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Mental Health Clinician - Licensed or Pre-licensed

Hope Services· Mental Health Services – Clinical Services Team
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Concord, CA$6.5k - $8.3kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Licensed or Pre-Licensed Mental Health Clinician providing assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapy to clients with dual diagnosis in a developmental disability context; collaborates in a multidisciplinary team; on-site, full-time position in Concord, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Provides individual, group and family therapy to persons with a developmental disability who are diagnosed with severe mental illness.
  • Utilize professional education and training to diagnose and treat the clients’ mental illnesses.
  • Provide psychotherapy to empower clients to identify and manage their psychiatric symptoms to enable them to be maximally functional in the larger community.
  • Constantly assess clients for potential harm to self, harm to others, or potential victimization and take appropriate measures to maintain safety. This includes, initiate involuntary hospitalizations when necessary to maintain safety.
  • Use professional training and credential to advocate for clients with other agencies, educate other agencies to recognize and deal with the needs of clients who have a developmental disability and are diagnosed with a mental illness.
  • Develop relapse prevention strategies with clients and their support systems to prevent future psychiatric hospitalizations and loss of community placements.
  • Participate as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team designed to maximally meet the psychiatric and psychological needs of clients.
  • Regularly attend training to update and keep current skills and maintain license.
  • Maintain appropriate treatment records and documentation as required.
  • Other duties as assigned to assure efficiency of the program.

Qualifications

  • The Licensed Mental Health Clinician must possess current licensure as a LCSW, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist and experience working with persons with developmental disabilities.
  • All licensed clinicians, upon hire or upon obtaining licensure, are required to be Medicare credentialed by submitting a Medicare enrollment application.
  • The Pre-Licensed Mental Health Clinician must be enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral degree program (MSW, MFT, PhD) that is eligible for licensure to provide psychotherapy by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, or the Board of Psychology.

Skills

Required:Basic computer skills (word processing and spreadsheet)Observation, evaluation, documentation, and communicationSupervision and teamworkDisabilities knowledge and biopsychosocial modelsCritical thinking, organizational and documentation skillsKnowledge of psychotherapyMultidisciplinary team and family dynamicsFlexibility with scheduling and task prioritization
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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Hope Services provides assistance to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through donation supported programs and advocacy.

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