Mental Health Care Coordinator / Behavioral Health Specialist at CCS - Family Behavioral Health

Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health is looking for a Mental Health Care Coordinator to join our team of innovators who continually "push the envelope" and challenges traditional thinking in Behavioral Health.

WHO WE ARE 

We are a values-driven organization, providing family oriented behavioral health care for children, youth and families, provided primarily in their own home and community.  Our enthusiastic clinical teams provide whatever is needed to help children and youth remain safely in their own home, restoring hope, providing intense mental health services and supports, and helping to strengthen the family unity. With sites located in Tukwila, Burien, North Tacoma, University Place, Olympia, Shelton, Bremerton, Aberdeen, Yelm, Vancouver, (Salmon Creek and Oakview) and Portland Oregon, we offer comprehensive intensive, Wrap-around mental health services to a diverse population of families. We employ over 650 caring and compassionate employees.

WHAT WE VALUE
Compassion Diversity Strength-Based-Approach Social-Justice & Our Staff!

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Starting Pay Range: $32.10 - $35.71 per hour

Additional Pay/Ability to Earn Additional Pay of:

• First Responder pay: $1800.00 per year
• Pay based on performance: up to $8000.00 per year

Training and Supervision:

• Extensive training in multiple clinical approaches as well as training in other areas
• Daily and weekly supervision and support with your Clinical Supervisor, as needed.

BENEFITS:

• 12 paid holidays; plus 1 personal holiday each year!
• 3 weeks' vacation per year
• 12 sick-days per year
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance (1 times annual salary)
• Retirement Plans: 403-B Employee Savings Plan and an Employer Contribution Pension

JOB SUMMARY:

• Meet and engage the family communicating compassion, support, respect and enthusiasm for them and your role as a helper.
• Provide and/or arrange necessary crisis response and stabilization services, completing and communicating the safety/crisis plan with family and others.
• Prepare the family for next steps in the intervention (e.g., team development, planning process, natural supports, etc.).
• Customize helping approaches to fit the family’s uniqueness, personality, culture and interest.
• Provide intensive and strength based therapeutic mental health services and supports to children, youth and families in the community including: assessing for immediate safety and stabilization needs, treatment plan development, safety and crisis planning, child and family team meeting facilitation, on-going assessment and evaluation of current treatment planning strategies, goals, and outcomes
• Brainstorm and negotiate strategies that build on child and family strengths.
• Consult with clinical supervisor, mental health specialists and others as needed and incorporate recommendations.
• Meet productivity and documentation standards using collaborative problem-solving strategies to ensure complete, accurate and strength-based documentation for all children/youth and families served.
• Respond to crises in a prompt, effective and collaborative manner.
• Provide and/or facilitate the provision of a range of therapeutic responses that support the overall plan (including individual and family therapies).
• Utilize parent/family expertise in problem solving around specific needs.
• Modify and adjust individual intervention techniques for each situation without changing the direction of the plan.
• Facilitate placement into foster care, as needed, while ensuring necessary paperwork is completed and notifications made.
• Facilitate others, including a team, to implement the plan from beginning.
• Reevaluate, modify, and redesign plan based on new information.
• Inspire confidence in the child, family and other team members about their strengths and ability to transition successfully.
• Arrange and negotiate a process for ongoing formal and informal services and supports.
• Create and practice a plan for aftercare supports and response post CCS involvement.
• This position will participate in an on-call rotation with other Clinicians and Clinical Care Coordinators.
• This position will be based out of the FBH Aberdeen office. This position requires scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of youth and families served. The services we offer will be provided in community-based settings and in family homes. 

Other duties as described in the full job description, which may be shared if chosen as a candidate for an interview. 

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IN A CANDIDATE: 

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, behavioral sciences or equivalent.
• 21 years or older.
• Experience serving children and/or families (e.g. mental health, social services, education), preferred. 
• Ability to drive to our family homes and within the community, with reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and current automobile insurance with an acceptable driving record per CCS policy.
• Availability to flex some work hours.  
• Should be able to participate in on-call rotation responsibilities, which will be discussed in our screening process. 
• Ability to visually assess safety within family homes. 
• Applicant must successfully pass required background checks prior to an offer of employment.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
• Support and uphold the mission, beliefs and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.
• Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations.

ABOUT ABERDEEN:

The City of Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County on the southern edge of the Olympic Peninsula at the convergence of the Wishkah and Chehalis Rivers. Enjoy all the area has to offer:

• The history of this area has been driven by logging and fishing industries, in the last few years there has been an effort to replace these with emphasis on tourism and designating Aberdeen as the largest retail center on the Washington Coast. Our top-notch schools help to prepare our children for their future. 
• In Aberdeen and our surrounding areas, enjoy beachcombing, birdwatching, kayaking, or quiet walks in the pristine forests.  

If you are passionate about providing strength-based mental health services for children, youth and their family, we would love to hear from you!

If you are not on our careers page: please click on the "Apply" button, above in purple which will take you to FBH Career page to view our opportunities. Then, search for your jobs of interest and click on “Apply” on our site to apply.  

For additional questions, contact Karla Lacktorin, Regional Clinical Recruiter, at karlal@ccsww.org 

Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please let us know if you need special accommodations to apply or interview for this position.