Clinician​/Intensive Care Coordinator

Overview

By joining the San Diego Center for Children, you will empower children and families through transformative mental health care and educational services. Our vision is to inspire a world where children and families live joyful, healthy lives. We serve over 1,000 people every day - are you ready to make an impact?

Join us - and work with purpose!

Are you a Master’s Level Clinician wanting to change the lives of underserved children and their families? Do you enjoy working on a diverse team in a high-paced work environment? Are you in need of obtaining your hours for licensure?

We are currently hiring AMFTs, APCCs, and ASWs to take on the role of Intensive Care Coordinator. ICCs are responsible for assessments, diagnosis, treatment planning, case management, facilitating the wraparound process, and coordination of care with social workers, probation officers, schools, and community partners. As an ICC, you support families in becoming self-sufficient and increasing the stability of placement for their children.

• Provide assessment, evaluation, plan development, collateral, crisis intervention, and intensive case management service
• Guide the Wrap Team development and process, ensuring a smooth transition through the four phases of the wraparound process and emphasizing the inclusion of natural supports
• Develop, coordinate, and ensure the implementation of the client plan
• Monitor data on treatment progress and use this data to modify the client plan as needed
• Locate, coordinate, and develop linguistically and culturally diverse informal and formal resources and networks for families in the communities where they reside
• Oversee the development of effective crisis plans, utilizing natural support and, where needed, formal resources, and provide crisis intervention services to families 24 hours a day on on-call
• Collaborate with CWS Social Workers, Probation Officers, and outside resources including schools, psychiatrists, community outreach programs, family advocacy programs, and others as appropriate
• Participate in fidelity and quality improvement efforts, including wrap coaching, ongoing training, and supervision
• Sustain the team commitment to Wraparound values and approach
• Coordinate efforts with Parent and Youth Partners and other appropriate staff in providing supports and services
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely case records per Medi-Cal requirements and SDCC policies
• Required to work evenings as assigned to meet the needs of families
• Fulfills training requirements including Anasazi, cultural competency, HIPAA, and all applicable EBP training
• Maintain current licensure and/or intern registration

ICC’s will create and oversee a process of enhancing supports, building on strengths and meeting needs for referred children and their families, using the wraparound planning process, trauma-informed care, and Children’s System of Care principles. ICCs will partner with CWS, Probation, group home providers, and other local community agencies. Bilingual ICCs will receive a majority of cases for monolingual Spanish-speaking families.

The average caseload is 10–12. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid California Driver’s License
• Registered associate with the BBS in Social Work, Psychology, Professional Clinical Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy in the State of California
• Master's Degree from an accredited University
• Must be highly organized, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with High-Risk Youth and SED Youth and Families

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working with Child Welfare and Probation
• Bilingual
• Proficient in Smart Care (online medical records system) and Medi Cal billing requirements
• Leadership, public speaking, or group therapy experience

• Team-Oriented, Multidisciplinary Approach
• Ongoing, High-Level Learning…