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Posted: 24-Nov-24
Location: Inglewood, California
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Internal Number: 144685946
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across an area that spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
Come join our Venice Family Clinic's Substance Use, Motivation, Medication Integrated Treatment (SUMMIT) team as a Behavioral Health Therapist and make a difference in the community. With guidance and direction from the Director of Behavioral Health and Associate Director of Behavioral Health, the Behavioral Health Therapist will provide short term therapy to patients experiencing homelessness and substance use, as well as crisis triage evaluation of patients during medical visits (On Call warm handoffs). Therapy includes providing clinical interventions using short term treatment with individuals, teens, families and groups, as well as crisis intervention and assessment at the Venice Family Clinic. There may be an opportunity to supervise graduate student(s). This role works closely with medical staff, case management staff, as well as community partners. This role will be comprehensive, serving patients of all ages and the On Call work may include triage for patients who are unhoused, who have severe mental health challenges and/or who are struggling with substance use. The on call model of behavioral health triage is interwoven into the medical visits of patients and allows patient access to Behavioral Health support during their medical visit. Ongoing psychotherapy will be a hybrid model of telehealth and in person.
Note, this position has a fixed hybrid work schedule, which requires up to 3 days per week of on-site work.
CSW 2 Salary range: $47.79 - $57.09 Hourly
CSW 3 Salary range: $51.94 - $62.08 hourly
Clinical Social Worker Requirements:
- Master’s Degree from an accredited School of Social Work or Social Welfare.
- CA State licensure to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or license eligible (ACSW).
- Excellent communication skills and bilingual in both Spanish and English.
- Demonstrated work experience in providing individual, family and group psychotherapy.
- Demonstrated work experience with adults, young families, pregnant women and teens, and patients experiencing homelessness.
- Ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary team and ability to collaborate with medical staff, students, patients, agencies and volunteers.
- Working knowledge of community mental health and social service resources, and California child abuse reporting laws.
- Skill at assessing biopsychosocial needs of high risk population, and ability to de-escalate patients who become agitated or volatile.
- Ability to precept, supervise and evaluate MSW interns.
