Mobile Crisis Outreach Team - Clinical Supervisor Overnight On-Call

JOB SUMMARY: Sycamores is partnering with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to people experiencing a mental health crisis. The 988 hotline will provide initial phone support to all callers and triage calls to the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach teams for in person support. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team will respond out to the community to provide timely support including crisis stabilization, safety planning, assessment for danger to self/ others, and gravely disabled write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow up support. The Clinical Supervisor will provide support and supervision to the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team and be an integral part of the Sycamores larger Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT). Close partnership with the 988-call center, police, sheriff, psychiatric hospitals, and ambulance transport companies will be important in this role.

This is a direct service leadership position designed to provide hands-on coaching direction and guidance to supervisees within the program. In this role, the Clinical Supervisor is responsible for working directly with staff in the implementation of best practices that are consistent with policies and the agency’s treatment philosophy.  The Clinical Supervisor provides administrative and clinical supervision to members of the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team. The Clinical Supervisor will be available for consultation during and following crisis calls as well as to fill in when back up is needed in the field. The Clinical Supervisor will supervise and lead identified crisis staff, be on-call, and represent the MCOT program to external stakeholders and community resources. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Supervisory and teaching or training skills 

Starting Pay Range:

$48.10 - $51.71 per hour (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background. There will be an additional $4.00 per hour overnight differential.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters or Doctoral degree from an accredited or state approved program that meets criteria for licensing as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, professional clinical counselor, or clinical psychologist. Must be waiver-able or registered with the appropriate licensing board in California to provide psychotherapy.
• Must be licensed and eligible to provide clinical supervision to the Board of Behavioral Science standards in California (i.e., LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, Ph.D. or PsyD).
• Supervisory experience in individual, group, and family psychotherapy with the severely emotionally disturbed.
• Must be LPS certified.
• 2 years post licensure with related supervisory experience and advanced clinical knowledge of best practices
• Excellent consumer de-escalation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, creativity, flexibility, time management, and organizational skills
• Must have the ability to manage and work through conflict in a calm manner.
• Ability to be an effective listener • Maintains all required licenses and certifications.
• Valid California Driver License and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents.
• Frequent driving to various work site locations.
• Frequent/continuous sitting with occasional, intermittent standing/walking.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level.
• Occasional/intermittent reaching at or above shoulder level.
• Occasional/intermittent bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing.
• Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties.
• Requires physical presence in the office during standard business hours.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Further, Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer and complies with California Government Code Section 12952, Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.