Mental Health Specialist (0.6 FTE) - Mid-Columbia Center for Living
The Dalles, OR 97058
About the Job
Working Title: Mental Health Specialist
Program: Community Support Services – EASA
Report to: Clinical Supervisor or Program Manager
Pay Range:
Sign-on bonus:
Mental Health Specialist QMHP, Not Licensed: $3,000.00
Mental Health Specialist LPC/LMFT/ LCSW Licensed: $4,500.00
Location: On-site, The Dalles, Oregon (May serve Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman County)
Hours/FTE: flexible schedule to meet business needs between M-F, 8.30 am–5 pm, 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours)
FSLA Status: Non-Exempt
Mid-Columbia Center for Living (MCCFL) is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) that specializes in providing services that are both trauma-informed and recovery-oriented to persons/consumers with mental illness and addictions. Trauma-informed care includes safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment for both clients and staff. MCCFL serves Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties and utilizes a consumer-involved, consumer-engaged, and consumer-driven model. MCCFL provides a whole-person care approach to adults and children to address both physical and mental health needs. MCCFL offers a variety of programs including a mobile crisis unit, intensive case management, ongoing counseling, community support, supported employment, jail diversion, hospital discharges, hearings, and more.
Classification General Statement:
The Mental Health Specialist I provides culturally competent, appropriate, and trauma-informed crisis and behavioral health treatment for assigned clients. This position provides counseling and education for individuals, couples, families, and groups. The Mental Health Specialist I provides behavioral health services to other community agencies coordinates behavioral health services with other community and State resources, and performs related work as required. Incumbents must demonstrate cultural sensitivity and understanding of how culture influences and impacts behavioral health services while incorporating this understanding into trauma-informed care.
The Mental Health Specialist I – EASA Program works as part of a transdisciplinary team to provide supportive, community-based services to youth and young adults ages 12-25 who meet the criteria for the EASA program. In addition to providing services and support to youth and their families, the Mental Health Specialist I – EASA Program will provide training, education and support to the transdisciplinary team and community members as well as co-facilitate multi-family groups and other groups as appropriate.
Essential Responsibilities of the General Classification:
Position-Specific Essential Responsibilities of the Mental Health Specialist I – EASA (This position may include any of the aforementioned general responsibilities plus the following):
Job Specifications: Any qualifying combination of education, licensure, and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position is qualifying. This includes:
Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of mental health assessment and treatment including the social, emotional, and behavioral aspects of mental illness and substance abuse disorder; community health programs and services; knowledge of techniques, tests, and procedures employed in evaluating and modifying behavior; laws, rules and regulations governing the assessment and treatment of mental health clients; clinical manifestations and patterns of substance abuse disorder and associated treatment methods and practices; knowledge of group dynamics and group therapy.
Skill: Skill in the use of computerized medical systems; use of standard office software; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability: Ability to understand and effectively apply the concepts and practices of a trauma-informed philosophy in performing the work; work within strong professional ethics and rules of confidentiality to provide effective assessment and treatment of a variety of mental health disorders; work with consumers to develop an effective service plan; ability to write and maintain timely and cogent progress notes, service plans, reports, and other professional documents; maintain a strong service orientation; organize and execute work effectively under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines; speak before groups of various sizes; work with grace and good humor under pressure; work cooperatively with other departments; establish and maintain harmonious work relationships with co-workers at all levels of the organization, consultants, contractors, community partners, and consumers; maintain regular and reliable attendance.
Leadership Received:
This position works within the supervisory leadership of the Clinical Supervisor for its assigned program. The designated supervision emphasizes the independence of method and process while indicating accountability for results. Leadership will include triage with staff, as well as guidance and support of client care.
Leadership Exercised:
Supervisory leadership is not a responsibility of this classification.
Physical Demands:
Mental Health Specialist I must have the ability to quickly assess and respond to concerns related to interpersonal and environmental safety. While performing the essential duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use office equipment including computer and phone systems that require fine manipulation, grasping, typing, and reaching. The employee may be required to sit or stand for several hours at a time, depending on the environment and need. This position may occasionally be required to lift up to twenty (20) pounds and to kneel, reach, bend, or squat while in the office or in the community.
Work Environment:
Work is performed in a variety of settings, including office environments, community settings and other agency stakeholder facilities. The office environment is typically with moderate stimuli and may often result in exposure to increased sensory experiences. Community settings, such as residences, schools, police precincts, respite facilities, hospitals and other public spaces may pose additional risks or discomforts which require safety precautions. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, safety concerns, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.
