Published: Nov 27, 2025 - The Mental Health Professional provides clinical support by assessing clients’ mental health needs, developing individualized treatment plans, and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions. This role involves conducting ongoing evaluations, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring compliance with ethical standards and organizational policies. The individual also maintains accurate documentation, offers crisis intervention when necessary, and supports clients in achieving personal, emotional, and behavioral well-being.

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1. Mental Health Associate, Willow Path Family Services, Arcadia, CA
Job Summary:
- Individual counseling utilizing evidence-based treatments.
- Be in charge of parent/family counseling, including Parent Management Training and Family Systems interventions.
- Provide comprehensive 'wraparound services' to children/adolescents/families with various diagnostic presentations (i.e., Mood, Anxiety, Trauma, Neurodevelopmental Disorders) within home, community, and school settings.
- Multidisciplinary team consultation.
- Collaborate with IEP team members, including consultation on IEP services.
- Maintain administrative oversight of client paperwork, collateral consults, and documentation.
- Create and maintain a caseload schedule.
- Optional assessment opportunities.
- Option to provide community-based counseling/psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families with an emphasis on evidence-based practices.
Skills on Resume:
- Individual Counseling (Hard Skills)
- Family Counseling (Hard Skills)
- Wraparound Services (Hard Skills)
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- IEP Collaboration (Hard Skills)
- Administrative Management (Soft Skills)
- Caseload Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Community Counseling (Hard Skills)
2. Mental Health Case Manager, Harborbridge Community Support Network, Modesto, CA
Job Summary:
Respond to referral assignments within program expectations.
Initiate and complete necessary tasks before the client’s release date.
Provide case management and supportive services to meet the needs of each individual.
Build trust and rapport with individuals exiting/recently exiting the jail system.
Assess homeless individuals utilizing the Vulnerability Index (VI) SPDAT.
Link clients to physical health, mental health, and other supportive services.
Assist clients in enrolling in mainstream benefits and obtain identification (i.e., California Driver’s License, Social Security Card).
Keep highly organized files for each client and enter data and progress notes into the appropriate electronic databases.
Ensure the court progress report and all other documentation are completed on time.
Provide bus tokens, bus passes, taxi vouchers, and/or direct transportation.
Participate in case conferencing meetings and other community meetings.
Coordinate with other outreach teams in joint outreach efforts.
Ensure timely and regular meetings with clients in jail settings, street outreach locations, client homes, and/or homeless encampments.
Skills on Resume:
Responding to Referrals (Hard Skills)
Case Management (Hard Skills)
Building Rapport (Soft Skills)
VI-SPDAT Assessment (Hard Skills)
Service Linkage (Hard Skills)
Benefits Enrollment (Hard Skills)
File Organization (Soft Skills)
Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
3. Mental Health Clinician, Evergreen Wellness & Recovery Center, Fresno, CA
Job Summary:
- Provide counseling, therapy, and/or psychotherapy to clients, groups, and families.
- Diagnose psychological, behavioral, and emotional disorders, and develop individual treatment plans.
- Supervise and train behavioral health and case work interns, volunteers, and employees.
- Conduct an initial assessment to determine the needs and goals of the client.
- Develop and evaluate programs.
- Develop and coordinate support groups.
- Research, build relationships with, and refer clients to community resources to address barriers to reentry.
- Maintain case files and records with strict confidentiality in accordance with policies and procedures, regulations, and the law.
- Monitor clients by conducting periodic follow-up and aftercare.
Skills on Resume:
- Provide Counseling (Hard Skills)
- Diagnose Disorders (Hard Skills)
- Treatment Planning (Hard Skills)
- Intern Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Client Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Program Development (Hard Skills)
- Community Referral (Soft Skills)
- Case Documentation (Hard Skills)
4. Mental Health Counselor, Crescent Valley Student Care Services, Santa Rosa, CA
Job Summary:
- Provide individual therapy based on case information to students, document therapy sessions, and refer students to local mental health agencies.
- Provide crisis intervention services.
- Participate in weekly counseling staff sessions, review case information, and discuss counseling issues and concerns.
- Serve on the college's Behavioral Intervention Team, providing a psychological/behavioral perspective.
- Provide consultative support to the college's Behavioral Intervention Team.
- Develop, publicize, and deliver mental health presentations or workshops.
- Develop, implement, and maintain ongoing mental health outreach efforts.
- Work with the counseling team to develop, update, and maintain counseling policies and protocols.
- Maintain current licensure requirements.
Skills on Resume:
- Individual Therapy (Hard Skills)
- Crisis Intervention (Hard Skills)
- Case Review (Soft Skills)
- Behavioral Consultation (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Mental Health Education (Hard Skills)
- Outreach Development (Soft Skills)
- Policy Maintenance (Hard Skills)
5. Mental Health Practitioner, Horizon Home-Based Health Program, Stockton, CA
Job Summary:
- Provide mental health skills services as outlined in the client's treatment plan in the home to help children and adults adjust to managing the symptoms of their mental health condition.
- Encourage client retention and regular communication, and coordinate services with other health care providers to ensure that the client receives adequate services.
- Provide adequate documentation of services, i.e., complete progress notes.
- Ensure compliance with DHS regulations.
- Develop Treatment Plans.
- Document contact with families or other providers.
- Participate in department clinical supervision and other meetings, including a monthly group training session.
