Behavioral Health Therapist I/II

Definition & Distinguishing Characteristics

Join the Colusa County Behavioral Health Department as a Behavioral Health Therapist I/II and make a significant impact on the lives of individuals, families, and the community. In this role, you’ll provide essential mental health services, including assessments, diagnoses, counseling, and psychotherapeutic treatment. You will work in a variety of settings-ranging from clinics to homes-helping clients manage their mental health and substance use challenges. In addition to providing individual and group therapy, you’ll support crisis interventions, assist with hospitalizations, and help clients in psychiatric emergencies. This position also allows you to collaborate with community agencies and offer outreach services, making it a rewarding opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to public mental health care. With flexible career advancement opportunities, the Behavioral Health Therapist position offers a fulfilling career in a mission-driven department. If you're interested, check out the job description HERE .

This position may be filled at any level depending on the qualifications of the successful applicants. This recruitment will fill current vacancies and establish an eligibility list to fill future openings without reposting.

What's this Job All About?

Under the direction of a Clinical Supervisor and/or Program Manager, you will provide outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment for Colusa County Medi-Cal beneficiaries. This position will focus primarily on our criminal justice population. You will assess mental illness and evaluate substance use disorders using the most current American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria. Additionally, you will develop treatment plans and facilitate access to appropriate levels of care, including psychiatric hospitalization, sober living environments, or residential treatment facilities when necessary.

Behavioral Health Culture is at Our Core
We are a community-based, outpatient behavioral health clinic dedicated to serve our most vulnerable populations. Our leadership team is comprised of dynamic, team-oriented leaders who support staff success with the understanding that successful team members equal outstanding client care.

Do our values speak to you?

• Deliver excellent Customer Service to Others & Our Community
• Embrace and Drive Change
• Be Adventurous, Creative, Open-Minded
• Pursue Growth and Learning
• Build Open and Honest Relationships with Communication
• Foster a Positive Team and Family Spirit
• Be Passionate and Determined
• Be Humble and Kind
  
  

What are the benefits?

• A beautiful, safe community in which to work and serve.
• A caring, empathetic, & fun work family that you will be welcomed into - where we work hard, but play hard, too!
• A job with WORK-LIFE BALANCE
• Competitive salary commensurate with education & experience
• A LIFETIME PAYCHECK (3% @ 60 for Classic Members and 2% @ 62 for New Members) - As long as you work for 5 years and vest in the CalPERS system, you will receive a retirement paycheck for the rest of your life.
• Amazing health care BENEFITS at NO COST to you - Unless you choose a premium health care plan.
• Authentically kind and engaged leadership who truly enjoy developing staff.
• 457 Deferred Compensation.
• PAID vacation, PAID holidays (13), and PAID leave if you get sick.
• Vacation Parity - Previous service with a public agency counts towards vacation accrual at Colusa County. A public agency includes cities, counties, districts, military and similar entities. To learn more about vacation parity please see our benefit summary.

COLUSA COUNTY CARES: NURTURING HEALTH, EMPOWERING LIVES!

Supervision & Examples of Duties

Therapist I:

Under the direction of the Behavioral Health or Health and Human Services Director or designee, reports to and receives direction from the Clinical Program Manager or Program Manager and may receive technical and functional supervision from the Therapist III.

Therapist II:

Under the direction of the Behavioral Health or Health and Human Services Director or designee, reports to and receives direction from the Clinical Program Manager or Program Manager.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS: Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Therapist I

OPTION 1:

Experience:
None.

Training:

Students enrolled in a Master’s degree program in psychology, social work, marriage and family counseling, or a related field, as well as non-licensed Ph.D. or PsyD. students who are entering a field practicum, qualify. Students must be enrolled in an accredited college or university.

Licensing or Certifications:
Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California driver's license.

OPTION 2 (Preferred):

Experience:
Required practicum experience in a Master’s program.

Training:
A Master’s degree in psychology, social work, marriage and family counseling, or a related field from an accredited college or university which provides the educational basis for licensing to provide psychotherapy in the State of California.

Licensing or Certifications:

Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California driver's license.

Possession of or applied for registration as a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern or an Associate of Clinical Social Work with the Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Therapist II

Experience:
Two (2) years of post-graduate of increasingly responsible related experience.

Training:
A Master’s degree in psychology, social work, marriage and family counseling, or a related field from an accredited college or university which provides the educational basis for licensing to provide psychotherapy in the State of California.

Licensing and Certifications:

Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California driver's license.

Current registration as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Supplemental Information

Salary based on a 37.5-hour work week.

Therapist I: $ 4,961-$8,135

Therapist II: $5,477 - $8,981

The salary range above consists of 15 steps. Steps 1-6 are annual merit steps with approximately 5% difference between each step, based on successful performance. Steps 7-15 are additional merit steps, requiring 2 years of satisfactory performance at the previous step. Steps 7-14 provide 2.5% increases, while Step 15 offers a 5% increase. The final salary offered will depend on the applicant's experience and qualifications, ranging from steps 1 to 15.

Colusa County offers an excellent benefit package. For a summary of benefits, please click here: 2025 Benefit Summary

Closing Date/Time: 3/17/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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