Licensed Mental Health Clinician
Company: Hope Services
Location: Seaside
Posted on: October 28, 2025
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Job Description:
Licensed Mental Health Clinician Are you a person who enjoys
helping others? Are you currently seeking fulfillment in your
professional life? Hope Services is Silicon Valleys leading
provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and
mental health needs. We seek candidates who share our inspirations
& aspirations. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis,
and we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion &
belonging at all levels >>>>> Hope Services has been
awarded 2022 Top Workplaces by San Francisco Chronicle, 2022
Top-rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits, and Received a Gold Seal
of Transparency from Guidestar and a perfect 100/100 rating in
three different categories: financial health, leadership and
adaptability, and culture and community from Charity Navigator
<<<<< Are you seeking fulfilling work that gives you
the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others? Do you
believe in the integration of persons with disabilities into all
aspects of community membership? Do you enjoy assisting others in
the learning process? Then read on Hope Services is the Bay Area's
largest non-profit agency, providing a wide array of quality
services for persons with developmental disabilities for over 60
years! We are currently seeking a Mandarin-speaking Licensed Mental
Health Clinician for our world-class Mental Health Services
program. *Salary Range: 89k to 129k/per year commensurate with
Education and Experience Hope Services offers an OUTSTANDING
benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k)
Retirement, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Generous Paid
Vacation and Sick Time accrual plans and more! About the Licensed
Mental Health Clinician role: The Licensed Mental Health Clinician
provides assessment and diagnosis to clients with dual diagnosis,
provides individual, group and family psychotherapy, prepares
individual service and coordination plans, documents clinical
outcomes and acts as an advocate. Responsibilities of the Licensed
Health Clinician: 1. Provides individual, group and family therapy
to persons with a developmental disability who are diagnosed with
severe mental illness. 2. Utilize professional education and
training to diagnose and treat the clients mental illnesses. 3.
Provide psychotherapy to empower clients to identify and manager
their psychiatric symptoms to enable them to be maximally
functional in the larger community. 4. 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. 5. 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.
6. Develop relapse prevention strategies with clients and their
support systems to prevent future psychiatric hospitalizations and
loss of community placements. 7. Participate as an integral part of
a multi-disciplinary team designed to maximally meet th
ps8ychiatric and psychological needs of clients. 9. Regularly
attend training to update and keep current skills and maintain
license. 9. Maintain appropriate treatment records and
documentation as required. 10. Other duties as assigned to assure
efficiency of the program. Qualifications of the Licensed Mental
Health Clinician: The Licensed Mental Health Clinician should
possess current licensure current 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. Required Skills of the Licensed
Mental Health Clinician 1 Basic computer skills in work processing
and spreadsheet application. 2. Ability to observe, evaluate,
document and communicate verbally and in writing. 3. Ability to
accept supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with
co-workers as well as with the client and community resources. 4.
Knowledge of disabilities and the biological, psychological and
social models. 5. Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in
decision making situations, good organizational and record keeping
skills, and good independent judgment. 6. Knowledge of
psychotherapy. 7. Knowledge and understanding of multidisciplinary
team and family dynamics. 8. Ability to be flexible with scheduling
and prioritization of tasks. The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. Primarily works in an office
environment. Long periods of sitting. Some use of computer for
record keeping, periods of intense concentration. Some travel to
satellite locations, exposure to outdoor conditions. Do you have
what it takes to make a difference? Inspire and be inspired! Hope
Services takes immense pride in maximizing our employee engagement.
Will you join us?? Visit www.hopeservices.org to find out more
about us and the people we serve. Hope Services is an equal
opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to
creating an inclusive environment for all employees not regardless
of, but with consideration and appreciation for race, color,
religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age,
physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual
orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil
union or domestic partnership status, past or present military
service, family or parental status, or any other status.
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