Supervising Mental Health Clinician - Crisis & Outreach Team (Open & Promotional)

Note: This recruitment schedule was amended on February 6, 2026 to extend the final filing date. This recruitment has been changed to "Continuous".

There is currently one vacancy for this team. The position is based in San Mateo, with travel throughout the county as needed.

Key Responsibilities 

As the Supervising Mental Health Clinician, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide regular administrative and clinical supervision of all staff members of the Crisis and Outreach Team.
• Perform annual or as-needed employee performance evaluation of all supervisees.
• Consult with clinicians and staff members in the field to determine appropriate courses of action during crises that may involve law enforcement.
• Tracking data for established programs and pilot programs and reporting these statistics to leadership.
• Facilitating regular team meetings and program-related meetings with system partners collaborating with the Crisis and Outreach Team.
• Providing ongoing clinical training for field clinicians and law enforcement, including the Quarterly Crisis Intervention Training (CIT).
• Responding to active crisis scenes when required.
• Responding to and supporting requests for the deployment of the BHRS Crisis Response Team (CRT).
• Overseeing the daily operations of programs under the Crisis and Outreach umbrella.
• Performing all other duties or projects as assigned.

Rewarding Aspects of the Job:

• Make a meaningful impact by helping stabilize behavioral health crises and supporting individuals during some of their most vulnerable moments.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams whose work directly improves outcomes for individuals experiencing mental health crises and housing instability.
• Contribute to innovative, community-based crisis response efforts through collaboration with law enforcement, healthcare providers, and community partners.

Professional Development & Leadership Growth: 

• Build advanced supervisory and leadership skills by guiding teams in complex, high-acuity, and fast-paced field environments.
• Strengthen clinical judgment and decision-making through consultation and support during time-sensitive and evolving crisis situations.
• Expand expertise in cross-system collaboration, program oversight, and data-informed decision-making across multiple crisis and outreach programs.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• At least two (2) years of post-licensure clinical experience providing direct mental health services, with crisis-related work preferred.
• Strong supervisory skills, including at least two (2) years of experience providing administrative and clinical supervision to mental health clinicians and paraprofessionals, including experience in supporting team-building activities, group dynamics, and complex client care needs.
• Knowledge of program management techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of crisis de-escalation, crisis evaluation, 5150-hold application, and community crisis response.
• Expertise in clinical work with older adults with serious mental illness, including individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Knowledge of system of care principles and crisis continuum of care, including inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with consumers, families, professionals, law enforcement, Criminal Justice system, Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES), homeless services providers, and the public, including close collaboration with and engagement of community partners to plan, implement and coordinate needed services.
• Ability to make sound, timely decisions through the exercise of judgment and consideration of all available information, often during active crises situations.
• Demonstrated expertise and skill in clinical work with adults and youth with serious mental illnesses, including individuals who have had contact with law enforcement and psychiatric emergency services.
• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical practice modalities, such as motivational interviewing, solution-focused brief treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, wellness and recovery principles, and trauma informed care.
• Knowledge of Medi-Cal and Medicare regulations and managed mental health care.
• Strong working knowledge of Avatar, EPIC and other tools or databases used by BHRS for information and charting.
• Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic and evaluation skills.
• Experience working with individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds, including those living on the streets, in shelters, or in other community or residential settings.

NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.