Clinician Jobs in California
Clinician jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in behavioral health, community health, school-based care, and integrated primary care settings, with openings at every level from entry-level associate clinician through senior and supervisory roles. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego are the largest hiring markets, with established employers like Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and Dignity Health maintaining steady demand. The most sought-after specialties in California right now are mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, and pediatric care. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Role: Clinician, FSP DTLA
Reports to: Director, FSP Downtown
Program: 1303-FSP
Department: Health & Wellness
Location: Wellness Center - 345 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Setting: Not 100% Onsite
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm
Status: Full-time/Non-Exempt/Non-Management
Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 403(b) Retirement plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), etc.
Openings: 1
Job Description Summary:
The FSP Clinician is responsible to engage members and to coordinate mental and recovery services that will ensure housing stability and community integration. The FSP Clinician is responsible for maintaining the highest quality provision of direct individual and case management services.
Job Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide, coordinate, and implement mental health and recovery support services with individual members.
- Develop effective, trusting relationships with clients experiencing tri-morbid disorders, as well as the forensic population, with a focus on facilitating independence and maintenance of improved physical and mental health.
- Collaborate with each member to develop their individual service plan; review and update it upon completion of goals.
- Provide linkage to stable housing, and other supportive services as needed to assist clients to obtain housing stability, in addition to client advocacy, case management, and benefit establishment.
- Conduct screening interviews, complete housing documentation, and coordinate clients’ move-in with the housing authority, property managers.
- Perform initial comprehensive case management assessment and develop a plan of intervention that addresses their barriers, increases their income, and assists them in maintaining permanent housing.
- Encourage and promote an environment that is strength based to assist clients in meeting their individual goals.
- Identify appropriate permanent housing options for clients, such as subsidized housing Section 8, Shelter Plus Care, VASH, permanent supportive housing, affordable and market rate housing, and other housing opportunities.
- Work cooperatively and cohesively with other members of the FSP team, including participation in weekly staff meetings, group clinical supervision, and trainings.
- Develop and maintain a complete, accurate, and current member file with all funder-required documents.
Job Description Qualifications:
- MSW or MFT who is BBS eligible (supervision hours are available for this position).
- Must be registered with the board of behavioral sciences.
- At least one year experience working with clients with mental illness, chronic health issues, and substance use disorders.
- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical case management.
- Knowledge of community resources.
- Able to work in a high-tolerance, harm reduction model with individuals who have multiple barriers.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
- Computer literate; able to effectively use computerized database for client file management, with basic skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel programs.
- Current, valid CA Driver’s license, reliable car, auto insurance, and an acceptable driving record.
- Able to obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid certification.
Job Description Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 30 WPM typing speed.
- Bilingual Spanish preferred.
- Experience working with homeless individuals who are living with mental illness, substance addiction physical health issues, and forensic population preferred.
Job Description Work Environment:
- Combination of field and office environment.
- Regularly required to sit, stand, bend and occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.
- On occasion walk or drive to different local sites.
- Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments.
- Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor.
- May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day.
EXPECTED BEHAVIORS OF ALL STAFF
- Act as a role model
- Demonstrate a sense of responsibility
- Continuously learn and improve
- Acknowledge your own areas of improvement
- Hear and provide honest, specific and direct feedback
- Create an environment where everyone is welcomed valued and respected
- Collaborate
Equal Opportunity Employer
The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job based on job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, credit history, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or other applicable laws.
About the People Concern
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles County’s largest social services agencies, The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County, OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fifty-eight years of work in the community, The People Concern is a leading provider of, and advocate for, evidence-based solutions to the multi-faceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.
With compassion and profound respect for those we serve, we provide a fully integrated system of care – including outreach, interim housing, mental and medical health care, substance abuse services, domestic violence services, life skills & wellness programs, and permanent supportive housing – tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals, survivors of domestic violence, challenged youth, and others who have nowhere else to turn.
The People Concern’s model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multi-faceted obstacles in their lives, become their best selves, and ultimately, connect with and contribute to their communities.
Benefits & Perks
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Retirement Planning (403b) & Matching
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Days
- Paid Sick Days
- Employee Assistance Plans (EAP)
- TELUS Health
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
- Corporate Discounts: Discounts on Hotels, Theme Parks, Concerts, Movies, Restaurants & More
- The People Concern University & Certificates
Role: Clinician, FSP DTLA
Reports to: Director, FSP Downtown
Program: 1303-FSP
Department: Health & Wellness
Location: Wellness Center - 345 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Setting: Not 100% Onsite
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm
Status: Full-time/Non-Exempt/Non-Management
Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 403(b) Retirement plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), etc.
Openings: 1
Job Description Summary:
The FSP Clinician is responsible to engage members and to coordinate mental and recovery services that will ensure housing stability and community integration. The FSP Clinician is responsible for maintaining the highest quality provision of direct individual and case management services.
Job Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide, coordinate, and implement mental health and recovery support services with individual members.
- Develop effective, trusting relationships with clients experiencing tri-morbid disorders, as well as the forensic population, with a focus on facilitating independence and maintenance of improved physical and mental health.
- Collaborate with each member to develop their individual service plan; review and update it upon completion of goals.
- Provide linkage to stable housing, and other supportive services as needed to assist clients to obtain housing stability, in addition to client advocacy, case management, and benefit establishment.
- Conduct screening interviews, complete housing documentation, and coordinate clients’ move-in with the housing authority, property managers.
