Mental Health Specialist I- IOSS Children - Mid-Columbia Center for Living

Working Title: Mental Health Specialist
Program: Children’s and Family - IOSS
Report to: Clinical Supervisor or Program Manager

Pay Range:

• Mental Health Specialist I      $5,125.83 – 6,230.48 /hour
• Mental Health Specialist II     $5,433.38 – 6,604.30 /hour
• Mental Health Specialist III    $5,759.38 – 7,000.56 /hour

• Provide psychotherapy, counseling, and case management services to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Conduct interviews to accumulate pertinent data; assess presenting issues; and 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 medications.
• Depending on position, it may provide substance abuse disorder assessment and provide integrated dual diagnosis services to assigned clients.
• Utilize agency clinical software system to make internal referrals, manage work schedules, and prepare current client records of treatment and reports as necessary and required. Maintain timely and cogent progress notes and service plans to required standards. 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 an internal multi-disciplinary team and agency psychiatrists. Collaborate in case planning and service coordination as needed with other community agencies such as law enforcement, community detention facilities, schools, group homes, community medical hospitals, and other DHS programs.
• Participate in all team and agency meetings as scheduled.
• Regular and reliable attendance, professional communication, and confidentiality.
• Must be approved to provide transportation for clients using agency vehicles; travel within the community and between business offices to complete essential responsibilities and attend required meetings and/or training.

• Develop and conduct various groups and classes providing intensive group therapy.
• Provide services to youth of various ages at clinics, facilities, homes, schools, other provider or allied agency locations; or other settings as identified by internal staff and external partners.
• Triage and implement strategies for crisis and crisis stabilization with various program teams.
• Develop strategies designed to facilitate positive alternatives to challenging behavior and to assist the individual in developing adaptive and functional living skills.
• Document identification of strengths and needs and a proactive safety and crisis plan.

• Participate in monthly team meetings with clients, families, other staff members, and relevant community partners for integrated treatment planning and care coordination.
• Coordinate and implement in-home care needs with internal staff.

• Master's degree in a Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) qualifying field.
• Experience with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Collaborative Problem Solving, and Child-Parent Psychotherapy is preferred.
• Experience working with children and youth and with disadvantaged populations is preferred.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish/English is preferred.
• The incumbent must obtain certification from the Department of Human Services as a Mental Health Investigator and Mental Health Examiner. The 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.
• 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

• Must be certified as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) or register as QMHP-R within 14 days of hire OR
• Must have an equivalent certification that meets OAR 309-019-0125 at the time of hire. This may be a Professional Counseling Associate (PCA), Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA), and/or Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (MFTA).

• Professional licensure in the State of Oregon as an LCSW, LMFT, or LPC.

• Licensure as required for Level II AND
• Licensing Board approval to supervise licensure candidates

• 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
• 15 vacation days a year for exempt employees
• 12 sick days a year
• Education reimbursement and loan forgiveness- HRSA!

1. Application review
2. Questionnaire (if additional information is needed)
3. Panel Interview
4. Possible second-round panel interview
5. Conditional Offer
   1. DMV Record Review, if the position requires driving
   2. 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.)
   3. Criminal History check through Orchards BCU
   4. Reference check
   5. Licensure Primary Source Verification

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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