Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Los Angeles LGBT Center – Hollywood, CA

Conducts individual, couple and group counseling services, documenting progress, utilizing short term model in treatment planning to the greatest extent possible and serve on-duty walk-ins, crisis, as well as general information and crisis telephone calls. Provides clinical supervision to unlicensed staff clinicians and/or interns.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1) Conduct individual, couple and group counseling services for clients presenting to the MHS and documents progress in the client’s record immediately following the session;
2) Utilize short term model in treatment planning to the greatest extent possible; must receive concurrence of supervisor to extend number of sessions beyond the short term model protocol;
3) Provide two hours of group supervision and individual supervision to two unlicensed staff clinicians and/or interns each week;
4) Serve on-duty for designated hours each week to handle walk-ins, whether crisis oriented or not, as well as general information and crisis telephone calls. May complete Intake at the time of seeing a walk-in client if deemed appropriate;
5) Conduct Intakes, prepares the required documentation and routes the client’s record to the supervisor for disposition/placement;
6) Participate in the multi-disciplinary Clinical Case Conference, presenting assigned cases as they come due for review;
7) Make appropriate referrals to services outside the Center, w/in and to other services within the Department, e.g., psychiatric evaluation; and, follows up on those referrals with the client to assure appropriateness of the referral & continuity of care;
8) Participates and/or takes a leadership role in the Quality Improvement process practiced in the Clinic;
9) Adhere to the Utilization Management protocol used in the clinic to insure timely and appropriate client service;
10) Assume responsibility for completing all documentation in a timely, legible and thorough manner, submitting client records at the end of each business day, and proper notification of changes in appointment schedule to supervisor and Administrative Support staff;
11) Participates, as assigned, in clinical supervision groups and/or individual supervision on a weekly basis;
12) Mandatory attendance at monthly in-service training sessions;
13) Assists in the coordination of the work of paraprofessional volunteers and Mental Health Clinicians I, II and III;
14) Participation with supervisor and/or members of the MHS Management Team in program planning, program evaluation, dissemination activities and training;
15) Participate in staff meetings, planning meetings and other meetings as needed;

JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

1) Four years paid post graduate counseling experience, i.e., residential care, social services, child welfare services, general counseling, chemical dependency treatment, juvenile justice, youth services, etc.;
2) Ability to work as a team member dedicated to generating resources/services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, & transgender communities;
3) Proven ability to work under direct supervision;
4) Ability to relate in a non-judgmental and respectful manner to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, or people experiencing a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems.
5) Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong organizational, detail and interpersonal skills;
6) Computer skills and knowledge including word processing, database operations, spreadsheets, and other software systems;
7) Demonstrated ability to work effectively with men and women of diverse races, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations in a multicultural environment;

TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND LICENSURE:

1) Ph.D. or Masters in behavioral science discipline;
2) Licensed in applicable field of practice for a minimum of two years;
3) Completion of 6 hours of CEUs in Clinical Supervision.
4) Licensed LCSW or Clinical Psychologist required.

E-mail resume and cover letter as a word attachment to jobs@lalgbtcenter.org

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is one of the nation’s largest and most experienced providers of LGBT health and mental healthcare. We’re also the only Federally Qualified Health Center in California–and of the few in the nation–specifically for LGBT people.

All of our providers specialize in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and we work as partners to address the unique health needs of our community.

Because your wellness is about your mind as much as your body, the Center offers individual and group therapy on just about any issue that’s impacting your quality of life. We also specialize in helping those who are experiencing (or at risk of) intimate partner violence and we help people overcome substance abuse addictions, especially to crystal methamphetamine.

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