Mental Health Specialist

5 days ago


Fresno, California, United States Kings View Full time
About the Role

Kings View is a nonprofit leader in providing behavioral health services to the underserved community. We are seeking a driven Mental Health Clinician to join our mission to provide compassionate services to those with limited resources.

Job Summary

The Mental Health Clinician will be responsible for providing crisis intervention and brief intervention case management services to individuals in need. This includes establishing trusting partnerships with law enforcement, behavioral health professionals, consumers, and their family members. The ideal candidate will have a passion for promoting social justice and societal awareness, respect for human dignity, and lead with integrity while listening and responding to the community in need.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide crisis intervention and brief intervention case management services to individuals in need
  • Establish trusting partnerships with law enforcement, behavioral health professionals, consumers, and their family members
  • Complete 5150 certification training and credentialing process through Fresno County Managed Care Department
  • Competency in identifying and quickly connecting with consumers who are experiencing behavioral crises due to mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders
  • Ability to engage consumers and safely de-escalate situations by using evidence-based practices, strength-based techniques, resiliency skills, and adequate immediate linkage
  • Provide 90-days of brief intervention case management in the consumers' home, providing linkages to the Multi-Agency Access Points (MAP), Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline (CVSPH), faith-based, and community supports to stabilize and anchor the consumer and family until a warm hand-off to treatment provider can be made
  • Research assigned community to develop and enhance resources available for stabilization and follow-up care to diminish over-utilization of 911 calls as the only response option
  • Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide crisis and brief intervention follow-up services that include: Motivational Interviewing, assessment and linkage planning, regional resources such as faith-based and community supports, co-occurring disorders, severe mental illness, veterans' issues, substance abuse, case management and linkage, strength-based interventions such as the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), stigma reduction, trauma-informed, and gender-specific care, cultural humility, insurance and benefits enrollment, maintaining healthy boundaries, confidentiality, child and elder abuse reporting, and behavioral analysis
Requirements
  • Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling or related field
  • Current BBS license in good standing in the State of California
  • Licensure as LMFT*, LCSW*, LPCC*, AMFT, ASW, APCC
  • Class C Driving License
  • Experience providing crisis services or mental health services for the severely mentally ill or co-occurring consumers
  • National Provider Identification (NPI) number or obtain an NPI number prior to start date
  • Clean driving record as CIT Field Clinician is required to drive company vehicles to assigned locations and consumers' homes
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Vacation time
  • Twelve (12) Paid Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program
About Kings View

Since 1951, Kings View has led the community in providing behavioral health services to the underserved population. We have a strong tradition of commitment and focus on serving rural communities where health resources are often limited. Our people treat the community with care and compassion. We stand by our cornerstone and philosophy of valuing each person's worth, dignity, and wholeness in body, mind, and spirit. Our principal core values echo throughout the organization and into our patient-focused programs. At Kings View, we are dedicated to continuing our demonstration in the unparalleled commitment to wellness and recovery within each community we serve.



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