Applicants for this position are required to submit responses to the following supplemental questions. Your completed responses to the supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated to determine your qualifications and must be completed properly in order to be given full consideration for the next phase in the selection process. Additionally, your responses will also be evaluated and used in the selection process in order to identify the best qualified applicants.
Responses should be thorough and specific. A lack of detail and explanation in the supplemental questions and in your application may result in failure or disqualification for this position. Clarity of expression, content, experience, grammar, spelling and the ability to follow instructions will be considered in the evaluation process. A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for properly completed responses.
Information provided in your responses to the supplemental questionnaire regarding your employment experiences must also be detailed in the Work Experience section of the application for this recruitment. Please be sure to list all employers and required information, on your application, especially if you are referencing those employers in your responses to the supplemental questions.
The supplemental questions were designed to elicit your experience as it relates to the current recruitment in order to identify the best qualified candidates for this position. Only the best and most suitably qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the oral interviews.
By selecting yes below, you certify your understanding that all applicants who meet minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to move forward in the process. Do you understand the above statement?
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QUESTIONS 1, ALONG WITH YOUR APPLICATION, WILL BE USED TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Please select how you are qualified for this position from the options below:
I possess the equivalent of one year of experience in the class of Behavioral Health Clinician II in the Alameda County classified service. (Non-classified includes District Attorney's Office, Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts.)
I possess a Master's degree from an accredited school in social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, counseling, nursing or related field AND the equivalent of three years of post license experience as a behavioral health/mental health clinician providing clinical and/or case management services
I do not possess either of the above qualifications for this position.
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QUESTIONS TWO THROUGH SEVEN WILL BE USED IN THE SCREENING FOR BEST QUALIFIED COMPONENT
Please describe your clinical experience working with consumers with serious and persistent mental illness, highlighting the theories, principals and practices that you used to support symptom reduction.
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Please describe your past lead or supervisor experience of behavioral health clinical staff. In your response please include the number and titles of staff you oversaw along with the environment (outpatient, jail, hospital, etc). Include the practices you used for effective supervision, work planning, evaluation, training and community behavioral health care consultation.
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This position supervises clinicians and peer staff providing services throughout the system of care (outpatient, jail, hospital, residential, crisis residential, etc). Please describe your experience with the pertinent laws, rules and regulations of this work and how you assure your staff is compliant to them.
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On a regular basis, a supervisor is presented with situations that they will need to analyze, evaluate and make sound decisions. Please describe your process in decision making and give an example that demonstrates this process.
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Please describe your experiences in working with diverse populations and how you prepare and work with diverse individuals and groups.
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Collaborating with internal staff as well as external partners are an integral part of the supervisor position. Please describe your experiences in establishing and maintaining effective work relationships.
Human Resource Services Department