Crisis Mental Health Specialist in The Dalles Oregon
Crisis Mental Health Specialist in The Dalles Oregon
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02-05-2025
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Signon bonus Available!
Mental Health Specialist QMHP Not Licensed: $7500.001.0FTE)
Mental Health Specialist LPC/LMFT/ LCSWLicensed: $10000.001.0FTE)
Working Title: Mental Health Specialist Crisis
Program: Crisis
Pay Range:
- Mental Health Specialist I $5433.38 $6604.30 per/ month(1.0FTE)
- Mental Health Specialist II $5759.38 $7000.56 per/month(1.0FTE)
- Mental Health Specialist III $6104.94 $7420.60 per/month(1.0FTE)
What well do:
We recognize your value and will strive to keep you engaged and appreciated. The selected candidate will receive:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience.
- Relocation Assistance is available for those who qualify
- 95 employerpaid 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
- 15vacation days a year for 1.0 exempt employees
- 12 sick days a year
- Education reimbursement and loan forgiveness HRSA!
MidColumbia Center for Living (MCCFL) is hiring Crisis Mental Health Specialists (I II or III) to provide communitybased crisis services across Hood River Wasco and Sherman Counties. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) MCCFL is committed to delivering traumainformed culturally competent and recoveryoriented care through a wholeperson approach. This role is part of our mobile crisis response team and involves providing crisis intervention behavioral health assessments and support to individuals and families during urgent mental health situations. The position also includes coordination with local and state partners to ensure effective care transitions and support. With a high prevalence of trauma among those we serve candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of how trauma and culture impact health relationships and coping. MCCFL uses a consumerdriven model and offers a range of programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our community.
FSLA Status: ExemptReport to: Clinical Supervisor or Program Manager
What you bring(Qualifications):
Any qualifying combination of education licensure and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position is qualifying. This includes:
For Crisis Mental Health Specialist Levels I II and III:
- Masters degree in a Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) qualifying field AND
- Two 02 years of relevant experience providing counseling case management or care coordination of clients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI).
- Mobile Crisis Response experience is preferred.
- Experience with cooccurring 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.
- Must obtain certification from the Department of Human Services as a Mental Health Investigator and Mental Health Examiner. Must keep certification current and in good standing.
- Must possess a valid Oregon or Washington Drivers License maintain an acceptable driving record and be insurable for client service purposes and for travel between business office for meetings and/or trainings.
- This position must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536 to 181.537 and in accordance with OARto.
Additional Specifications for Level I:
- Must be certified as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) or register as QMHPR within 14 days of hire.
Additional Specifications for Level II:
- Professional licensure in the State of Oregon as an LCSW LMFT or LPC.
Additional Specifications for Level III:
- Licensure as required for Level II AND
- Licensing Board approval to supervise licensure candidates.
The hiring process:
- Application review
- Questionnaire (if additional information is needed)
- Panel Interview
- Possible secondround panel interview
- Conditional Offer
- DMV Record Review if the position requires driving
- 10 Panel Drug Screen(Although recreational use is legal in the state of Oregon you will not be considered for this position if youre unable to pass a preemployment drug screening due to federal regulations.
- Criminal History check through Orchards BCU
- Reference check
- Licensure Primary Source Verification
What youll do:
- 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 dualdiagnosis 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 uptodate and justify the services provided.
- Serve as investigator and/or examiner in involuntary commitment procedures.
- Assist and/or provide backup support with screening referral and crisis services as needed and directed by supervisor. May provide afterhours emergency services on a 24hour rotating basis such as telephone consultation crisis intervention and prehospital screening examinations.
- Actively participate in joint case planning and coordination with internal multidisciplinary team and agency psychiatrists. Collaborate in case planning and service coordination as needed with other community agencies such as schools group homes community detention facility community medical hospital 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 in order to complete essential responsibilities and attend required meetings and/or trainings.
- PositionSpecific Essential Responsibilities of the Crisis Mental Health Specialist I II or III (This position may include any of the aforementioned general responsibilities plus the following):
- Respond to emergency services requests from supervisor clientele families law enforcement community hospitals and other community partners. Provide crisis counseling/crisis intervention risk assessment risk mitigation and safety planning referral to appropriate resources individual counseling and case management services to individuals couples families and groups.
- Provide facetoface response to requests for crisis counseling/intervention in a variety of settings including hospitals community partner offices individual homes and/or any location within the community; may require accessing sites with unimproved terrain flights of stairs and/or exposure to adverse weather conditions for extended periods of time.
- Initiate Directors Custody/Directors Hold based on assessed imminent risk to self or others or grave disability.
- Provide Civil Commitment Investigations/Examiner duties for Involuntary Commitment Program; investigate the individuals mental health status to determine if the person has a mental illness and is dangerous to self and/or gravely disabled. Attend hearings as necessary.
- Maintain compliance of OARby completing required Mobile Crisis trainings.
- Provide telephone or walkin screening and referral assistance to a wide variety of clientele making initial contact with MCCFL. Provide appropriate outside referral information to initial contacts that are not appropriate for MCCFL services.
- Develop crisis resources materials to assist oncall staff. Maintain an uptodate knowledge of available agencies and community resources.
- Train staff on community resources crisis counseling techniques community hospital issues and crisis services policies and procedures. Provide mobile crisis training to staff and community partners as directed by Clinical Supervisor.
- Provide behavioral health education and information to various interest groups. Maintain and develop relationships/partnerships with community partners including community hospitals state and local law enforcement mental health providers the school system local medical professionals and other community organizations.
- Must be able to meet the unique physical demands required of this role including but not limited to: a high level of physical mobility and exertion; regular exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
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MCCFL provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation in the recruitment or selection process please contact human resources ator email
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