Clinical Supervisor

Sycamores is partnering with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to individuals 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 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 essential in this role.

• Provide administrative and clinical supervision to members of the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team.
• Work directly with staff in the implementation of best practices consistent with policies and the agency's treatment philosophy.
• Be available for consultation during and following crisis calls, as well as to fill in when backup is needed in the field.
• Supervise and lead identified crisis staff, be on-call, and represent the MCOT program to external stakeholders and community resources.

• 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 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.

• 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.