About the Department

Must have a valid license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Science.

About The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program                                                                                                                                                                                                  

The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program is a comprehensive approach to treating substance use disorders.  It combines approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapies. Designed to support the “whole patient,” MAT is especially effective for individuals struggling with addiction to opioids such as heroin, prescription painkillers and alcohol. Alongside medication, patients participate in individual and group therapy that provides essential support, coping strategies, and skill-building to aid them through incarceration. The goal is by integrating medical and therapeutic interventions tailored to each patient’s needs, MAT offers a well-rounded, evidence-based path of support to help individuals complete their incarceration period. The Behavioral Health Services Supervisor will oversee staff working in the jail who are responsible for screening, assessing, and monitoring individuals for mental health and substance use disorders, including identifying suicide risk and acute psychiatric needs. The position will oversee and monitor crisis intervention, individual therapy, group therapy, and ongoing case management, while documenting care and maintaining compliance with legal and clinical standards. This position will work a 9/80 shift and a California Driver’s License is required.

In addition to the base pay, Clinical Therapists assigned to DETENTION positions receive an hourly differential of 20%. This differential applies to all hours worked, which is any regular or overtime hours worked up to 80 hours per pay period (it does not apply to the use of leave balances). Please note this differential is temporary and can be removed at any time. 

Incumbent are also required to complete a level one Sheriff background clearance. 

Incumbents in this classification are eligible to receive a forensic mental health differential of 8.3%.

Bilingual Spanish is preferred and may be eligible for an added differential.

The certification list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill other future vacancies within Behavioral Health that may occur in the coming weeks throughout the county. 

We are looking for candidates who 

• Are Licensed professionals (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC)
• Have a minimum of two years post-licensure experience
• Have strong computer and organizational skills
• Have supervisory/lead experience 

RUHS – Correctional Health Services

Meet the Team!
 Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Correctional Health partners with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to provide essential healthcare and behavioral health services across five county correctional facilities. Nationally accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), the department upholds a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate care.

If you are passionate about making a difference in correctional health and helping individuals on their path to recovery and reintegration, RUHS Correctional Health is the place for you.

Find out more about RUHS by visiting www.ruhealth.org

Position Duties

Plan, assign, direct, supervise, and coordinate the work of a multidisciplinary staff providing behavioral health treatment services, social and rehabilitation services, and consultation and education services to inmates in a detention facility.

Evaluate overall activities of a unit or program, including methods and procedures for effectiveness and consistency with program goals and objectives, and recommend and implement changes in program, policies, and procedures as necessary.

Evaluate performance of personnel and take or recommend appropriate course of action; interview, select, and recommend on the hiring of new staff members.

Provide guidance to subordinates on departmental philosophy, goals and objectives, policies and procedures through casework conferences, staff meetings, and work review; assist and participate in the development and coordination of in-service training and staff development programs.

Make or review decisions on difficult inmate assessment and casework matters.

Work with other public, private, and community organizations providing health and human services to mentally and emotionally disabled inmates to gain and ensure cooperation in achieving program goals; participate in behavioral health conferences and local area committees; may participate in regional or Countywide community needs assessment and program planning, development, and evaluation activities.

Assist in preparing annual budget requirements and monitor expenditures to ensure detention facility is within funding provisions; prepare reports and correspondence regarding workload statistics, casework and unit methods, and procedures.

Facilitate and coordinate the inmate-planning process that informs the Department on an inmate's behavioral health needs.

Identify priority detention facility populations in need of specialized behavioral health services.

Design and develop programs and effective strategies that demonstrate positive outcomes for various detention facility populations, including those who have been underserved or inappropriately served as a result of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, or other factors.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Three years of post-license professional experience in a psychiatric or behavioral health setting providing direct client services which must have included: client assessment and evaluation, development and implementation of appropriate treatment plans, providing psychotherapy or behavioral health counseling, and providing indirect services involving information, consultation, and educational services to staff and community;.

License: Possession of a valid license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Professional Clinical Counselor, or Marriage and Family Therapist issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Science Examiners. Candidates recruited from out-of-state must possess an out-of-state license to practice in one of the above stated options. Individuals hired under this option shall obtain their license to practice issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences within three years of date of hire. During the interim three years, the incumbent shall be eligible for a Mental Health Professional Licensing Waiver Request approved by the State of California Health and Human Services Agency.

Candidates qualifying with the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor option must have completed additional education and training as defined below:

1) Six semester units or nine quarter units specifically focused on the theory and application of marriage and family therapy, OR a named specialization or emphasis area on the qualifying degree in marriage and family therapy, marital and family therapy, marriage, family, and child counseling, or couple and family therapy;

2) No less than 500 hours of documented supervised experience working directly with couples, families, or children; and

3) A minimum of six hours of continuing education specific to marriage and family therapy, completed in each license renewal cycle.

Knowledge of: The characteristics and social aspects of behavioral and emotional disorders and their effect on the individual in the community; the principles and techniques of diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with behavioral or emotional disorders; the range of treatment services provided by comprehensive community behavioral health programs; the kinds of behavioral health resources normally found in the community; the principles of community organization; principles and techniques of effective supervision and training; laws, rules, and regulations governing publicly funded behavioral health services in the State of California.

Ability to: Plan, organize, and direct the work of subordinate staff; organize and interpret data pertinent to community program planning and caseload management; evaluate program effectiveness; analyze problems, generate and evaluate alternatives, teach practical conclusions, and recommend and adopt effective courses of action; provide effective leadership and consultation to staff in casework treatment methods and in professional development; understand and interpret procedures, regulations, and legal implications of casework or treatment services; communicate the goals and objectives of the County's Behavioral Health Services Program to staff, members of the community, and other interested individuals; establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, community groups, and other public and private agencies.

License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.

Other Qualifications

For questions regarding this recruitment contact the recruiter, Jeremy Holforty:
[email protected] / 951-955-5558.