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CORE Clinical Manager

County of Alameda

Castro Valley, CA

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Administrative Skills, Amusement Parks, Analysis Skills, Behavioral Health, Budget Management, Budgeting, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Case Management, Cellular Telephone, Child Development, Childcare, Clinical Competency, Clinical Psychology, Community and Social Services, Compensation and Benefits, Correctional Health, Credit Union, Crime Prevention, Crisis Intervention, Customer Relations, Disability Insurance, Diversity, Diversity Recruiting, Drug Development, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance Plan, Establish Priorities, Family Social Work, Federal Laws and Regulations, Fitness, Flexible Spending Accounts, Funding, Genetics, Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Healthcare Providers, Hospital, Law Enforcement, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensing, Military, Nursing, Outpatient Care, People Management, Policy Development, Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Procedure Development, Program Evaluation, Program Planning, Project/Program Coordination, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Public Safety, Record Keeping, Regulations, Reimbursement, Retirement Plan, Risk, Service Delivery, Soccer, Social Work, State Laws and Regulations, Statistical Reports, Statistics, Team Player, Testing, Time Management
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Castro Valley, CA
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Introduction

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed supplemental questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the application or supplemental questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and supplemental questionnaires must be in possession of the Human Resources Services Department by 5:00 PM on the filing deadline.

Applications and supplemental questionnaires will only be accepted online.

DESCRIPTION

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT BUREAU

The Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE) Bureau is a specialized unit within the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Services Division, and is focused on building stronger ties with the community. CORE's mission compliments the Agency's mission of improving public safety though innovative and inclusive law enforcement practices. Building trust and legitimacy with the community is a foundational principle for 21st Century Policing is essential to improving public safety.

CORE is divided into 5 smaller units: Crime Prevention and Reduction Units (CPU and CRU), School Resource Officers (SRO), Behavioral Health Unit (BHU), and Deputy Sheriff's Activities League (DSAL). CORE takes a multi-pronged approach including engagement, enforcement, support, and services. CORE hosts and participates in community events such as National Night Out, Faith and Blue, and Coffee with a Cop. We partner with the Board of Supervisors, Municipal Advisory Councils, Neighborhood Watch groups, and more. Our School Resource Officers respond to school related calls but also support school events and programs such as the Explorer program. BHU offers support and services to the community by providing individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, juvenile diversion services, clinical case management, crisis intervention/crisis response, and victims of crime support. DSAL offers free health and fitness programs such as soccer, martial arts, and boxing to community members who are disadvantaged.

THE POSITION

This is a single-position classification located in the Community Oriented Response and Engagement (CORE) Unit of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO). Under general direction, the incumbent performs management, administrative, and supervisory duties for the clinical functions of the CORE Unit. These duties include, but are not limited to, clinical program development and implementation; program monitoring and evaluation; program service coordination; program budget, and reimbursement oversight; and performs other related duties as assigned.

The CORE Clinical Manager has primary responsibility for the supervision, and management of all clinical aspects of the Sheriff's CORE Unit.

For more detailed information about the job classification, visit: CORE Clinical Manager (#6502).

ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a full-service law enforcement agency accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for its law enforcement services, its Regional Training Center, and its Dispatch Unit; the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board for its Crime Lab; the Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit. Additionally, the agency's health care provider, Wellpath, has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

The Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1600 authorized positions, including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agency's Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez, who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April Luckett-Fahimi, Assistant Sheriffs Daniel McNaughton and Pace Stokes.

The Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties, including the following:

  • Providing security to the Consolidated Superior Courts
  • Operating the Coroner's Bureau
  • Operating full-service criminalistics laboratory
  • Performing Civil Process
  • Operating a County Jail (Santa Rita)
  • Operating the County Office of Emergency Services
  • Providing patrol and investigative services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County
  • Pursuant to contractual agreements, providing patrol and investigative services to the City of Dublin, Oakland International Airport, Highland County Hospital, Social Services, and to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
  • Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) requirements. [Sheriff's Academy website]
  • Providing Fish and Game enforcement
  • Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force
  • Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force
For more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EITHER I

Experience:

One (1) year of full-time experience in the Alameda County classification of CORE Clinical Supervisor;

OR II

Education:

Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Marriage and Family Therapy Counseling, Marital and Family Therapy, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Counseling with an emphasis on Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, or a Master's degree in Nursing or Social Work with an emphasis on Clinical Social Work, or an equivalent degree that meets requirements set by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences for a Marriage and Family Therapist license.