While this description is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties as necessary. Job responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate the needs of the individuals served by this agency. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.
What we’ll do:
We recognize your value and will strive to keep you engaged and appreciated. The selected candidate will receive:
The hiring process:
Program: Community Support Services – EASA
Report to: Clinical Supervisor or Program Manager
Pay Range:
- Mental Health Specialist I $31.54 – 38.34 /hour
- Mental Health Specialist II $33.44 – 40.64 /hour
- Mental Health Specialist III $35.44 – 43.08 /hour
Sign-on bonus:
Mental Health Specialist QMHP, Not Licensed: $3,000.00
Mental Health Specialist LPC/LMFT/ LCSW Licensed: $4,500.00
Location: On-site, The Dalles, Oregon (May serve Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman County)
Hours/FTE: flexible schedule to meet business needs between M-F, 8.30 am–5 pm, 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours)
FSLA Status: Non-Exempt
Mid-Columbia Center for Living (MCCFL) is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) that specializes in providing services that are both trauma-informed and recovery-oriented to persons/consumers with mental illness and addictions. Trauma-informed care includes safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment for both clients and staff. MCCFL serves Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties and utilizes a consumer-involved, consumer-engaged, and consumer-driven model. MCCFL provides a whole-person care approach to adults and children to address both physical and mental health needs. MCCFL offers a variety of programs including a mobile crisis unit, intensive case management, ongoing counseling, community support, supported employment, jail diversion, hospital discharges, hearings, and more.
Classification General Statement:
The Mental Health Specialist I provides culturally competent, appropriate, and trauma-informed crisis and behavioral health treatment for assigned clients. This position provides counseling and education for individuals, couples, families, and groups. The Mental Health Specialist I provides behavioral health services to other community agencies coordinates behavioral health services with other community and State resources, and performs related work as required. Incumbents must demonstrate cultural sensitivity and understanding of how culture influences and impacts behavioral health services while incorporating this understanding into trauma-informed care.
The Mental Health Specialist I – EASA Program works as part of a transdisciplinary team to provide supportive, community-based services to youth and young adults ages 12-25 who meet the criteria for the EASA program. In addition to providing services and support to youth and their families, the Mental Health Specialist I – EASA Program will provide training, education and support to the transdisciplinary team and community members as well as co-facilitate multi-family groups and other groups as appropriate.
Essential Responsibilities of the General Classification:
- Provide psychotherapy, counseling, and case management services to individuals, couples, families and groups. Conduct interviews to accumulate pertinent data; assess presenting issues; develop service plans. Counseling and psychotherapy may include working with assigned clients in developing communication skills, providing assertiveness training, providing behavior modification programs, and monitoring the effects of prescribed medication.
- Depending on position, may provide substance abuse disorder assessment and provide integrated dual-diagnosis services to assigned clients.
- Utilize agency clinical software system to prepare current client records of treatment and reports as necessary and required. Maintain timely and cogent progress notes and service plans. Ensure that client records and other documentation are up-to-date and justify the services provided.
- Serve as investigator and/or examiner in involuntary commitment procedures.
- Assist and/or provide back-up support with screening, referral, and crisis services as needed and directed by supervisor. May provide after-hours emergency services on a 24-hour, rotating basis, such as telephone consultation, crisis intervention, and pre-hospital screening examinations.
- Actively participate in joint case planning and coordination with internal multi-disciplinary teams and agency psychiatrists. Collaborate in case planning and service coordination as needed with other community agencies such as schools, group homes, community detention facilities, community medical hospitals, and other DHS programs.
- Participate in all team and agency meetings as scheduled.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential responsibility of this position.
- The employee must be able to provide transportation for clients using agency vehicles.
Position-Specific Essential Responsibilities of the Mental Health Specialist I – EASA (This position may include any of the aforementioned general responsibilities plus the following):
- Facilitate access to and provision of the following services:
- Outreach and engagement, screening, assessment, diagnosis and strength-based treatment planning, psychoeducation and support for individuals and families/primary support systems, crisis support and relapse prevention planning, individual, group and family counseling, independent living skills development, benefits planning, support for educational and vocational settings, medication support, and opportunities for self-advocacy, mentorship, and socialization.
- Deliver services that address diverse social, cultural, gender, and economic needs of population served utilizing equity lens.
- Participate in quarterly education workshops as well as community education and outreach as assigned.
- Complete quarterly reporting within required time frame to Quality Improvement.