- Ensure compliance with DHS regulations.
- Receive supportive supervision.
- Provide culturally sensitive services.
Skills on Resume:
- Mental Health Support (Hard Skills)
- Service Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Progress Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Treatment Planning (Hard Skills)
- Family Communication (Soft Skills)
- Clinical Participation (Soft Skills)
- Cultural Sensitivity (Soft Skills)
6. Mental Health Professional, Ridgeview Crisis Response Unit, Riverside, CA
Job Summary:
- Assess mental status, risk, and clinical needs of persons in distress.
- Provide emergency psychotherapy.
- Provide supportive counseling.
- Follow up on the status of persons in distress.
- Search out and refer to community resources.
- Evaluate clinical need for hospitalization.
- Evaluate appropriateness for involuntary treatment according to legal criteria.
- Evaluate the need for admission to the state hospital.
- Provide written reports to the county attorney and the court.
- Testify in court in civil commitment cases.
- Provide consultation to families, friends, and other providers of care to persons in acute distress.
- Complete clinical records and reports according to established policy and procedure.
Skills on Resume:
- Mental Status Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Emergency Psychotherapy (Hard Skills)
- Supportive Counseling (Soft Skills)
- Crisis Follow-Up (Hard Skills)
- Community Referral (Soft Skills)
- Hospitalization Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Legal Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Documentation (Hard Skills)
7. Mental Health Specialist, Meadowstone Integrated Support Services, Long Beach, CA
Job Summary:
- Manage a caseload of no more than six clients, providing services on an intermittent basis, utilizing solution-focused life and independent living skills.
- Review the written diagnostic assessments.
- Participate in individual and group supervision to gain feedback from superiors and colleagues to meet service objectives and to identify additional resources and supports for the client.
- Prepare a written service plan, incorporating input from clients, involved service providers, and clearly identifying problem areas and needs, strategies, and service objectives.
- Provide direct clinical services to clients.
- Respond to crises with twenty-four-hour a day availability.
- Document case activities for both clinical and billing purposes.
- Prepare progress reports as required by the referral source or service purchaser.
- Collaborate and coordinate with other case-involved service providers and professionals, such as case managers, physicians, attorneys, social workers, and probation counselors.
- Link clients with external programs or services, such as health services, recreational activities, day programs, financial resources, AA/NA groups, transportation resources, and others.
- Attend court hearings when individuals are court-involved and present testimony and treatment recommendations as requested by attorneys, referral source, the court, or clients.
Skills on Resume:
- Caseload Management (Hard Skills)
- Assessment Review (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Service Planning (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Services (Hard Skills)
- Crisis Response (Hard Skills)
- Case Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Professional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
8. Mental Health Technician, Brightcrest Behavioral Treatment Facility, Bakersfield, CA
Job Summary:
- Provide age-appropriate care for psychiatric patients.
- Bend, lift, and transport patients.
- Provide patient groups.
- Provide feedback to focus on enhancing patient care in peer evaluations.
- Participate in mandatory overtime.
- Act as a preceptor and mentor to new employees.
- Participate on interdisciplinary team by providing patient information and recommendations to the Treatment Team.
Skills on Resume:
- Age-Appropriate Care (Hard Skills)
- Patient Transport (Hard Skills)
- Group Facilitation (Hard Skills)
- Peer Feedback (Soft Skills)
- Mandatory Overtime (Soft Skills)
- Employee Mentoring (Soft Skills)
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Patient Reporting (Hard Skills)
9. Mental Health Therapist, Oakridge Outpatient Behavioral Group, Visalia, CA
Job Summary:
- Lead intensive outpatient and/or psychoeducational groups.
- Facilitate individual and family sessions with clients.
- Conduct various treatment programs and implement the designated treatment curriculum.
- Interact with clients utilizing didactic and directive interventions.
- Employ motivational interviewing to help propel clients through the stages of change.
- Collaborate with other team members to improve patient symptomology.
- Participate in treatment team meetings.
- Communicate treatment updates to external collaborators (i.e., parole officers, specialty courts).
- Complete treatment planning and treatment plan reviews.
- Complete all clinical documentation within the required timeframe.
Skills on Resume:
- Group Leadership (Hard Skills)
- Family Sessions (Hard Skills)
- Curriculum Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Directive Interventions (Hard Skills)
- Motivational Interviewing (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Treatment Communication (Soft Skills)
- Clinical Documentation (Hard Skills)
10. Mental Health Worker, Silverlake Psychiatric Support Center, Anaheim, CA
Job Summary:
- Provide patient care to inpatients or patients in the Psychiatric Emergency Department under the supervision of nursing staff, therapeutic 1:1, evaluate, intervene, and report to and work with nursing staff to follow individualized patient care plans.
- Participate in planning and implementing treatment team recommendations concerning individual and group patient programming.
- Follow the problem-oriented method for patient charting or reporting on behaviors observed.
- Promote and maintain a healthy and safe treatment setting.
- Provide patient care with ADLs.
- Maintain an organized and clean milieu.
- Provide milieu support to patients and nursing staff.
- Provide patient care activities and clerical activities.
Skills on Resume:
- Patient Care Support (Hard Skills)
- Treatment Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Behavior Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Safety Maintenance (Soft Skills)
- ADL Assistance (Hard Skills)
- Milieu Organization (Soft Skills)
- Milieu Support (Soft Skills)
- Clerical Activities (Hard Skills)