Careers at Ellenhorn

Position Summary:   

The PACT Clinician provides psychosocial support for dually diagnosed clients as a part of a multidisciplinary team to individuals with psychiatric experiences and mental illness. The PACT clinician serves both as a primary case manager for a small caseload (3-4 individuals) and provides 1:1 and group sessions to clients in other areas (wellness, vocational, family support, spirituality, social, addictions etc) mostly in a community based setting. 

Ellenhorn offers competitive salaries.  Our benefit offerings include Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Life Insurance, Disability (Short & Long-Term) Insurance, 401k, a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, Flexible Spending Accounts, a $2,000 sign-on bonus, and more. We support continuing education and training and multiple opportunities for supervision (including for independent licensure).

Salary Range: Min $60,000 | Mid $70,000 | Max $80,000

Qualifications Required:

• Master’s degree in relevant field required 
• Post secondary school education and training is required, including internships and other supervised practical experiences in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and addictions disorders
• Must be licensed or certified to work in the field, abide by a code of ethical and practice standards and be committed to a process of lifetime knowledge and skills development.
• Must have skills and competencies to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses as well as family and other members or the clients’ network
• Must have valid driver’s license, dependable automobile and a clean drivers record 

Qualifications Desired:

• Prior experience working with people with addictions and mental illnesses
• Experience with client centered practices such as Open Dialogue, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing assessment of clients’ addiction symptoms and clients’ response to treatment. Make appropriate changes to treatment plan to ensure immediate interventions are provided in response to changes in addictions behaviors.
• Provide substance abuse/dual diagnosis education to clients and families.
• Focusing on issues related substance use/abuse, provide direct clinical services including individual supportive therapy to clients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational; considers interactions of mental illness and substance abuse, and has client determined goals.
• Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment teams (ITT).
• Assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating and revising overall treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the client and the ITT
• Educate and support clients’ families and advocate for clients’ rights and preferences
• Conduct holistic and comprehensive assessment along with other team members
• Act as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process
• With other team members, participate in on-call rotation for crisis intervention/support 7days/wk, 24hrs/day.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.

Nonessential Functions:

• Occasional interstate travel
• Other related duties as assigned

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• Problem solving skills on both strategic and functional levels
• Commitment to company values
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, drive a vehicle, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, bend, walk up and down stairs, talk, hear, and see. Employee must be able to occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds

• Work Environment: Most work is performed outside of the office setting

Salary Range: Min $60,000 | Mid $70,000 | Max $80,000

• Master’s degree in relevant field required 
• Post secondary school education and training, including internships and other supervised practical experiences in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons with severe and persistent mental illness
• Must be licensed or certified to work in the field, abide by a code of ethical and practice standards and be committed to a process of lifetime knowledge and skills development. (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, LMFT recommended) 
• Must have skills and competencies to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses as well as family and other members or the clients’ network
• Must have valid driver’s license, dependable automobile and a clean drivers record

• Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT).
• Assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating and revising overall treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the client and the ITT
• Provide individual side by side support, counseling, therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plan as clients’ needs change
• Educate and support clients’ families and advocate for clients’ rights and preferences
• Conduct holistic and comprehensive assessment along with other team members
• Act as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process
• Provide education and opportunity to other team members to engage in and learn about expressive therapies work (in-service training, staff wellness days, etc)
• With other team members, participate in on-call rotation for crisis intervention/support 7days/wk, 24hrs/day.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.

• Occasional interstate travel
• Other related duties as assigned

• Problem solving skills on both strategic and functional levels
• Commitment to company values
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational and case management skills 
• Strong team player, able to flex into different roles and assignments 
• Values relationships and collaboration with clients 

Salary Range: Min $60,000 | Mid $70,000 | Max $80,000

Position Summary: Responsible for coordinating medication/health needs of our clients

Salary Range: Min $100,000 | Mid $110,000 | Max $120,000

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing assessment of clients’ physical health symptoms and clients’ response to treatment. Make appropriate changes to treatment plan to ensure immediate interventions are provided in response to changes in medication/health.
• Provide management and administration of medication, in conjunction with team psychiatrist.
• Provide medication/health education to clients and families.
• Focusing on issues related psychiatric medications and physical health, provide direct clinical services to clients on an individual basis in the office and in community settings.
• Provide service and coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment teams (ITT).
• Assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating and revising overall treatment goals and plans in collaboration with the client and the ITT
• Educate and support clients’ families and advocate for clients’ rights and preferences
• Conduct holistic and comprehensive medical assessment along with other team members
• Act as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process
• With other RN’s, participate in on-call rotation for crisis intervention/support 7 days/wk, 24hrs/day.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.
• Hire and supervise all registered nurses within the program.
• Attend and participate in all appropriate leadership meetings.
• Primary clinician for medically intense clients
• Oversee medication support at the Residence.
• Develop and implement training which focus on nursing related topics.

Qualifications Required:

• Registered Nurse with California License.
• Minimum one year of psychiatric nursing experience.
• Minimum one year of experience in a clinical psychiatric environment.
• Excellent organizational skills a must.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Dependability/Responsiveness.
• Must have skills and competencies to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses as well as family and other members or the clients’ network
• Must have valid driver’s license, dependable automobile, active auto insurance and a clean driving record

This position reports to Team Psychiatrist and PACT Clinical Director

Nonessential Functions:

• Other related duties as assigned

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Problem solving skills on both strategic and functional levels
• Commitment to company values
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, drive a vehicle, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, bend, walk up and down stairs, talk, hear, and see. Employee must be able to occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds.
• Work Environment: Most work is performed indoors.

Salary Range: Min $100,000 | Mid $110,000 | Max $120,000

• Work in coordination with the Clinical Director and PACT Support Manager to provide one-on-one support to Ellenhorn clients. This would include (but is not limited to) support with accessing the community, participating in events and activities, cooking and meal preparation, tasks of daily living (grocery shopping, transportation, organization of apartment, etc), medication observations, and engaging in social opportunities. 
• Participate in weekly PACT support group supervision and other meetings with team as needed 
• Maintain accurate written documentation of client interactions daily.  
• Adhere to all HIPPA and all federal client privacy regulations.  

• Occasional interstate travel
• Other related duties as assigned

• Problem-solving skills on both strategic and functional levels
• Commitment to company values and philosophy 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player
• Creativity, flexibility, patience
• Self-motivated, resourceful and enjoy wearing many different hats 
• Ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment 
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organized 
• Ability to work independently and with limited supervision 
• A positive attitude/outlook 

• College degree in Human Services field, or in another area, have a high school diploma, or have at least two years of paid or volunteer work experiences with adults with severe and persistent mental illness.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, dependable automobile, and a clean drivers record
• Availability to work evenings and weekends
• Have skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for the clients’ rights and personal preferences in treatment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to walk, sit, drive a vehicle, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, bend, walk up and downstairs, talk, hear, and see
• Work Environment: Most work is performed outside of the office setting

Salary Range: Min $30.00/hr. | Mid $32.50/hr. | Max $35.00/hr.