- Adhere to EASA practice guidelines regarding training and certification.
Job Specifications: Any qualifying combination of education, licensure, and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position is qualifying. This includes:
- Master's degree in social work, psychology, psychiatric nursing or other related field AND
- Two (2) years of professional experience providing behavioral health counseling.
- Experience with co-occurring disorders is preferred.
- Bilingual fluency in English/Spanish is preferred.
- Certification as an alcohol and drug counselor certification (CADC I or CADC II) is preferred.
- Professional licensure in the State of Oregon as an LCSW or LPC or must have the ability to obtain this licensure within two (02) years of hire is preferred (and may be required for some MHSI positions).
- Incumbent must obtain certification from the Department of Human Services as a Mental Health Investigator and Mental Health Examiner. Incumbent must keep certification current and in good standing.
- Must possess a valid Oregon or Washington Driver's License, maintain an acceptable driving record, and be insurable for client service purposes and for travel between business offices for meetings and/or training.
- This position must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536 to 181.537, and in accordance with OAR 407-007-0220 to 407-007-0370.
Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of mental health assessment and treatment including the social, emotional, and behavioral aspects of mental illness and substance abuse disorder; community health programs and services; knowledge of techniques, tests, and procedures employed in evaluating and modifying behavior; laws, rules and regulations governing the assessment and treatment of mental health clients; clinical manifestations and patterns of substance abuse disorder and associated treatment methods and practices; knowledge of group dynamics and group therapy.
Skill: Skill in the use of computerized medical systems; use of standard office software; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability: Ability to understand and effectively apply the concepts and practices of a trauma-informed philosophy in performing the work; work within strong professional ethics and rules of confidentiality to provide effective assessment and treatment of a variety of mental health disorders; work with consumers to develop an effective service plan; ability to write and maintain timely and cogent progress notes, service plans, reports, and other professional documents; maintain a strong service orientation; organize and execute work effectively under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines; speak before groups of various sizes; work with grace and good humor under pressure; work cooperatively with other departments; establish and maintain harmonious work relationships with co-workers at all levels of the organization, consultants, contractors, community partners, and consumers; maintain regular and reliable attendance.
Leadership Received:
This position works within the supervisory leadership of the Clinical Supervisor for its assigned program. The designated supervision emphasizes the independence of method and process while indicating accountability for results. Leadership will include triage with staff, as well as guidance and support of client care.
Leadership Exercised:
Supervisory leadership is not a responsibility of this classification.
Physical Demands:
Mental Health Specialist I must have the ability to quickly assess and respond to concerns related to interpersonal and environmental safety. While performing the essential duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use office equipment including computer and phone systems that require fine manipulation, grasping, typing, and reaching. The employee may be required to sit or stand for several hours at a time, depending on the environment and need. This position may occasionally be required to lift up to twenty (20) pounds and to kneel, reach, bend, or squat while in the office or in the community.
Work Environment:
Work is performed in a variety of settings, including office environments, community settings and other agency stakeholder facilities. The office environment is typically with moderate stimuli and may often result in exposure to increased sensory experiences. Community settings, such as residences, schools, police precincts, respite facilities, hospitals and other public spaces may pose additional risks or discomforts which require safety precautions. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, safety concerns, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.
While this description is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties as necessary. Job responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate the needs of the individuals served by this agency. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.
What we’ll do:
We recognize your value and will strive to keep you engaged and appreciated. The selected candidate will receive:
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
- 95% employer-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees only. Low deductible plans for family coverage through PEBB
- PERS Retirement Contribution
- 11 Holidays including 1 floating holiday
- 6 vacation days a year for exempt employees
- 7 sick days a year
- Education reimbursement and loan forgiveness- HRSA!
The hiring process:
- Application review
- Questionnaire (if additional information is needed)
- Panel Interview
- Possible second-round panel interview
- Conditional Offer
- DMV Record Review, if the position requires driving
- 10 Panel Drug Screen (Although recreational marijuana use is legal in the state of Oregon, you will not be considered for this position if you’re unable to pass a pre-employment drug screening due to federal regulations.)
- Criminal History check through Orchards BCU
- Reference check
- Licensure Primary Source Verification
At this time, we are not looking to have staffing agencies assistance for this role, however, if you wish to share your contact information will us, you can reach us at careers@mccfl.org.
MCCFL provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation in the recruitment or selection process, please contact human resources at 541-288-4359 or email hr@mccfl.org.
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