Clinician Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Clinician-CSU Bilingual English/Spanish-this is an exempt; (30 hours) a week position located at our main campus in San Francisco. This is a fully benefited position. The schedule for this position is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday noon-10pm. The new hire for this position will receive a $3500 bonus after a year of service.

**As part of our interview process, candidates will be asked to produce a brief writing sample demonstrating clinical documentation skills. This may include a progress note, assessment summary, or similar work product. The writing sample helps us evaluate clarity, clinical reasoning, and alignment with agency standards. Please be prepared to produce a sample during the interview stage.

Mission Statement

We provide the people, place, and path for exceptional youth mental healthcare.

Vision Statement

We aim to redefine what youth mental healthcare can be by delivering transformative support that doesn't just treat symptoms but changes lives.

About Edgewood

Each person who works at Edgewood Center for Children and Families shares a passion for making a difference in the lives of the children and families who serve in the San Franciso Bay area. Employees find themselves surrounded by a diverse and extraordinary group of dedicated professionals, in welcoming environments characterized by whole-person care, open communication, creative support and a commitment to growth, healing and improving each day. Edgewood's successes come from our employees and the positive results they help create for children and families. When you join Edgewood, you join a culture of purpose and belonging, where your growth is a priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters.

Program Description

Edgewood's Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) provides youth and families a safe, structured, child-friendly and supportive place to address mental health needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The CSU was created in conjunction with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to evaluate and triage children and youth (ages 5-17) experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms or a mental health crisis.

Position Summary

The Clinician works within a multidisciplinary team and is responsible for triaging crisis cases, clinically assessing clients for voluntary and involuntary holds due to danger to self, others, or grave disability, providing crisis intervention services, completing psychosocial assessments and documentation, providing clinical case management, care coordination, and follow up care to ensure successful linkages to appropriate services, all within a fast paced environment that consistently fluctuates in number of clients being served at any particular time (maximum 4).

Core Competencies

• Highly skilled in mental health crisis evaluation and response. Strong understanding of mental health disorders, including impact of trauma on child/youth development, and psychological and behavioral interventions with children and families.
• Ability to coordinate and collaborate with a team of crisis evaluation and intervention professionals to rapidly assess mental health disorders, identify needs and solutions, and make recommendations for placement.
• Knowledge of community resources, eligibility criteria, and referral processes in order to facilitate access to services and act as a liaison/advocate on behalf of clients and families.
• Case management and discharge planning skills.
• Ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with other service providers within Edgewood and among the community who can provide information, assistance and support to children, youth and their families.
Ability to communicate and generate reports both verbally and in writing for service integration, treatment team collaboration and service documentation according to programmatic and professional practice standards.

Essential Functions

• Clinically assess clients to determine if they meet voluntary and involuntary hold criteria as determined by danger to self, others, or grave disability.
• Triage crisis cases within a multidisciplinary setting to include collaboration with many agencies such as police, fire, Child Crisis, CPS, HSA.
• Conduct individual crisis assessments, family sessions, and collateral interviews to adequately gather information and formulate appropriate dispositions and safety plans.
• Provide psychological/behavioral interventions to clients and families experiencing a mental health crisis.
• Engage in crisis interventions and de-escalation, including the application of conflict resolution and collaborative problem-solving techniques and/or manual restraints as necessary.
• Use interpersonal communication skills to develop rapport and engage client and caregivers.
• As part of the crisis team- assess, evaluate and monitor the safety of the client and others at all times.
• Engage clients and caregivers as full partners in service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
• Implement clinical policies and procedures and actively enhance communication, coordination and integration of care with other Edgewood service areas and with external providers.
• Contribute to an organization-wide quality management and improvement efforts by consistently providing the highest quality professional interventions, fulfilling all documentation requirements, and proactively seeking ways to enhance the quality of services and surpass minimum required standards.
Additional tasks as assigned

Applied, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Master's or Doctorate Degree in Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work or related field.
• Must be registered with the BBS as an Associate or Licensed.
• Experience working with children, youth and families experiencing acute crisis that put the youth in jeopardy of being psychiatrically hospitalized.
• Experience working with at risk, disenfranchised and/or minority populations
• Experience working with children, youth and families that have been or are involved in issues relating to trauma and/or abuse (verbal, physical, sexual, and neglect).
• Demonstrated ability in working collaboratively with individuals and groups
• Bilingual English/Spanish fluency required. Must be able to pass a language fluency exam.
Excellent verbal, written and consultation skills