Career Opportunities
Clinical Social Worker I/II
Citywide Focus
Citywide Focus is the largest Intensive Case Management program in San Francisco. We utilize an interdisciplinary team-based approach to working with people diagnosed with severe mental illness who have not been able to reach goals and stabilize at other levels of care. We are looking for Clinical Social Workers who celebrate the notion that each of us is embedded in a culture and community that provides support. We consist of four Focus team that specialize in providing culturally and linguistically competent services to the diverse communities of San Francisco. The Cross Currents team focuses on Women, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender and HIV positive clients. The Hong Ling team has a focus on Asian clients. The Kujichagulia team focuses on African American and European American clients. The Senderos team specializes in working with Latinx and Korean speaking clients.
Clinical Social Worker I/II
Citywide Forensics
Citywide Forensics provides intensive long-term community-based mental health services for adults with severe mental illness who cycle in and out of the criminal justice system. Our clinicians specialize in clinical case management using a “whatever it takes” approach to engage those who have historically had difficulty linking with outpatient services. Our ideal candidate would be an independent self-starter with a passion for working with underserved populations and who seeks to broaden their knowledge of providing care at the intersection of mental health and criminal justice. We are a multi-disciplinary team with master’s level or equivalent clinicians, ideal for candidates collecting hours toward licensure. Our connection to UCSF, SFGH and DPH affords us the unique opportunity to access various educational resources including publications, trainings and grand rounds.
Clinical Social Worker I/II
Citywide Stabilization
The Citywide Stabilization Program serves adults with complex behavioral health needs requiring the most intensive level of outpatient response in the San Francisco system of care. Stabilization includes four teams: Linkage- working with voluntary clients in a 1:13 ratio to reduce inpatient psychiatric hospital recidivism; Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)- working with clients in a 1:10 ratio who have referred by family or providers because they have historically refused help and are in danger in the community; Community Response Team (CCRT)- working with clients in a 10:1 ratio serving homeless individuals prioritized by Behavioral Health Services; and the PES Linkage Team- based out of Psychiatric Emergency Services helping develop discharge plans to reduce recidivism and providing short term linkage case management to a small caseload of clients. All teams work closely with hospitals, street-based behavioral teams, and justice-involved programs. In this role you would you develop expertise in systems navigation, crisis response, and housing resources. Our ideal candidate desires to work on a multi-disciplinary team and spend about 60% of their time in the field (except for the PES Team) doing outreaches responding to client needs
Clinical Social Worker I/II
Citywide Housing
As a Clinical Social Worker in the Citywide Supportive Housing Programs, you will be supporting San Franciscans in getting into housing and maintaining their housing. You will work with a diverse client population, and you will get to implement your clinical training and Harm Reduction skills. If you are interested in becoming a part of permanent solutions to homelessness in our community, and you value a supportive and fun work environment, please apply.
Program Supervisor
Citywide Substance Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP)
The Substance Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP) is a program of the UCSF Citywide Case Management Division, located at 982 Mission St. and providing services there and at other community sites in the South of Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods of San Francisco. These sites represent unique collaborations between UCSF, the Sobering Center of the SF Dept. of Public Health (SF DPH), and the Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC) of the SF Adult Probation Dept. STOP is integrated in 3 sites served by the Citywide Division.
• STOP at 982 Mission St. provides outpatient substance use disorders treatment to adults with addictions and serious mental illness, in coordination with psychiatric services they receive there.
• STOP at the CASC provides outpatient substance use disorders treatment to adults with addictions, mental illness, and criminal histories, in coordination with UCSF Citywide Case Management and other partners serving clients there.
• The STOP Intensive Case Management program provides case management and counseling to high utilizers of the Sobering Center.
Clinical Social Worker I/II
Emergency Department Case Management
The Emergency Department Case Management (EDCM) program is a hospital-based, out-patient, intensive clinical case management program. EDCM supports the biopsychosocial needs of adults who frequently rely on the Medical Emergency Department and/or on Inpatient medical services at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Our clients are generally unhoused, diagnosed with severe mental illness, substance using, medically fragile with complex trauma histories. Our interdisciplinary team of social workers and medical providers bridges the gap between historically siloed medical and mental health fields providing clients with well-rounded care. The CSW I/II, with a caseload of up to 15 clients, provides comprehensive assessment, case management / brokerage, individual therapy and crisis intervention services both onsite at EDCM and in the community. We provide robust supervision, training and support towards licensure for master’s level clinicians. We welcome new grads with Title IVE-CalSWEC commitments. Please note, EDCM is located on the campus of San Francisco General Hospital, though not inside the Emergency Dept.
Clinical Internships
If you are a social work or MFT/Counseling student and interested in clinical internships, please reach out to Phillip Cha, MFT and Michelle Swain BS, OTR, Co-Directors of the Citywide Internship Program.
Medical Students & Residents & Public Psychiatry Fellows
Reach out to Carrie Cunnigham, MD.
Nursing Students
Reach out to Yvonne Cobbs, DNP.