About This Role
This part-time clinical lead role is based at the allcove™ youth wellness center in San Mateo, California, providing short-term behavioral health services to youth aged 12–25. The position involves working within an integrated team environment that includes pediatricians, child psychiatrists, education and employment specialists, substance use counselors, and peer support staff. It requires an on-site, in-person approach to therapeutic services for youth and their families or identified support persons.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical consultation to team members and peer staff
- Facilitate integrated team meetings and coordinate clinical communication
- Lead clinical crisis response and manage Datacove safety alerts
- Conduct 1:1 consultations with service component leads
- Direct peer specialists’ clinical work onsite and in community settings (including schools)
- Implement and maintain clinical manuals and policies
- Support onboarding of new clinical team members
- Strengthen allcove visibility through strategic outreach
- Present on mental health topics and allcove services throughout the community
- Build referral relationships with school districts and youth-serving partners
- Represent allcove at consortium and learning community meetings
- Enhance program offerings to meet evolving youth needs
- Develop and facilitate clinical workshops for youth, parents, and community groups
- Evaluate program effectiveness and implement continuous quality improvement initiatives
- Support space utilization and program flow enhancements
- Assist in establishing billing workflows for commercial and public insurance
- Support revenue cycle processes to promote timely claims submission and reimbursement
- Explore Drug Medi-Cal billing options
- Support development of multi-payer fee schedule billing with school partners
- Oversee use of Spruce (messaging), Datacove (risk platform), and AthenaHealth
- Ensure consistent documentation and data integrity
- Train staff on system use and troubleshoot workflow issues
- Support progress toward key performance indicators (KPIs) in collaboration with the allcove team, including service volume, membership growth, reimbursement efficiency, and youth outcomes
Requirements
- Active California LMFT, LPCC, or LCSW license
- Experience working with adolescents and young adults
- Strong skills in assessment, diagnosis, and crisis intervention
- Experience supervising or mentoring clinicians and/or peers
- Familiarity with outcome measures and HIPAA-compliant documentation
- Experience using electronic health records and clinical data systems
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Zoom
Nice to have:
Benefits
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid sick time
- Vision insurance
- Company-sponsored health insurance and other employee benefit plans (for employees regularly scheduled to work 30 hours per week)
- Workers’ compensation insurance, state disability insurance, and other governmental benefit programs as required by law
Important Details
- Schedule: Approximately 28–30 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 1:00 PM–7:00 PM
- Break time: 30-minute unpaid meal period
- Required meetings: Integrated team meeting (Wednesdays, 12:00–1:00 PM) and one additional meeting (date/time to be determined), approximately 1–2 hours per week
- Contract: part-time
- Probation: 90-day introductory period
About the Company
One Life Counseling Center is a nonprofit counseling organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing accessible, evidence-based mental health services from nine locations across San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. The organization's mission is to ensure easy access to counseling, education, and service opportunities, empowering individuals to improve their overall well-being. allcove™ is a partner program of One Life Counseling Center.