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Posted 12 August, 2026

Licensed Psych Social Worker - Addiction Medicine - Bilingual Spanish Required

Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA, US Full Time

Job Description

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\nProvides Chemical Dependency services and psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, significant others of CD patients, and families under indirect supervision.\n
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Essential Responsibilities:\n
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  • Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls.
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  • Provides higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional/family dysfunction).
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  • Performs intake and psychosocial assessments.
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  • Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP/S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval.
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  • Participates in clinical case conferences.
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  • Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures.
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  • Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services.
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  • Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned.
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  • Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination.
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  • May perform mentor functions/clinical direction to CDRP/S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates.
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  • Other duties as assigned.
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\n Basic Qualifications:\n
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\n Experience\n
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  • Minimum of two (2) years post graduate relevant supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.
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\n Education\n
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  • Masters degree in a Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health required.
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\n License, Certification, Registration\n
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  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)
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\n Additional Requirements:\n
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  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.
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\n Preferred Qualifications:\n
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  • N/A
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Notes:

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  • Required at least two late shift until 830PM.
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  • May also staff Saturday clinic from 8AM to 1PM
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  • Must successfully pass or have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.
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