Associate Or Licensed Clinical Social Worker

• Assess, diagnose, and treat patient’s symptoms and dysfunctional behaviors per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual via in-person visits and telehealth (i.e., video & phone sessions).
• Provide individual and group psychotherapies to clients with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, hypertension, medication non-adherence, addiction, social and interpersonal problems, personality disorders and challenging behaviors
• Develop social assessments and formulate individualized treatment plans based on evaluation of the patient’s past, present, and future medical and socioeconomic functioning.
• Apply behavioral interventions such as motivational interviewing to increase positive outcomes and optimize patient well-being.
• Provide wellness checks (i.e., SBIRTs – Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment) to patients to assess their well-being and to connect them to mental health services.
• Triage patients on the mental health waitlist by calling them for SBIRTs to assess mental health conditions and needs.
• Work as a part of a multidisciplinary team alongside medical providers, nurses, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, front office staff, and case managers.
• Increase patient accessibility to care by working on-site at the clinic during the clinic’s extended hours at least one day/week. (i.e., Thurs or Fri 11:30 am- 8 pm, and/or Sun 8am- 3:30 pm).
• Provide consultation services to multidisciplinary team members by evaluating the biopsychosocial implications of the patient’s illness when the team is assessing and planning medical treatment.
• Refer patients to institutions, support services, psychiatry, and other specialists as needed.
• Provide functional assessments in reports to the Department of Public Social Services, Department of Child and Family Services, Social Security Administration, and the Judiciary as needed.
• Provide some case management or referral to assist homeless patients with accessing vital resources such as housing, substance abuse treatment, specialty mental health care, and public benefits as needed.
• Document all assessments, diagnoses, care plans, interventions and referrals in our electronic medical records system.
• Network with community organizations for referrals, partnership, and collaboration.
• Attend community meetings and events (i.e., street fairs and outreach events) as needed.
• Assist with some administrative functions of the Mental Health Dept as needed (e.g., running daily SBIRT lists on the Relevant platform and distributing them to the team). 
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision per BBS guidelines (as a supervisee for ACSW or as a supervisor for LCSW as needed).
• Other duties may be assigned.

• CPR Certification required
• Bi-lingual Spanish preferred
• Proficiency in written and spoken Spanish and English preferred

• Master’s degree in social work.
• Registered in the State of California as an associate clinical social worker (ACSW) or licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).
• Minimum two years of providing mental health services (i.e., assessment, diagnosis, individual and group therapies) to homeless, mentally ill, substance addicted adult populations.
• Prior experience working at a community mental health or primary care, medical setting preferred.

• Experience with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel preferred.

• Familiarity with medical terms and operations of clinics useful.
• Proficiency in English required, Bi-lingual/ Bi-literal Spanish preferred.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as totals, proportions, and percentages.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Los Angeles Christian Health Centers opened in 1995 with a handful of staff but a big vision to render hope and healing through healthcare to the thousands of homeless and low-income residents living in Los Angeles County. Today, 120 staff members serve the County’s most vulnerable populations from our two full-time health centers in Skid Row and Boyle Heights. We also provide comprehensive medical care at our 10 part-time satellite clinics hosted by our community partners throughout Downtown Los Angeles and Watts.