Mental Health Clinician III

The Department

Behavioral Health Services (BHS) is a division of San Joaquin County Health Care Services and provides an array of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, primarily for Medi-Cal beneficiaries in San Joaquin County. The department consists of over 800 employees in the following operational divisions:

• Administration Mental Health Services
• Mental Health Forensic Services
• Adult/Older Adult Services
• Inpatient and Crisis Services
• Children’s Services
• Substance Abuse Services
• Mental Health Pharmacy 

The department also operates three residential treatment facilities:

• Psychiatric Health Facility (inpatient program designed to treat individuals in need of intensive therapeutic psychiatric services)
• Family Ties (inpatient substance abuse program for pregnant and parenting women and their children)
• Recovery House (residential drug and alcohol rehab program for adult men and women using social model detox services)

Click the following link to learn more about the Behavioral Health Services Department.
San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services

The Position
The Mental Health Clinician III is the fist supervisory level in the Mental Health Clinician series. This position is responsible for supervision of professional, para-professional and support staff in the delivery of mental health treatments and services.

Typical Duties

• Plans, assigns and directs the work of a unit of professional and/or para-professional staff in the performance of social casework; works with mentally ill, disabled or emotionally handicapped individuals in team treatment programs; makes or reviews decisions on difficult casework matters.  
• Participates in interdisciplinary diagnostic and dispositional conferences to determine nature of illness and recommend treatment plans.  
• Plans and implements treatment methods and service components; performs clinical assessments; provides clinical monitoring and quality control services.  
• Assists in the development of community resources for all programs; confers with other services and relevant agencies.  
• Assists and participates in the development and delivery of in-service training and staff development programs.  
• Evaluates the effectiveness of policies and procedures.  
• May direct research studies.  
• Prepares and maintains correspondence and reports.  
• Speaks before interested groups on specific health care programs and services.

Approximate Salary: $6,558.93 - $7,975.07/month

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