Extra-Help Mental Health Clinician Trainee

Full Job Description

This recruitment is being established to obtain a current eligible list for Extra-Help vacancies. Extra-Help are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to 25 hours a week.

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Meets with individuals and groups, including families, to assist them with understanding complex mental and emotional problems and with developing realistic plans to resolve them.
  
• Advises clients on the availability of community resources.
  
• Interprets client's needs and problems, assisting them with environmental adjustment.
  
• Works with client's relatives to secure cooperation in treatment programs.
  
  
• Utilizes professional skills in outpatient, in-patient, children's service, day care, rehabilitation, and education programs.
  
• Participate in the preparation and presentation of cases for consideration by other professional staff.
  
  
• May conduct or participate in professional research and special studies.
  
• Assists in the development and implementing of treatment plans; develops and prepares extensive records, complex reports, progress notes, and correspondence.

Requirements

Education:
Must be within 3 months of graduation from an accredited institution with a Master’s Degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a closely related field.

Registration:
Must have registration from the appropriate California State Licensing Board within 6 months of appointment to Trainee position.

License:
Possess a valid California driver’s license at the time of appointment and maintain.


SOME POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECTION 2, B.

Qualifications

• Operate a personal computer and other office equipment.

• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
  
• Analyze data, interpret directions, procedures, and regulations, and develop appropriate responses.
  
• Perform job duties under stressful conditions.
  
• Respond appropriately to situations.
  
  
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
  
  
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision, and color perception.
  
  
• Sit, stand, or walk for extended periods.
  
  
• Frequently lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
  
  
• Kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance, and crawl.
  
  
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
  
  
• Frequent use of data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
  
  
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
  
  
• Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
  
  
• Regular attendance is an essential function.
  
  
  

Knowledge of:

• Principles of clinical and casework services, counseling, and treatment.
  
• Laws, rules, and regulations governing mental health programs and services.
  
• Behavioral and environmental aspects of physical illness, emotional disturbance, and mental disability or retardation.
  
• Social aspects and characteristics of mental and emotional disturbances.
  
• DSM V-TR Diagnostic criteria for mental and emotional disturbances.
  
• Principles of mental health education.
  
• Therapeutic and treatment approaches for persons with mental, emotional problems and drug and alcohol addictions.
  
• Scope, availability, and activities of community resources.
  
  

Ability to:

• Perform counseling and psychotherapy with clients, families, and groups.
  
• Develop and maintain the cooperation and effective working relationships of mentally and emotionally disturbed patients and families.
  
• Maintain the confidentiality of client information.
  
  
• Interact with clients in a therapeutic effective manner.
  
  
• Participates as a member of a therapeutic team.
  
  
• Organize data, develop information, and prepare clear, concise, comprehensive records and reports.
  
  
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the public, co-workers, and those contacted during the course of work.
  
  
• Manage, organize, and sustain time efficiency.
  
  
• Write in a clear, concise, and focused manner.