending on years since licensed, $7,500 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:

In accordance with 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 the Order of the California State Public Health Officer. Unless a reasonable medical or religious accommodation is approved, all employees must receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments, mental health diagnoses, and treatment plans and implements short-term counseling using appropriate modalities for patients with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief/loss, addiction, domestic violence, behavioral health problems, and psychosocial stressors.
• Provides short-term case management services for patients participating in treatment.
• As a team member, assists with crisis intervention and triage as needed. Crisis intervention includes assessment, de-escalation, and notifying the public mental health crisis response team if necessary.
• Works with team members to provide follow-up assessment and prevention planning after any crisis, including follow-up with outside agencies.
• Maintains clinical and administrative records in accordance with contractual and billing requirements.
• Follows all State of California-mandated reporting requirements.

• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to all members of the BH team, including:
• All Licensed therapists on the team
• All Associate therapists on the team
• BH CHWs
• Recovery Support Counselors
• Perinatal Behavioral Health Coordinators (effective January 2023)
• Coordinates the annual chart review process for all therapists on the team.
• Coordinates and delivers all annual reviews for all members of the BH team.
• Provide supervision hours to Associate therapists on the team and complete all required BBS forms (unless accommodations have been made for another licensed therapist to provide clinical/BBS supervision)
• Be available for clinical and crisis consultation from the BH team and clinic staff. 
• May be asked to provide clinical support/consultation to case managers on staff, where applicable
• Works collaboratively with psychiatry providers onsite on clinical and workflow issues.
• Acts as co-leaders with Associate Medical Director and Center Director in developing the site’s integrated care model. 
• Participates in clinic/site leadership meetings with AMD and CM  
• Creates workflows for the BH team in the clinic/site in coordination with agency-wide efforts. 
• Acts as the voice of BH at clinic/site staff and provider meetings. 
• Manage patient grievances by investigating, communicating with the patient, and coordinating with site leadership to write up a response. 
• Interviews hires and onboard new therapists and BH CHWs at the site. 
• Orients new medical and psychiatry providers to BH team/referrals/workflow. 
• Plans and facilitates BH team meetings. 
• Participates in monthly BH Team Leads meetings. 
• Participates in and supports the site and organizational DEI efforts.
• Leads BH QI efforts at the site level, including developing a model of care and implementing PDAs. 
• Works with BH Clinical and Operations Director, CD, and AMD to develop and monitor clinic/site budget for the BH team. 
• Monitors productivity and talks with individual team members about productivity and advises adjustments in templates as needed to achieve productivity goals and manage patient access.
• Works with BH CHWs and RSCspromptly triage all BH referrals in a clinicptly.
• Consults with medical providers on patients with behavioral health concerns. 
• Reviews and responds to patient clinic transfer requests when a patient has BH involvement; coordinates with BH lead at other clinics. 
• Consults with LMC Legal Director re: any legal/consent issues for the BH team. 
• Reviews medical requests from patients requesting BH records; addresses as needed. 
• Integrating into a school setting
• Attending COST meetings
• Travel between SBHC sites as needed.

Qualifications

Education and Experience