Behavioral Health Practitioner, Bilingual (Spanish/English) Multiple Programs

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES :
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MARIN COUNTY PROBATION :
We work closely with people who have broken the law, victims, families, and communities. We encourage offenders to take responsibility for their mistakes and help them rebuild their lives. Learn more about our department's services here.

ABOUT THE POSITION

This Behavioral Health Practitioner (Associate or Licensed) recruitment is to establish an eligible list for Marin County Probation and all Behavioral Health Programs within Health and Human Services.

This list may be used to fill Behavioral Health Practitioner (Associate or Licensed) vacancies as long as the list is active. As such, you are encouraged to apply even if a vacancy doesn’t exist in the program for which you are interested.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

Current vacancies:

Probation:
Marin County Probation is recruiting for a Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Practitioner - Bilingual (Associate BHP or Licensed BHP) in the Juvenile Probation Division. This individual will be assigned to the PORTAL program (Programs of Responsive Treatment and Linkages) and reports to the PORTAL Behavioral Health Supervisor. The position provides a variety of services including family therapy, case management, crisis management, individual therapy, and assessment to youth on probation, detained youth at Marin County Juvenile Hall, and probation and non-probation youth at certain school settings. They provide community-based therapy services to primarily Spanish-speaking families, assess youth referred by the Juvenile Services Deputy Probation Officer, constructs psycho-social assessments and treatment plans utilizing the DSM-V. In addition, the BHP maintains ongoing, timely documentation, coordinates and communicates with a multi-disciplinary team, and participates in clinical supervision with the Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Supervisor.

This role requires bilingual skills (Spanish and English). Bilingual Testing/Certification: Successful candidates must demonstrate proficiency in both Spanish and English prior to appointment and receiving differential pay. If the selected candidate has not taken the test, a bilingual proficiency exam will be administered to ensure the candidate possesses the appropriate skill level to meet the requirements.

Behavioral Health and Recovery Services:

Forensics System of Care:
There is one full-time Behavioral Health Practitioner position available in the Marin's Justice CareLinks (JCL) team. Justice CareLinks is a team providing screening, evaluation, linkage and transitional case management to individuals in the criminal justice system who are eligible for BHRS services. The JCL team is a multidisciplinary team that includes linking clients to care through Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), CARE Court, and Mental Health Diversion. As a member of the BHRS Justice CareLinks team the incumbent will report to the JCL BHRS Unit Supervisor and be cross trained in all clinical services of the JCL team.

This role is essential in supporting justice-involved (JI) individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorder (SUD) as they transition from correctional facilities back into the community. Working in close collaboration with jails, prisons, and BHRS providers and contractors, the BHP will coordinate Behavioral Health Links to ensure continuity of care, aligning with the CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative. This includes facilitating clinical handoffs, supporting reentry care plans, and ensuring linkage to necessary services such as Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) and DMC-Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) providers.

Key Responsibilities
The BHP will play a central role in our department's mission to promote public health and community safety by:

• Serving as the primary point of contact for behavioral health referrals from correctional facilities, assessing behavioral health needs, and coordinating the transition of care to post-release providers.
• Conducting in-reach consultations and maintaining ongoing communication with correctional health providers, ensuring timely and professional handoffs to community providers.
• Supporting the creating and management of individualized reentry care plans in collaboration with pre-release care managers and enhanced care management (ECM) providers, promoting a whole-person care approach.
• Engaging directly with released individuals, supporting their connection to community services, scheduling follow-up behavioral health appointments, and coordinating medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as appropriate.
• Facilitating data sharing and adherence to required consent protocols to support coordinated care, working with Medi-Cal, county behavioral health, and other healthcare providers.

STAR Program:
Marin's Support and Treatment After Release (STAR) program is a full-service partnership providing culturally competent intensive, integrated services to mentally ill offenders and forensic clients. Operating in conjunction with the Mental Health Court, STAR Court is a multidisciplinary, multi-agency team that provides comprehensive assessment, individualized client-centered service planning and linkages to services.

