Internship Forensic Behavioral Science Jobs in California

Introduction

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this\r\nexamination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year\r\nbut can be extended.\r\n\r\nSupplemental\r\nQuestionnaire:A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be\r\nsubmitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires\r\nmust be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00\r\np.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application or\r\nSupplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.\r\n\r\nApplications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be\r\naccepted online.\r\n\r\nQualified bilingual persons who speak English and are\r\nalso fluent in: Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Korean, Mien,\r\nTagalog, Amharic, Farsi, Dari, Tigrigna, Russian, Romanian, or Sign Languages\r\nare especially encouraged to apply. There is an additional bi-weekly\r\ncompensation for persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified\r\ncandidates may be tested to demonstrate language proficiency.\r\n

DESCRIPTION

THE COUNTY\r\nAlameda County, located on the east side of San Francisco Bay, is\r\nCalifornia's seventh-largest county. The County employs 9,700 full-time\r\nemployees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4 billion. Oakland, the\r\nCounty seat, is California's eighth-largest city. One and a half million\r\npeople call Alameda County home and live in a variety of incorporated cities,\r\nunincorporated communities, and rural areas. As a major urban county,\r\nAlameda provides a full range of services to its citizens. The County is\r\na blend of culturally and ethnically diverse communities, and its mixture of\r\ncosmopolitan and suburban areas provides the perfect environment for families\r\nand their active lifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural\r\nresources, countless recreational opportunities, and an array of fine public\r\nand private colleges and universities.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH \r\nAlameda County Health is the local government agency that\r\npromotes and protects the health and well-being of all who live, work, learn,\r\nand play in Alameda County. We coordinate services and cultivate partnerships\r\nwith community organizations and providers to help ensure access, organize, and\r\ndeliver health care and services to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance,\r\nsupport resilient communities, and improve health for all. We focus on health\r\nequity by developing programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities\r\nfor the people and communities we serve. \r\n\r\nAlameda County Health's\r\ndepartments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for\r\nthe whole person.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and\r\n substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and\r\n supports people along their path to wellness, recovery, and resilience.\r\n The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air,\r\n water, and food safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of\r\n everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce\r\n exposure to toxins and diseases.\r\n The Public Health Department focuses on community and\r\n population-level health, preventing and addressing root causes of health\r\n inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.\r\n Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and\r\n Homelessness Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency, HealthPAC, and\r\n Healthy Schools and Communities.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nBEHAVIORAL HEALTH\r\nDEPARTMENT\r\nAs part of Alameda County\r\nHealth, the Behavioral Health Department supports people with Medi-Cal and\r\nwithout insurance living with serious mental illness and substance use\r\nconditions along their path toward wellness, recovery, and resiliency. We\r\nprovide services through a network of contracted mental health and substance\r\nuse providers and administer the State's resources and training for behavioral\r\nhealth providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals. We\r\nadvocate for our patients and families and create space for personal engagement\r\nin their care.\r\n\r\nWe are outpatient\r\nspecialists for mental health services for older adults and youth, substance\r\nuse providers and treatment program specialists, advocates for quality\r\nimprovement and patients' rights, and psychiatric and integrated health care\r\nproviders.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the\r\nBehavioral Health Department, please visit www.acbhcs.org.\r\n\r\nTHE POSITION \r\nUnder\r\ngeneral direction, supervise Forensic Behavioral Clinicians and other\r\nbehavioral health care professionals, paraprofessionals, and/or interns in the\r\nCounty jail; coordinate day-to-day functions and ensure appropriate staff\r\ncoverage; provide psychiatric clinical and case management services; and\r\nperform other duties as assigned.\r\n\r\nThe\r\nclassification Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor is located in the\r\nHealth Care Services Agency, within the Adult Forensic Behavioral Health\r\nProgram, which provides mental health services to incarcerated clients in the\r\nCounty jail. This is the first-line supervisory level in the Forensic\r\nBehavioral Health Clinician series. Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical\r\nSupervisors provide day-to-day supervision, including the coordination and\r\ndelegation of work/assignments, staff coverage, and performance\r\nevaluations. Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisors provide\r\nday-to-day supervision of a behavioral health care team of clinicians and daily\r\noperational leadership. Incumbents in this position may assist the\r\nForensic Behavioral Health Clinical Manager in administrative functions.\r\n\r\nThe\r\nForensic Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor is distinguished from the\r\nlower-level class of Forensic Behavioral Clinician II in that the latter does\r\nnot have supervisory responsibilities. It is further distinguished from the\r\nnext higher class of Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical Manager in that the\r\nlatter may supervise a Forensic Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor and has\r\noverall responsibility for program planning, development and evaluation,\r\nprogram reporting and statistics, and program outcome monitoring. The\r\nForensic Behavioral Health Clinical Manager manages a clinic/program which\r\nincludes 8 or more paraprofessional and professional level staff.\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE IDEAL CANDIDATE\r\nIn addition to the minimum qualifications and\r\nknowledge, and skills listed below, ideal candidates for these positions will:\r\n\r\n\r\n Be current with theories, principles,\r\n and practices for services to clients with serious behavioral health care\r\n symptoms and diagnosis.\r\n Know and be experienced in principles\r\n and practices of effective, culturally sensitive supervision, work\r\n planning, evaluation, training, and community behavioral health care\r\n consultation.\r\n Know applicable federal, state, and\r\n local laws, rules, and regulations.\r\n Analyze, evaluate, and make sound\r\n decisions.\r\n Prepare clear, accurate, and effective\r\n reports, correspondence, and other written materials.\r\n Demonstrate interpersonal sensitivity\r\n and work with a diverse population.\r\n Establish and maintain effective work\r\n relationships.\r\n\r\n\r\nFor a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities\r\nand core competency requirements for this position, please click here for the job description.\r\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