- Perform initial comprehensive case management assessment and develop a plan of intervention that addresses their barriers, increases their income, and assists them in maintaining permanent housing.
- Encourage and promote an environment that is strength based to assist clients in meeting their individual goals.
- Identify appropriate permanent housing options for clients, such as subsidized housing Section 8, Shelter Plus Care, VASH, permanent supportive housing, affordable and market rate housing, and other housing opportunities.
- Work cooperatively and cohesively with other members of the FSP team, including participation in weekly staff meetings, group clinical supervision, and trainings.
- Develop and maintain a complete, accurate, and current member file with all funder-required documents.
Job Description Qualifications:
- MSW or MFT who is BBS eligible (supervision hours are available for this position).
- Must be registered with the board of behavioral sciences.
- At least one year experience working with clients with mental illness, chronic health issues, and substance use disorders.
- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical case management.
- Knowledge of community resources.
- Able to work in a high-tolerance, harm reduction model with individuals who have multiple barriers.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
- Computer literate; able to effectively use computerized database for client file management, with basic skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel programs.
- Current, valid CA Driver’s license, reliable car, auto insurance, and an acceptable driving record.
- Able to obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid certification.
Job Description Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 30 WPM typing speed.
- Bilingual Spanish preferred.
- Experience working with homeless individuals who are living with mental illness, substance addiction physical health issues, and forensic population preferred.
Job Description Work Environment:
- Combination of field and office environment.
- Regularly required to sit, stand, bend and occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.
- On occasion walk or drive to different local sites.
- Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments.
- Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor.
- May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day.
EXPECTED BEHAVIORS OF ALL STAFF
- Act as a role model
- Demonstrate a sense of responsibility
- Continuously learn and improve
- Acknowledge your own areas of improvement
- Hear and provide honest, specific and direct feedback
- Create an environment where everyone is welcomed valued and respected
- Collaborate
Equal Opportunity Employer
The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job based on job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, credit history, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or other applicable laws.
About the People Concern
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles County’s largest social services agencies, The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County, OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fifty-eight years of work in the community, The People Concern is a leading provider of, and advocate for, evidence-based solutions to the multi-faceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.
With compassion and profound respect for those we serve, we provide a fully integrated system of care – including outreach, interim housing, mental and medical health care, substance abuse services, domestic violence services, life skills & wellness programs, and permanent supportive housing – tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals, survivors of domestic violence, challenged youth, and others who have nowhere else to turn.
The People Concern’s model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multi-faceted obstacles in their lives, become their best selves, and ultimately, connect with and contribute to their communities.
Benefits & Perks
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Retirement Planning (403b) & Matching
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Days
- Paid Sick Days
- Employee Assistance Plans (EAP)
- TELUS Health
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
- Corporate Discounts: Discounts on Hotels, Theme Parks, Concerts, Movies, Restaurants & More
- The People Concern University & Certificates
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Where California roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Clinician Job Market in California
A snapshot from current California openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- The People Concern14
- Stanford Medicine Children's Health10
- Hanger8
- Optum8
- Alignment Healthcare4
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services44
- Non-Profit & Social Services18
- Consulting & Professional Services13
- Education7
- Insurance5
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinician jobs across California.
- Active California licensure such as LCSW, MFT, LPCC, or PsyD from the California BBS
- Master's or doctoral degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related clinical field
- Experience with Electronic Health Records systems such as Epic or Cerner
- Knowledge of Medi-Cal documentation requirements and California Welfare and Institutions Code
- Strong assessment and treatment planning skills across diverse patient or client populations
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish preferred for many California community health and county roles
Clinician Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a clinician in California?
Most clinical roles in California require licensure through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, which oversees the LCSW, AMFT, APCC, and LEP licenses, or through the California Board of Psychology for psychologists. You'll need a qualifying master's or doctoral degree, supervised post-graduate hours, and a passing score on the relevant board exam. Some clinical roles in healthcare settings additionally require BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
Which companies hire clinicians in California?
Employers hiring clinicians in California right now include The People Concern, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, and Hanger, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's large county behavioral health departments, federally qualified health centers, and integrated health systems like Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health are among the most consistent sources of full-time clinician openings across the state.
Which California cities have the most clinician jobs?
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Palo Alto have the most clinician openings in California right now. Los Angeles and San Francisco drive volume through their large county-run behavioral health systems, hospital networks, and community health centers, while San Diego's concentration of Veterans Affairs facilities, military-connected health providers, and border-region community clinics sustains consistent demand independent of the major metro anchors.
Are there remote clinician jobs in California?
Yes, but they represent a minority of openings, since most clinician roles involve direct in-person care or on-site assessment. About 13% of clinician openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, with telehealth therapy, utilization review, and care management coordination being the sub-areas where fully remote or hybrid arrangements are most common.
How can I get hired as a clinician in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is an associate-level licensed position, such as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, which allows you to accrue supervised hours while employed. County behavioral health departments, federally qualified health centers, and community mental health organizations across California regularly hire at the associate level. Targeting practicum placements or internships at large California systems like Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services or Telecare Corporation builds the documented hours that licensing boards require.
Where can I find and apply to clinician jobs in California?
You can find and apply to clinician jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across behavioral health, community health, hospital, and specialty care settings. Find the roles that fit your license level, specialty, and preferred region, then apply directly to each employer through the listing.
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