• Assess, diagnose, and treat patient’s symptoms and dysfunctional behaviors per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
• Work as a part of a multidisciplinary team alongside medical providers, nurses, social workers, front office staff, and case managers.
• Provide individual and group psychotherapy for mental and behavioral health problems such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, hypertension, medication non-adherence, addiction, social and interpersonal problems, personality disorders, and challenging behaviors.
• Develop individualized treatment plans.
• Provide telephone on-call, crises intervention services on a rotation with other licensed professionals as needed.
• Refer patients to institutions, support services, psychiatry, and other specialists as needed.
• Provide consultation services to multidisciplinary team members by evaluating the biopsychosocial implications of the patient’s illness when the team is assessing and planning medical treatment.
• Provide mental health services at satellite sites as needed. (e.g., at Missions, LAMP, VOA).
• Provide functional assessments in reports to the Department of Public Social Services, Department of Child and Family Services, Social Security Administration, and the Judiciary.
• Utilize the primary care case managers to assist homeless patients with accessing vital resources such as housing, substance abuse treatment, specialty mental health care, and public benefits.
• Document all assessments, diagnoses, care plans, interventions and referrals in our electronic medical records system.
• Supervise graduate students from multiple disciplines including psychology, marriage and family, social work, and counseling.
• Other duties may be assigned.

• 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.

• Licensed in the State of California as a Clinical Psychologist, Social Worker (LCSW), or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Minimum two years of providing mental health services (i.e., assessment, diagnosis, individual and group therapies) to homeless, mentally ill, substance addicted adult populations.
• Prior experience working within a community mental health or primary care, medical setting preferred.
• Experience supervising graduate students desirable.
• CPR certification required.

• Proficiency in computer use required.
• Proficiency in written and spoken Spanish and English required,

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Los Angeles Christian Health Centers opened in 1995 with a handful of staff but a big vision to render hope and healing through healthcare to the thousands of homeless and low-income residents living in Los Angeles County. Today, 120 staff members serve the County’s most vulnerable populations from our two full-time health centers in Skid Row and Boyle Heights. We also provide comprehensive medical care at our 10 part-time satellite clinics hosted by our community partners throughout Downtown Los Angeles and Watts.