Under the direction of the Mental Health Unit Supervisor, the Behavioral Health Practitioner (BHP) provides intensive case management services to adults with serious mental illness who are involved with the criminal justice system and are participating in a mental health court. In addition, the BHP provides on-going comprehensive clinical assessment and treatment planning, and acts as client advocate when clients are unable to advocate for themselves. The BHP provides clinical and case management services to the clients and works collaboratively with an intensive, multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled professionals, para-professionals, volunteers, and interns, and is responsible for keeping electronic medical records current and meeting monthly productivity standards. The role assists with providing diagnostic picture and treatment planning.

Both the Forensic System of Care position and the Star position are bilingual skills desired (Spanish and English).

Bilingual Testing/Certification: Successful candidates must demonstrate proficiency in both Spanish and English prior to appointment and receiving differential pay. If the selected candidate has not taken the test, a bilingual proficiency exam will be administered to ensure the candidate possesses the appropriate skill level to meet the requirements.

HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE :
The Probation role, the STAR role and the Forensics role are hybrid positions. We consider some duties of these positions may be performed remotely after a training period. An option to telework up to three days per week and work the remaining days onsite in San Rafael, CA is available; however, the successful candidate must be able to report to County facilities for meetings, work assignments, and/or disaster service work upon short notice, as needed and deemed appropriate. While onboarding and training, the successful candidate may be required to work primarily onsite before establishing a hybrid work schedule. A minimum of two days per week on site are required.

ABOUT YOU

The Highly Qualified Candidate in all assignments has excellent judgment and decision-making skills, is well versed in community resources, and has excellent computer and documentation skills in addition to excellent work habits. The candidate grasps the importance of collaboration and strives to build and maintain strong working relationships with team members, clients, families, volunteers, paraprofessionals, other County service providers, and community partners.

This candidate thrives in a team environment, demonstrating strong skills in navigating complex clinical scenarios with ethical and legal considerations. They independently under their own initiative as well as in collaboration an intensive multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled professionals. They bring solid work ethic balanced by a commitment to self-care and teamwork, understanding these as foundational to sustaining our mission and approach to behavioral health services and Juvenile Justice services.

Additionally, the ideal candidate:

• Work comfortably with diverse and vulnerable clients in both office and field-based environments, including residential programs, hospitals, and correctional settings.
• Can succeed a high volume, fast paced work environment where they manage multiple priorities.
• Has experience providing clinical services including assessment, diagnosis or ongoing treatment using Spanish language skills with the Latinx community.
• Demonstrates clinical assessment and case management experience.
• Is committed to person-centered, trauma-informed care.
• Communicates successfully in both English and Spanish in a number of formats (in person, by phone and in writing).
• Applies a close attention to detail to record-keeping and other clinical duties.

Assignment Specific Skills and Experience:

For Probation: The ideal candidate has knowledge of and experience with youth and families involved in the juvenile justice system as well as experience working with high-risk populations, such as LGBTQ youth and/or youth living in communities impacted by high rates of violence, crime, poverty, substance abuse and mental health issues.

For Forensics: The ideal candidate has basic knowledge of criminal and civil legal system and techniques used to serve clients impacted.

Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Considerable knowledge of the principles, procedures, techniques, trends and literature of community mental health and the dynamics of human behavior; trauma informed care evidence based practices and co-occurring disorders.
• Social aspects of mental and emotional disturbances.
• Community resources available for assistance to individuals suffering from behaviorial and/or emotional problems.
• The nature of problems calling for the use of public or private community resources.
• Scope and activities of health and welfare agencies.
• Methods and techniques of crisis assessment and intervention.
• Individual, family and/or group therapy.
• Charting or documentation standards such as, Short Doyle Medi-Cal/Drug Medi-Cal.

Ability to:

• Evaluate personal and psychological factors in the individual's and/or family situation and develop an appropriate service plan.
• Effectively counsel clients and conduct individual, family and/or group therapy or provide crisis intervention, case management or psychosocial rehabilitation services, depending upon assignment.
• Understand, interpret and apply procedures, regulations related to treatment services.
• Understand the legal implications of treatment.
• Communicate and interact in situations requiring instructing, persuading, consulting, counseling and motivating people.
• Prepare clear, concise and accurate case records, reports, correspondence and other written materials.
• Maintain accurate records and files.
• Assist in the formation of policies and procedures.
• Guide, orient,and train less experienced workers and interns.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during the performance of duties.
• Obtain data and record such data systematically and interpret data.

