Lamp Community Positions

Lamp Community
Job Announcement
August 2009

Lamp Community is a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization that permanently ends homelessness improves the health and builds self-sufficiency among homeless men and women living with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders.

Therapist/Counselor
Full-time. MSW or MA.

Responsibilities: Provide individual and group counseling services to Lamp Community members; complete biopsychosocial assessments; Evaluate needs of members and develop care plans according to member needs and goals; Develop effective, trusting relationships with members- with a focus on facilitating independence and maintenance of improved physical and mental health; Document meetings with members according to DMH and MediCal standards ; Assist in providing clinical information and support to staff members in Lamp Community’s programs; Work cooperatively and cohesively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including participation in weekly staff meetings and staff trainings; Help to ensure that mental health services reflective of Lamp Community’s model which emphasizes: customer choice, harm reduction and psycho-social rehabilitation.

Qualifications: MSW or LCSW or MFT. Supervision hours are available for this position. Minimum 2 years related post-graduate experience. Prior experience with working with persons who are homeless, have a mental illness and substance use issues preferred. Outstanding clinical skills. Strong team-building, inter-personal and organizational skills. Downtown Skid Row location. Highly competitive salary.

Clinical Consultant (LCSW or MFT)
(10 to 20 hours a week)

Responsibilities:
 Assist in the oversite and delivery of training and support to interdisciplinary staff on issues relating to psychiatric symptomology, mental health treatment, medication support, documentation and Medi-Cal compliance.
 Review staff members’ progress notes, care plans and assessments and provide appropriate feedback and assistance to them.
 Assist in Quality Assurance reviews.
 Provide clinical supervision to an MSW level therapists.
 Work with Director of Programs to ensure that mental health services reflective of Lamp Community’s model which emphasizes: customer choice, harm reduction and psycho-social rehabilitation.
 As needed, complete intakes with Lamp Community Wellness Center participants.
 Downtown Skid Row location. Hours Flexible. Competitive salary.

Qualifications: LCSW or MFT. Min. 5 years related post-graduate experience, at least 2 of which are in a supervisory capacity. Extensive experience with mental illness and substance use population as well as DMH documentation. Outstanding clinical skills. Prior experience in community setting preferred. Strong team-building, inter-personal and organizational skills.


To Apply: Please send resume, cover letter and salary history to:
Lamp Community, Human Resources, 510 E. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Email: jobs@lampcommunity.org Fax: 213.327.0557
www.lampcommunity.org