Senior Clinical Therapist - Detention - Youth Treatment & Education Center

Senior Clinical Therapist - Behavioral Health Detention

Youth Treatment & Education Center, Riverside, CA

The Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health Department has an opening for a Senior Clinical Therapist position with the Youth Treatment & Education Center in Riverside.

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 4/10 shift Wednesday through Saturday.

The department is willing to be flexible with the start time for the 10 hour shift.

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

Bilingual Spanish is a plus and can receive a extra differential.
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 per pay period (it does not apply to the use of leave balances).

Please note this differential is temporary and can be removed at any time.

Incumbents in this classification are also eligible to receive a forensic mental health differential of 8.3%.

Under direction, performs the full range of therapeutic assignments related to the field of mental or behavioral health services and psychiatric social work in a detention facility, 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 inmates in a detention facility with behavioral or emotional disorders; and performs other related duties as required.

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

Incumbents in this classification will be assigned, and expected to work in one of the five adult detention facilities (this specifically excludes those incumbents assigned to the Mental Health Court Program) throughout the County of Riverside, Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, Larry D.

Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, Indio Jail, or the Blythe Jail.

Senior Clinical Therapists include the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

The Senior Clinical Therapist - Detention class has responsibility for providing clinical supervision, according to licensu...