Behavioral Health Social Worker / LCSW – Mental Health Therapist

South Bay Mental Health is a culturally diverse and dynamic organization seeking a compassionate and committed Behavioral Health Social Worker to provide a continuum of community-based services to individuals, children, adults and families. In this role at South Bay, you will work with our professional and innovative clinical team to provide clients with a full range of counseling services for their mental health and substance abuse recovery needs. These include intensive family issues, trauma, forensics and mental illness. You will lead individual, family, couple and group therapy sessions, conduct client intake sessions and develop individual treatment plans for each client. You may also administer drug screens, facilitate crisis interventions and conduct case management activities.

As a Behavioral Health Social Worker with South Bay, you will bring your strengths and skills into play as a member of our dedicated team of professionals. You will have autonomy and independence in the provision of client services, knowing that you can depend on a solid professional support system as you work with clients who face numerous barriers to service access. 80% of your client visits will be conducted in the field, at client homes, schools and community centers, to accommodate clients who face barriers to service such as lack of transportation or childcare. You will also provide documentation and reports to referral providers and participate in multidisciplinary teams to present cases for proper treatment.

Additional responsibilities of the Behavioral Health Social Worker include:

• Initiating, maintaining and completing clinical files and records for each client, including initial evaluations, assessments, treatment plans, session notes, transfer and termination summaries and other required documentation
• Attending monthly in-service trainings
• Maintaining competency in the field via ongoing in-house continuing education opportunities
• Completing surveys and questionnaires as needed
• Completing billing documentation according to schedule established by the clinic
• Attending court hearings, CORE evaluations and other meetings as required
• Informing appropriate staff of unusual occurrences
• Maintaining daily contact with clinic during normal business hours
• Keeping supervisor informed of case progress
• Meeting designated billable expectations
• Maintaining confidentiality in all clinical matters
• Collecting co-payments

Benefits

At South Bay, we are as committed to our employees as we are to our clients. We offer a unique fee-for-service opportunity with a competitive rate for billable hours and a generous benefits package to help you achieve a successful work-life balance.

We also offer mentoring to guide your professional growth, supervision that challenges you and training that pushes you to excel. As a newly hired Behavioral Health Social Worker, you will be provided with a two-week client caseload and a peer mentor to help guide you as you become accustomed to South Bay and learn to manage your own caseload.

Job Coaches are available to help you to continuously improve job-related tasks and behaviors that lead to great results. This is part of our tiered training structure to stimulate well-rounded professionals that includes Leadership Development, Family Group Conferencing Training and Certifications in Dialectic Behavior Therapy, Trauma Treatment, Family Systems Therapy, Substance Abuse Treatment and Early Intervention. South Bay is accredited to award CEUs and provides a variety of monthly in-service training sessions. We will also provide time and training to help you achieve licensure.

Additional benefits for the Behavioral Health Social Worker include:

• Bonus compensation for billable hours over the minimum and bilingual competency
• Medical and voluntary dental insurance
• 401(K) retirement plan with company match
• Vacation and holiday time
• Roth IRA and 529 College Savings Plan
• Life and term life insurance
• Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
• AD&D and cancer insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Professional liability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Group home and auto insurance
• $200 per year to put towards professional development outside of South Bay’s structure
• Employee referral bonus
• Employee benefit fund to be used for sickness, jury duty, bereavement, religious holidays and personal days
• Discount membership to fitness clubs, Weight Watchers and the Boys & Girls Club
• Flexible work scheduling options

South Bay Mental Health is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.