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UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

Behavioral Health Psych Supervisor 2

Full-TimePosted on 10/15/2026
$145k
Senior
Master's
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryMental & Behavioral Health

About the job

Requirements
  • A master's degree from an accredited school of social work, professional counseling, or psychology, plus three years of post-master's experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.
  • A license from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an LCSW, MFT, or LPCC.
  • Knowledge of psychiatric service operations and ability to apply concepts in an acute care setting.
  • Interpersonal skills and experience working with populations diverse in gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.
  • Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively with others; work in a high-stress, high-volume area under pressure and deadlines; follow oral and written instructions accurately; attend to detail; prepare written activity summaries efficiently; set priorities; and complete reports within required time frames.
  • Knowledge of medical and/or psychiatric terminology.
  • Two years of experience working with severely mentally ill adults, unhoused populations, and dual-diagnosed populations.
  • Ability to work with clients and program staff from diverse cultural and social-class backgrounds.
  • Ability to ensure patient-care service standards are consistently met and assist staff with challenging patient interactions sensitively and skillfully.
  • Two years of experience working with individuals actively involved in the criminal justice system.
  • One year of experience in community-based case management and ability to conduct outreach, including to SRO hotels.
Responsibilities
  • Supervise staff providing behavioral health services, including assessment, counseling, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, group therapy, and/or community health services for patients with serious mental health disorders; assist with complex patient-care issues and advise on treatment strategies.
  • Supervise three clinical social workers, one social work associate, and one peer specialist (or a similar combination of five supervisees), including hiring, training, performance evaluation, and corrective actions as needed; provide administrative backup to the Director and help lead group clinical supervision.
  • Assist with allocating and managing program resources, ensure productivity goals are met, suggest efficiency and quality-of-care improvements, and request additional resources when necessary.
  • Assist the Program Director with planning, developing, managing, and evaluating the Adult Probation Department contract at CASC; co-oversee client group scheduling and programming, including community events; attend local governmental planning meetings to support compliance with project and contractual requirements.
  • Manage patient/client records in accordance with state, city, and county requirements; ensure staff document patient-related activities accurately and on time; recommend improvements to clinical documentation and program recordkeeping.
  • Provide education to SFAPD and the community about program services, client needs, and treatment; assist with planning and delivering staff in-service training.
  • Screen referrals for program eligibility and conduct new-client intakes when appropriate, including assessment of community functioning and service needs, psychosocial history, mental status examinations, and DSM-5 diagnosis.
  • Respond to unscheduled walk-in clients using crisis intervention techniques and provide 5150 services as needed.
  • Liaise with inpatient units to facilitate referrals and service treatment, and with APD program monitors regarding program intakes and discharges.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, primary care providers, and community health workers, to advocate for patients; serve as an internal behavioral health resource and liaise with community-based behavioral health resources.
Desired Qualifications
  • Completion of California BBS continuing-education requirements to provide clinical supervision to AMFTs, ASWs, and APCCs.
  • Three years of supervisory experience.
  • Knowledge of medical center, HR, and UC policies and processes, and of relevant psychiatric health-services internal policies and external regulations.

About the company

UC San Francisco is a public research university in San Francisco focused solely on health sciences, combining professional education with biomedical research and patient care. Its schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy train clinicians and scientists, while teams investigate cancer, immunology, genomics and neuroscience. UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children's Hospitals connect clinical care with faculty research and training, and university clinics serve patients across Northern California. Founded in 1864, UCSF is the University of California campus dedicated to graduate and professional education and biomedical research, based in San Francisco.

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