Associate BH Therapist ASW, AMFT, APCC
Listed compensation
$75K–$85K
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Job Title: Associate Behavioral Health Clinician (Therapist) ASW, AMFT, APCC
Reports to: Behavioral Health Director
Status: Full Time
Possible Location/s: Mira Mesa 10737 Camino Ruiz, Suite 140, San Diego, CA 92126
5296 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
9588 Erma Road, San Diego, CA 92131
2835 Highland Avenue, National City, CA 91950
The Organization
Operation Samahan (OpSam Health) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves the San Diego County community.
Founded in 1973 in a barber shop in Downtown San Diego by Filipino health professionals offering services to immigrants who did not have the finances, linguistic skills, or ability to navigate the health care system.
Today, Operation Samahan has evolved into a diverse community health center with services available in National City, Mira Mesa, City Heights, and Rancho Penasquitos.
We provide primary care, dental, behavioral health, family planning, integrative health and wellness, healthy eating, civic engagement, and other health related services to the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved families of all income levels regardless of their ability to pay.
Job Purpose
Provides individual, group therapy as well as psycho-educational groups to underserved populations. Clinicians provide evidence-based services as part of multi-disciplinary team that includes the PCP, psychiatrists, case managers, medical assistants, the behavioral health director, and other health and social service providers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide individual, group therapy as well as psycho-educational groups
- Performs behavioral health assessments, treatment planning
- Documents all services
- Performs peer chart auditing
- Works with department operations to achieve goals
- Assists clients with referrals to community-based programs
- Provide culturally informed and competent services to underserved communities
- Employee will attend Clinical Supervision with a qualified Opsam Clinical Supervisor for a total of 2 units of supervision. This can be gained through 1-on-1 supervision, Triatic Supervision, Group Supervision or a combination of types.
Privacy Policy and HIPAA Compliance
- Maintain the privacy of all clients, employee, and volunteer information and access such information only on a need-to-know basis for business purposes.
- Comply with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations. Report unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful behavior or activity.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- California BBS registered AMFT, ASW, APCC
- Bilingual preferred
- Must have a high level of organizational skills.
- Highly effective oral and written communication skills.
- Relate to and work well with people of all ages, social and ethnic backgrounds and maintain client confidentiality.
- Work independently and as a part of a team to inspire confidence and trust in clients and staff.
- Understand the client needs as consumers of health care and focus services around those needs.
- Complete many different duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
- Must be able to work under stress when confronted with critical or unusual situations.
- Demonstrates ability to exercise analytic ability.
Physical Demands
- Move throughout the clinic and community.
- Repetitive hand movement use and view PC. Use fax, telephone, and copier.
- Sits or stands for long periods of time, reaches, bends, climbs, stoops, and lifts up to 25lb.
Salary Range
ASW, AMFT, APCC
$74,880-$85,200
Key Responsibilities
Provide individual, group, and psycho-educational therapy to underserved populations as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team. Responsibilities include performing behavioral health assessments, treatment planning, and documenting all client services.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate BH Therapist ASW, AMFT, APCC at OPSAM HEALTH a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 34% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $72k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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