\r\nThe minimum professional requirements for admission to\r\nthe competitive assessment process include:\r\n\r\nEITHER I\r\nExperience:\r\nThe\r\nequivalent of one (1) year of full-time experience in the class of Forensic\r\nBehavioral Clinician II or Behavioral Clinician II in the Alameda County\r\nclassified service.\r\n\r\nOR II\r\nEducation:\r\nPossession\r\nof a master's degree from an accredited school in social work, marriage and\r\nfamily therapy, psychology, counseling, nursing or related field.\r\n\r\nAND\r\n\r\nExperience:\r\nThe\r\nequivalent of two (2) years of experience as a behavioral health/mental health\r\nprofessional providing clinical and/or case management services. (Note:\r\nPrevious experience involving lead or supervisory responsibility is\r\ndesirable.)\r\n\r\nLICENSE/CERTIFICATION:\r\n\r\nPossession\r\nof a valid clinical license from one (1) of the applicable licensing authority:\r\nCalifornia Board of Behavioral Sciences, California Board of Psychology, or\r\nCalifornia Board of Nursing, is preferred.\r\n\r\nSome\r\npositions in this class require a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's\r\nlicense. Applicants must possess such license prior to appointment to\r\nsuch positions.\r\n\r\nSPECIAL\r\nREQUIREMENTS:\r\n\r\nIn\r\ncompliance with the Administrative Simplification provision of the Health\r\nInsurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), employees in this\r\nclassification are required to possess a National Provider Identifier (NPI)\r\nnumber prior to their first day on the job.\r\n\r\nIn\r\nCompliance with Medicare regulations, eligible licensed clinicians in this\r\nclassification are required to complete the "Medicare Enrollment Process for\r\nPhysicians and non-Physician Practitioners" through the Centers for Medicare\r\nand Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human\r\nServices, prior to their first day on the job. Active enrollment in\r\nMedicare is a condition of employment. Failure to attain or maintain\r\nactive enrollment will result in termination.\r\n\r\nNOTE:\r\nThe Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the\r\nannouncement of an examination.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE:The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the 'Examples of Duties' section of this specification.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe most suitably qualified candidates\r\nwill possess the following competencies:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKnowledge of:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Current theories, principles, and practices for services to clients with serious behavioral health care symptoms and diagnosis.\r\n Principles and practices of effective supervision, work planning, evaluation, training, and community behavioral health care consultation.\r\n Psychological diagnostic methods and terminology.\r\n Cultural and social factors affecting behavior patterns.\r\n Wellness, recovery, and resiliency-oriented strategies and supports.\r\n Dual recovery/co-occurring disorder treatment, screening, and assessment tools.\r\n Community needs, resources, and organizations related to behavioral health care and justice involved individuals.\r\n Clinical standards of practice and licensure requirements.\r\n Principles and practices of direct client service delivery in a jail setting.\r\n Principles of social needs, problems, attitudes, and behavioral patterns specific to criminal justice populations.\r\n Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.\r\n Office administrative practices and procedures, including records management and the operation of standard office equipment.\r\n Computer applications related to the work.\r\n\r\nAbility to:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Plan, supervise, review, and evaluate the work of staff.\r\n Interpret, explain and apply regulations, policies and procedures.\r\n Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.\r\n Plan, prioritize, and organize.\r\n Analyze, evaluate, and make sound decisions.\r\n Prepare clear, accurate and effective reports, correspondence and other written materials.\r\n Demonstrate interpersonal sensitivity and work with a diverse population.\r\n Establish and maintain effective work relationships.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

The\r\nexamination will consist of the following steps:\r\n\r\n1) A review of\r\ncandidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those\r\ncandidates who possess the minimum requirements for the classification will\r\nmove on to the next step in the examination process.\r\n\r\n2) A review of\r\ncandidates' Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified\r\napplicants. Those candidates selected as best qualified will move on to the\r\nnext step in the examination process.\r\n\r\n3) An oral\r\ninterview examination which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final\r\nexamination score. The oral interview examination may contain situational\r\nexercises.\r\n\r\n\r\nCANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH\r\nPORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.\r\n\r\nWe reserve the right to make changes to the announced\r\nexamination components.\r\n\r\nAlameda County\r\nutilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is\r\ncompetitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for\r\nqualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine\r\nthe qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the\r\nvacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the\r\nneeds of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be\r\nexclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be\r\nmore broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate\r\njobs with comparable scopes of work.\r\n\r\nTo learn more about\r\nour recruitment and selection process, please visit the "What You Need to Know"\r\nsection of our website, hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\r\n

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN

Applicants will be\r\ninformed via email with reasonable noticein advance of any examination\r\nprocess which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative\r\nand subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n TENTATIVE\r\n RECRUITMENT PLAN:\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Deadline For Filing:\r\n \r\n \r\n 5:00:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 5, 2026\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Review\r\n of Minimum Qualifications\r\n Review\r\n of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified\r\n \r\n \r\n August\r\n 7, 2026\r\n Augus...