Mental Health Clinician

Job Title : Mental Health Clinician

Pgm / Dept : Residential Program

Reports to : Program Director

Classification : Regular, Full-Time, FLSA Exempt

Pay Range : $70,000 - $80,000 annualized

Location : Berkeley, CA 94709

Schedule : Sundays- Thursdays from 3 : 00 pm - 11 : 30 pm

About Us : Bonita House, Inc. (BHI) is a nonprofit mental health agency with multiple sites in Alameda County and an operating budget of $14.5 million. Founded in 1971, BHI provides social rehabilitation including a full range of Medi-Cal services to adults with co-occurring serious mental health and substance use disorders.

Our Mission : Building community, dignity, hope and wellness through services that support recovery and self-sufficiency with people who are living with serious mental health challenges.

Our Values : Compassion : Committed to caring, dignity and kindness. Respect : Honor each individual and provide highly ethical services. Progress : Leading the way in creating opportunities to change for the better. Resilience : Channeling hope, building strengths to successfully recover, adapt and grow. Embracing Differences : Honor and celebrate our diverse communities and individual uniqueness.

Position Summary

Under the general direction of the Assistant Program Director, the Mental Health Clinician is responsible for providing individual case management and rehabilitative individual and group therapies as part of an interdisciplinary team. Bonita House Inc.'s Residential Service Team provides intensive outpatient mental health and case management services to individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders who live in Alameda County. The residential Se4rvice Team maintains a milieu environment that supports culturally responsive trauma informed care with a harm reduction model.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide intensive residential case management, rehabilitative therapy and support to adults with mental health and / or substance use symptoms.
• Help organize and lead social recreational and group activities to help clients structure their time, increase social experience, and provide opportunities to practice social skills.
• Must complete individual and group therapy, biopsychosocial assessments, care plans and sound clinical documentation that supports client treatment plans.
• Actively participate as a team member, and present updates at each weekly team meeting.
• Develop a keen understanding of EHR and Cal AIM billing codes in order to document and bill MediCal appropriately and effectively assist in training new staff and students.
• Assist staff with completing standard documentation requirements as needed and directed.
• Engages with members, coordinates daily activities, and maintaining a safe and welcoming environment.
• Participates in clinical supervision with the associate program director in order to ensure appropriate treatment and sign off on assessments as well as gain hours towards licensure if needed.
• Assisting at-risk Medi-Cal recipients or potential eligibles to understand the need for MH services.
• Actively encouraging and engaging reluctant and difficult Medi-Cal recipients / potential eligibles to accept needed MH and healthcare services.
• Operate a motor vehicle to include safe transport of clients to various appointments across Alameda County.
• Assessing for risk and safety planning.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures, meeting both Bonita House Inc and County documentation standards.
• Assist clients (and family members) identify, understand, and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the protection of clients' rights in order to help clients to improve their knowledge of client rights and grievance or complaint procedures; support clients with filing, mediating, and resolving complaints.
• Provide ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill teaching, support (prompts, assignments, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist clients with challenges in the areas of employment, housing, and activities of daily living.
• Provide procedural and clinical support to student interns and other volunteers.
• Complete timely clinical documentation based on Medical and BHI standards, including evaluation and outcome measurements
• Develop and maintain a milieu environment that supports culturally responsive trauma informed care and a harm reduction model
• Participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Physical Requirements

Physical demands include continual sitting, typing, and repetitive computer use for up to 8 hours a day. The position also requires frequent communication with others, including hearing and speaking clearly with individuals and groups, in person and via phone and video calls. Ability to lift 15 pounds at times. Regular local travel and operation of a motor vehicle is required. These requirements are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Bonita House, Inc. is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.