AND

License:

Possession of a valid clinical license in Marriage Family Therapy (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW), Clinical Psychology, or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), issued by the applicable licensing authority: California Board of Behavioral Sciences or California Board of Psychology.

AND

Experience:

Two (2) years of full-time post-masters degree experience as a psychotherapist or marriage and family therapist counselor in an outpatient facility, hospital, or other clinical or agency setting; and two (2) years of full-time experience performing duties comparable to those performed by incumbents in the classification of CORE Clinical Supervisor.

Special Requirements:

Appointees to this classification must be certified by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences to provide clinical lead to interns seeking MFT licensure.

Prior to appointment to this classification, prospective appointees must pass a comprehensive background investigation conducted by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:
  • Principles, practices, funding sources, laws and regulations, and administrative requirements.
  • Principles of effective management and personnel supervision.
  • Social, economic, cultural, and other issues impacting the program area.
  • Principles and practices of program planning and evaluation.
  • Practices and techniques of programmatic analysis and report preparation.
  • Office administrative practices and procedures.
  • Computer applications related to work.
  • Basic budgetary and financial record-keeping techniques.
  • Crisis intervention and intake procedures.
  • Theory, principles, and techniques of counseling and/or psychotherapy.
  • Social, emotional, and behavioral aspects of mental disorders, emotional disturbances, and at-risk behavior characteristics exhibited by youth.
  • Principles of maturation, social adjustment, human/child development, normal and abnormal behavior, and general psychology.
  • Psychotherapy, case management, and other methods of counseling, including but not limited to therapy with children, adolescents, families, couples, and groups.
  • Scope, activities, and functions of the various mental health facilities including but not limited to public and private community agencies concerned with mental health.
Ability to:
  • Build coalitions among groups with differing needs and objectives.
  • Function effectively in a highly structured law enforcement environment and adhere to established policy, procedure, and protocol.
  • Plan, supervise, review, and evaluate the work of others.
  • Plan, monitor, and evaluate program and service delivery effectiveness.
  • Organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.
  • Exercise sound independent judgment within established policies and guidelines.
  • Identify programmatic and operational problems, investigate evaluate alternatives and implement effective solutions.
  • Interpret, explain, and apply complex regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Maintain accurate records and files.
  • Prepare clear, accurate, and effective reports, correspondence, policies, informational materials, and other written materials.
  • Effectively train counseling interns.
  • Perform crisis intervention and crisis intake.
  • Apply clinical and case management principles and concepts.
  • Develop effective and productive therapeutic relationships with clients.
  • Secure and systematically record accurate social and personal data.
  • Maintain necessary statistics and prepare comprehensive statistical reports.
  • Utilize community resources in case management.
  • Work effectively with law enforcement staff in the handling of disputes and/or crisis calls.
  • Establish and maintain effective and professional relationships and work effectively with others.
  • Represent the ACSO and the CORE Unit in meetings with others and make effective presentations to diverse groups.
  • Write and speak effectively.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

1) A review of applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those applicants who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.

2) A review of supplemental questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process.

3) An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the applicant's final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION

We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.

Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the "Hiring Process" section of our website:

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:

TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN

Deadline for Filing:

Monday, June 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM

Review of Applications for Minimum Qualifications:

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Supplemental Questionnaire Review for Best Qualified:

Wednesday July 8, 2026

Oral Interviews:

Week of August 3, 2026

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN

Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County's Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date offiling. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. To qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.

For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website:

BENEFITS

The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:

For your Health & Well-Being
  • Medical - HMO & PPO Plans
  • Dental - HMO & PPO Plans
  • Vision or Vision Reimbursement
  • Share the Savings
  • Basic Life Insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • County Allowance Credit
  • Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
  • Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
  • Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
  • Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
  • Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Floating Holidays
  • Vacation and sick leave accrual
  • Vacation purchase program
  • Management Paid Leave**
  • Catastrophic Sick Leave
  • Pet Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits Program
  • Guaranteed Ride Home
  • Employee Wellness Program (e.g., At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
  • Employee Discount Program (e.g., theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
  • Child Care Resources
  • 1st United Services Credit Union

*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.

**Employees in management-designated classifications may be entitled to management paid leave. Refer to the applicable MOU or Salary Ordinance for more information.

Conclusion

All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the "My applications" button on the Current Job Openings page and clicking on the link 'last notice sent' for the respective recruitment.

Please take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.

NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box Noreply@jobaps.com are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.

Elaine Lemi | Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
(510) 272-6434 | elaine.lemi@acgov.org

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.

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