Supervising Attorney

4 weeks ago

San Diego, California, United States Legal Aid Society of San Diego Full time
Job Title:

Supervising Attorney - Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervising Attorney to lead our Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the work of the Behavioral Health Unit, providing training and supervision to staff attorneys, and ensuring the overall quality and competency of the substantive legal work.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Supervise and lead the Behavioral Health Unit team, ensuring effective case management and high-quality legal work.
  • Provide training and guidance to staff attorneys, non-attorney staff, interns, and volunteers.
  • Review and analyze program data, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
  • Develop and implement policies, procedures, and protocols for the program, in collaboration with the CCHEA Managing Attorney and Executive Management.
  • Assist with grant writing and grant management, including contract deliverables, data collection, and timely reporting compliance.
  • Maintain excellent relationships with funders, including County BHS, and identify new funding opportunities to enhance and expand existing health care advocacy services.
  • Develop and implement behavioral health community education and outreach programs, including materials development, in collaboration with the appropriate Boards and outside organizations.
  • Ensure that the Program achieves and maintains an active and visible role in the consumer and organizational communities, including identifying consumer representatives for the Consumer Center's Advisory Board.
Requirements:
  • Member of the California Bar.
  • Three (3) years' experience as a practicing attorney, two (2) of which must be in public interest law.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the Behavioral Health (BH) system of care, including its governing laws and policies, as well as relevant oversight agencies and patient's rights and protections.
  • Ability to supervise staff, evaluate performance outcomes, and provide feedback.
  • Knowledge, understanding, and application of the principles required to collect and analyze data accurately and reliably.
  • Understanding of legal issues and needs faced by the client communities served by the program and the laws relating to those issues.
  • Ability to work independently and organize workload, including setting priorities, goals, and staff schedules.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally.
  • Willingness to travel throughout San Diego as well as to meetings throughout the State.
  • Demonstrated experience in developing and presenting training materials and programs.
  • Reliable transportation.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of Behavioral Health diversionary programs, standards and rights related to involuntary inpatient and outpatient mental health services, assisted outpatient treatment and Laura's Law, and the CARE Act.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Spanish or a threshold language preferred.
  • Demonstrated commitment to serving low-income and underrepresented people.
  • Ability to work successfully with people from diverse backgrounds.
Benefits:

The Supervising Attorney for the CCHEA Behavioral Health Unit is a salaried position with a salary range of $90,000 - $135,000. The starting salary is $95,000. In addition, there is a bilingual pay increase of 2% for passing an oral test and 2% for passing a written test for threshold languages other than English.

LASSD offers a generous benefits package, a 35-hour workweek, paid vacation leave and sick leave, and 100% employer-paid medical premium, 50% employer-paid premium for dependents under LASSD health plan, as well as dental, vision, and life benefits. Staff also have the option to participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan and dependent and health flex savings accounts (FSA). LASSD has its own law school loan repayment program and is an eligible nonprofit employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

LASSD is an equal opportunity employer, hiring without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Hybrid Work Environment:

LASSD has adopted a hybrid work environment in which most staff are required to work in the office part of the week and permitted to work remotely for the remainder of the week, provided their job duties allow. All employees are issued LASSD computers and provided with appropriate supplies to perform their work. LASSD has implemented and continues to explore additional technologies to make our hybrid working environment as efficient and connected as possible.

All employees must be available to travel to LASSD offices and service locations throughout San Diego County as needed and in compliance with public health advisories. Applicants must reside in or near San Diego County or plan to relocate in or near the County prior to their start date and must be able to commute to the physical Legal Aid Society of San Diego office locations or service delivery locations within San Diego County.

LASSD's normal business hours are 9am-5pm, but we are open to providing flexible work schedules to the extent feasible for the position. LASSD reserves the right to change these policies at any time.

Diversity and Inclusion:

It is vitally important to LASSD that we represent the community that we serve. LASSD is a signatory to the San Diego County Bar Association's Diversity Pledge. We pledge to promote diversity and inclusion through hiring and retention, promotion and leadership, engagement of outside counsel, and participation in legal community diversity initiatives.

We strongly encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply. LASSD is an equal opportunity employer.

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