Minimum Qualifications and Certifications & Licenses

EITHER possession of a Master's degree from an accredited institution in social work, psychology, counseling or a closely related field by first date of employment OR possession of a Doctoral degree in clinical psychology or a closely related field by first date of employment AND equivalent to one year of clinical behavioral health experience under qualified supervision in a behavioral health setting appropriate to the assignment.

Certificates and Licenses

Behavioral Health Practitioner

From the first date of employment, an employee must be registered with the State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist OR an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor AND employees must successfully pass the licensing exam within six years from the date of employment.

From the first date of employment, an employee who is an unlicensed Psychologist is required to be waiver-eligible AND must successfully pass the licensing exam within the five-year waiver period.

Failure to obtain licensure within specified timelines will result in termination of employment. Incumbents must acquire the appropriate licensure before advancing to the Licensed Behavioral Health Practitioner.

Licensed Behavioral Health Practitioner

Must be professionally licensed by the State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor OR must be professionally licensed as a Clinical Psychologist issued by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Psychology.

Qualified non-California residents must submit proof of license eligibility in California that meets the requirement of their prospective licensing board and have a waiver from the California Department of Health Care Services.

Failure to obtain licensure within the specified timelines will result in termination of employment. Failure to obtain licensure within the specified timelines, and/or loss of State registration at any time, will result in termination of employment.

Employees who drive on County business to carry out job-related duties must possess a valid California driver's license for the class of vehicle driven and meet automobile insurability requirements of the County including review of a recent DMV history. At the time of the selection interview by the appointing authority, applicants will have to furnish a recent DMV driving record.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All applicants will receive email notifications regarding their status in the recruitment process. Please be sure to check your spam settings to allow our emails to reach you. You may also log into your Governmentjobs.com account to view these emails.

Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

Open & Continuous Recruitment: Because this recruitment is Open and Continuous, applicants are encouraged to submit completed applications as soon as possible. The filing period for an Open and Continuous recruitment may be closed at any time.

LiveScan: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Candidates selected are subject to fingerprinting by the Sheriff's Department and must pass a Department of Justice LiveScan background check prior to appointment.

Disaster Service Workers: All County of Marin employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: If you have questions regarding equal employment opportunities, please contact Roger Crawford, Equal Employment Opportunity Director, at 415-473-2095. If you have questions concerning this position announcement, please contact Cassie Folan at cassie.folan@marincounty.gov .

PLEASE NOTE: The benefits described herein do not apply to temporary (contingent) or to part-time employees that work less than 50%.

COUNTY OF MARIN BENEFITS: GENERAL
Below are some of the excellent benefits the County offers. More information about our benefits can be found on the Marin County's Benefits Homepage .

Paid Time Off : Competitive vacation accrual; 12 holidays per year; and generous sick leave accruals. Additional types of paid leaves are available for some bargaining units.

Health Plan : Choice of four health plans (two Kaiser HMOs, Western Health Advantage HMO, and an Anthem Blue Cross PPO) along with dental through Delta Dental PPO, and vision through Vision Service Plan (VSP). There is a County contribution toward the premiums (the contribution amount varies depending on coverage tier elected such as employee only, employee + 1, employee + family). Plus, the County offers excellent Life Insurance, Disability, Flexible Spending Plans, a Dependent Care Assistance Program, professional development and more.

Retirement : Defined benefit plan under the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937. More information can be found online at www.mcera.org.

IRS 457 Plan : Choice of pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) employee contribution up to the IRS annual maximum.

Retiree Medical : The County provides access to group health plan coverage to eligible retirees.

For specific questions regarding the employment process, please contact Human Resources at (415) 473-6104. For additional details about the benefits or retirement, please contact the Benefits Division at (415) 473-2197.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice.

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

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