City and County of San Francisco

Senior Marriage, Family & Child Counselor (#2935)

$48.00-$58.33 Hourly / $8,320.00-$10,110.00 Monthly / $99,840.00-$121,316.00 Yearly


Definition

Under direction, may supervise several Marriage, Family and Child Counselors (MFCC), and personally performs the more difficult psychiatric case work; assigns and directs work of interviewing and investigation of applicants, patients, and others concerned; reviews psychiatric welfare cases processed by other workers; and performs related duties as required. Requires responsibility for: carrying out, interpreting and enforcing existing legal provisions, policies, methods and procedures in connection with psychiatric welfare work; achieving considerable economies and/or preventing considerable losses through enforcing careful and judicious interpretations of various legal provisions, methods and procedures in approving and recommending assistance; making regular contacts with employees, supervisors, applicants, recipients, their families, city departments, community organizations and others concerned; gathering and checking detailed psychiatric, financial, personal and confidential information. Nature of duties involves normal physical effort and manual dexterity with occasional accident and injury hazards and exposure to disagreeable elements when dealing with mentally ill or emotionally disturbed persons.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties

1. Supervises several Marriage and Family Counselors and auxiliary personnel and personally participates in interviewing and diagnosing the more difficult individual cases.

2. Supervises the determining of eligibility of applicants for psychiatric services; ascertains several factors, such as reasons for referral, attitude toward personal problems and demonstrated desire for assistance; obtains history of applicant’s growth and development in order to arrive at an understanding of behavioral characteristics; obtains such pertinent information as parental background, relationship between parents and other members in the family group.

3. Evaluates material obtained as a result of interviews and analyses; decides on disposition of each ease, including referral to other staff members for further study and recommendations or referral to appropriate community agency; completes appropriate forms and documents relating to the intake process.

4. Treats individual patients on a regular recurrent basis by applying difficult and intensive casework techniques in order to reduce mental and emotional illness; observes patient’s condition and reactions especially in suicidal and homicidal cases; determines degree of danger presented to patient and others.

5. Counsels with especially disturbed and difficult patients concerning emotional, economic and personal matters and crisis, to assist in establishing self-control and responsibility; arranges for commitment to hospital or other community agency or resource, based on appraisal of patient’s needs.

6. Conducts group psychotherapy in regularly scheduled group interviews in connection 2935 SENIOR MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND CHILD COUNSELOR with administering direct treatment to patients; observes, evaluates and analyses emotional and behavioral changes; determines treatment goals at successive intervals during treatment process.

7. Records basic data pertaining to study and/or treatment of patients on appropriate forms, charts and case histories; prepares written case summaries for purposes of coordinating medical and case-work services in the best interests of the patient and family.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Requires a broad working knowledge and ability to: solve problems of psychiatric welfare work; plan and direct appropriate courses of action as a result of analyses and evaluation of data and other significant factors; achieve cooperative and effective contacts with staff members and emotionally disturbed patients in the adjustment of problem situations; work closely with and direct several professional and auxiliary employees.

Experience and Training

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

1a. Possession of a valid Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) .license issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS); OR

1.b. Possession of a valid Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) license issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS); AND

2. Two (2) years of verifiable experience performing post-Master’s psychiatric Marriage, Family and Child Counselor (MFCC), Marriage, Family Therapist (MFT) or Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) experience in a psychiatric or medical setting.


Disaster Service Workers

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

CLASS: 2935; EST: 1/1/1900; REV: 3/13/2014;