Senior Clinical Therapist - Detention (Indio Adult)

Senior Clinical Therapist - Behavioral Health Detention

John J.

Benoit Detention Center, Indio, CA

The Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health Department has an opening for a Senior Clinical Therapist position with the John J.

Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

Behavioral Health Detention provides mental health services to those who are incarcerated in an effort to reduce recidivism.

This role will primarily provide clinical supervision to unlicensed staff and act as a lead therapist.

The incumbent's duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to providing supervision and oversight over clinical assessments, treatment plans and screenings.

The position will provide oversight for crisis intervention, risk assessments and 5150 assessments.

This position requires a California Driver's License and will work a 9/80 schedule starting between 5:00am and 2:30pm.

Applicant's will be required to obtain a Level 1 Sheriff background clearance.

Bilingual Spanish is a plus and can receive a extra differential.
Under direction, performs the full range of therapeutic assignments related to the field of mental or behavioral health services and psychiatric social work, which includes the design and implementation of personalized treatment plans, individual and group psychotherapy, evaluations and investigations, and professional counseling, as applicable by professional licensing law, in order to meet the needs of consumers or families with mental or emotional disorders; and performs other related duties as required.

The Senior Clinical Therapist is the lead/advanced journey level of the Clinical Therapist series.

The Senior Clinical Therapist class has responsibility for providing clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff.

This classification is also responsible for performing, within the scope of licensure, the full range of psychotherapy and counseling services for individual consumers, couples, families, and groups exhibiting a variety of mental health and related disorders in a clinic or institutional setting.

Assignments range from moderately difficult to the most complex and include serving in a lead capacity over and providing consultative support to other mental health treatment staff.

This classification is distinguished from the class of Mental Health Services Supervisor in that the latter class is the first line supervisor responsible for the planning or implementation of specialized mental health services.

The Senior Clinical Therapist is further distinguished from the Clinical Therapist II in that the former is the lead level and may provide extensive clinical supervision, according to licensure and training, over unlicensed clinical staff.
In addition to the base pay, Clinical Therapists assigned to DETENTION positions receive an hourly differential of 20%.

This differential applies to all hours worked, which is any regular or overtime hours worked up to 80 hours p...