Associate Post Masters
Mental Health Fellowship

Mind, Body,
Spirit, Health

South Sacramento

Sacramento Valley Consortium (Roseville/Sacramento and South Sacramento)

Sacramento Valley Consortium (Roseville/Sacramento and South Sacramento)

The Sacramento Valley Training Consortium is centrally located in Sacramento, California. “The City of Trees” is the heart of California’s Central Valley and the state capital. The city has experienced significant growth and development in the past years and includes top farm-to-fork restaurants, professional sports, and access to amazing outdoor activities.

An easy day trip to the coast, San Francisco, Napa, or Lake Tahoe. Outdoor activities are popular, especially from April to November, when the weather is warm and dry. The winter affords skiing opportunities in the Sierra Nevada mountains nearby. Cost of living is moderate for California communities and much more affordable than the Bay Area. The city of Sacramento and its surrounding suburbs are frequently identified as a top city among multiple polls.

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento cares for ~213,000+ members, which is 41% of the residents in this area. The diversity of the South Sacramento area is reflected in our patient population: White= 34%; Hispanic= 28%; Asian= 26%; African American= 14%; Other= 3%.

Program Highlights

South Sacramento medical center is committed to innovation and leading the way in care. We value providing caring moments to members at all touch points. The psychiatry department is continually expanding its treatment offerings and looking for ways to improve outcomes in care for our members. The training team believes in exposing fellows to this innovation and framework for conceptualizing care. The ultimate goal of the training program is to develop well rounded, culturally competent, and forward-thinking therapist prepared for independent or organizational practice.

The South Sacramento Psychiatry department is compromised of the following programs and teams: adult outpatient and intensive outpatient services, child and adolescent outpatient and intensive outpatient services; addiction medicine and recovery services, memory care, behavioral health education, behavioral medicine, transgender care, triage and urgent care services, TMS and ECT services.

We seek individuals with openness to variety of learning experiences, professional presentation, willingness to incorporate feedback to grow clinical skills and who have practicum or job experience with adult behavioral health treatment.

Some of the features of our program fellows have enjoyed in past years include:

Having the opportunity to work in the new and beautifully designed Mental Health and Wellness location in Elk Grove
Receiving time dedicated to studying for the licensing exams
Group and individual supervision
Weekly didactics led by providers with specialty in the field
Reimbursement for travel and trainings
Reimbursement for exam prep materials
Opportunity to apply for full time positions as associates at the end of the training year. We are fortunate that many have decided to do just that in recent years

Clinical Service Opportunities

Individual therapy
Group therapy
Mental Health Assessments
Psycho Educational Classes
Dementia Evaluations

Specialty Tracks

Adult Intensive Outpatient
Adult Outpatient
Memory (Dementia) Care
Behavioral Health Education
Addiction Medicine

Location Rotations

South Sacramento Adult Intensive Outpatient
Elk Grove Adult Outpatient

There are 2 locations within the South Sacramento area and 2 locations within the Elk Grove location.

Schedule

Direct Patient Care: 20 hours
Non-Patient Care: 12 hours
Individual Supervision: 2 hours
Group Supervision: 2 hours
Didactic Training: 2 hours
Feedback Informed Care and case consultation: 2 hours
Community Benefit Project: 32 hours over the course of the year

Didactic Training

Mindfulness
Transgender and gender nonconforming competency
Addiction Medicine
Motivational Interviewing
DBT in the Crisis Setting
Culture & Diversity in Emergency Room Evaluations Transgender & Nonbinary Care
Intimate Partner Violence
Post-Partum Depression/Anxiety/Psychosis
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Eating Disorders

Current Opportunities

Position	Program	Track(s)	Location(s)
Adult and Child OR Adult/IOP Team (4 Positions) Job #1150115	Associate Post Masters Mental Health Fellowship	Adult, Adult Intensive Outpatient Services (IOP), Adult Outpatient, Child	South Sacramento

Testimonials

I was hired on as an Associate Post Master Fellow in 2019. As a fellow, I split my time between the Adult Outpatient Department and Adult Intensive Outpatient Department. Working in two departments at the same time was both challenging and rewarding. I learned how to manage my caseload, run groups with acute patients, work with a variety of mental health disorders, build successful treatment plans, collaborate with health care professionals, and conduct thorough risk/safety assessments. Never once did I feel alone. I had 3 different supervisors, and a wonderful cohort whom I could rely on for support during my journey to become a licensed professional. Kaiser Permanente's Fellowship Program also follows all the BBS requirements to become licensed, and you can almost guarantee that you will receive most (if not all) of your required hours. Towards the end of my fellowship year, I was given the opportunity to be hired as a full time staff member. I took the offer with no hesitancy and have continued to THRIVE in my career.

Associate Post Masters Mental Health Fellow 2019-2020

As an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, it was important for me to be involved in a program/company that worked with a variety of patients from different social economic backgrounds, cultures, and diagnoses. The Fellowship Program at Kaiser provided just that. During my fellowship, I had the pleasure of being a part of the Intensive Outpatient Program and Adult Outpatient Program. I worked closely with my supervisors, medical providers, and team members to provide integrated care for our/my patients. Some bonuses the fellowship provides that other associate programs do not are weekly didactics (lead by clinicians who specialize in different treatment methods and/or diagnoses), supervision-individual and group, opportunities for community outreach, reimbursement for travel, reimbursement for trainings, and insight/experience working within multiple departments at Kaiser. After finishing my fellowship, I undoubtedly knew that I wanted to return to Kaiser to work as a permanent staff member. To me, Kaiser is a wonderful place to launch your career and obtain the skills, hours, and support needed to become a licensed clinician.
Associate Post Masters Mental Health Fellow 2019-2020

I personally got my master’s in social work to learn how to support individuals through challenges in their lives and to help them find healing and joy again. The mental health fellowship program at Kaiser allowed me to learn way beyond what the books taught me; it helped me to put into practice the theories and approaches to healing with diverse populations in the adult outpatient program. I always felt supported through the rich supervision experience that included both group and individual supervision, as well as through the further education they offered in weekly didactics (trainings by other colleagues). They gradually eased me into carrying my own case load and gave me a bit more time between patients to conceptualize, document, and plan my work with these patients, when compared to full-time Kaiser mental health clinicians. I was given the opportunity to shadow many mental health groups (like CBT for depression, the trauma group, and DBT skills) and eventually co-facilitated a few increasing my clinical experience in a group setting. I am now a full-time mental health clinician for Kaiser because of this program and its help with transitioning me into this field and increasing my experience and self-confidence.
Associate Post Masters Mental Health Fellow 2021-2022

Location

Adult and IOP
8247 E Stockton Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95758

Child Team
7300 Wyndham Drive
Sacramento , CA 95823

AMRS and Adult
9324 W Stockton Blvd
Sacramento , CA 95758

Training Director

Zachary Kasow, LMFT
Co-Training Program Director

zachary.m.kasow@kp.org

Janie Spurlock, LMFT
Co-Training Program Director

janie.x.spurlock@kp.org

Training Team

Meet the South Sacramento Training Team

Associate Post Masters Mental Health Fellowship