Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW or LMFT)

About St. Anthony’s

Founded in 1950, St. Anthony's is the most comprehensive safety net service center in San Francisco, directly providing food, clothing, medical care, addiction recovery services, access to technology, job training, and other critical resources to the community. Every day we support and are supported by thousands of San Franciscans. Everyone who comes through our doors joins the St. Anthony's team and helps us create a future where all people flourish.

Principal Responsibility

St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic (SAMC) provides primary, specialty, and preventive care to individuals and families in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW or LMFT) provides behavioral health assessment, short-term, goal-focused, evidence-based therapy, care coordination, and case management for  patients as an integrated member of SAMC’s primary care team. The clinician collaborates with medical providers and support staff to address patients’ behavioral health needs and serves as a resource and consultant to the care team.

The role also supports behavioral health integration at Father Alfred Center (FAC), St. Anthony’s residential addiction recovery program, through on-site services one day per week and collaboration with substance use disorder counselors on shared care planning and management of guests. Across both settings, the clinician facilitates therapeutic and educational groups and supports continuity of care between residential treatment and the clinic.

In the spirit of our Franciscan values and heritage, our team provides compassion and care daily. As a steward of healing and social justice, you are expected to meet the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

Guest Engagement

• Provide goal-focused, short term, evidenced-based services for individuals, families, children, youth and groups as appropriate at SAMC.
• Conduct clinical assessments; develop treatment plans, and appropriate services and follow-up.
• Refer clients externally for longer term behavioral health and other services as appropriate.
• Actively manage case load and update treatment plans regularly
• Able to become the voice for the patient; advocacy on behalf of the patient.
• Exchange information (within legal parameters) with other health and/or rehabilitative agencies to provide continuity of care for clients receiving services from more than one agency.
• Facilitate case review meetings and participate in staff meetings, agency meetings and other meetings as assigned.
• Work in integrated setting with primary care teams via consultation, shared patient visits, warm hand offs or other form of patient care integration activity.
• Support the Pediatric and adult teams with Social Work and Case Management activities.
• Provide on-site behavioral health services at Father Alfred Center one day per week, supporting guests with mental health needs and co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Treat all guests with empathy, dignity, and respect. Seek to understand the other person's perspective and experience.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively across cultures and an openness to learning about cultures not familiar to oneself.

Program Administration and Operations

• Complete reports and all other paperwork neatly, legibly, and thoroughly.
• Enter data and information electronically as required. Looks up data and reports electronically through a database as requested.
• Understand and follow the organization's programs, policies, and procedures
• Participate in regular training and development opportunities to increase personal capacity to apply innovative approaches to daily workflows, service delivery, and guest care and engagement.
• Dedicate 1 hour/week to meet with supervising Behavioral Health Director, 1 hour/week to meet with behavioral health team, and 1 hour/week to meet with interdisciplinary team.

Teamwork

• Participate in relevant meetings supporting team communication and the program's capacity to fulfill organizational goals and mission. This includes engaging in an interdisciplinary provider meeting where behavioral health patients are reviewed and treatment plans updated.
• Meet regularly with the supervising Behavioral Health Director to review patient panel and provide recommendations with primary team.
• Collaborate with FAC substance use disorder counselors on shared management of guests, including treatment planning, coordinated interventions, and ongoing assessment of progress.
• Participate in interdisciplinary case consultation and coordinate care between FAC and SAMC to support guests throughout residential treatment and transitions to community services.
• Proactive communication with other teams members regarding mutual patient care, particularly with patient’s primary care providers, case managers, and other counselors when applicable.
• Provide support for patient mental health emergencies in the clinic.
• Manage stress and pressure situations calmly and responsively. Maintain the capacity to control reactions and awareness of how their behavior or response can impact others.
• Consistently demonstrate integrity while working and representing St. Anthony’s.
• Practice direct, respectful, open, and honest communication with their colleagues. Proactively seeks support from team members or management.
• Demonstrate cooperation with coworkers, management, and the community at large.

Minimum Qualifications

• Licensure in the State of California as an LCSW or LMFT.
• Successfully complete and obtain background clearance by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Possess knowledge and familiarity child abuse reporting laws; CPS protocols and reporting requirements.
• Fluency in English and Spanish preferred.
• 3-5 years counseling or case management experience with proven expertise in assessing and managing the psychosocial needs of diverse, low income and medically underserved populations.
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma.
• Experience in assessment and treatment of substance use disorders.
• Knowledge of interrelationship between chronic illness and mental health.
• Experience and skill in evaluating and treating children and adults with mental disorders, stress related to poverty, homelessness and immigration history.
• Previous Integrated Behavioral Health experience a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening, oral, and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to be polite, diplomatic, and firm. Can set limits and practice professional boundaries with guests, volunteers, donors, and coworkers.
• Ability to respond to emergencies and high-pressure situations in a self-composed and self-assured manner.
• Ability to complete paperwork neatly and legibly.
• Ability or willingness to learn to use information and communication technologies (computers, smartphones, and iPads) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information.
• Ability to be punctual, reliable, cooperative, and stay team-oriented.
• Experience working in a non-profit or community-based social service agency with people experiencing homelessness or poverty desired.
• Commitment to St. Anthony Foundation Statement of Values and a desire to work for a social services agency serving the poor.

St. Anthony’s has a diverse workforce, welcoming all ethnicities, faith backgrounds and worldviews. We are also proudly Catholic. Our Franciscan identity is at the core of our mission, namely to uphold the dignity and value of the human person and lift the spirits of those in need to help create a society in which all person's flourish.

People of color, differently-abled people, LGBT, and folks with lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

St. Anthony's is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences. We seek talented, qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, conviction history, uniform service membership/veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical conditions, genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression regardless of physical gender, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

St. Anthony's uses E-Verify to validate our new employees' eligibility to work legally in the United States.