Behavioral Health Technician Crisis Team

• Greeting and welcoming clients who arrive at the BCCC and supporting them in accessing our services via administrative tasks.
• Contributing to a welcoming compassionate and calming environment for individuals accessing crisis services.
• Answering behavioral health phone lines and directing the call to the appropriate staff.
• Helping clients through admission to our stabilization unit.
• Maintaining and updating spreadsheets as well as carrying out an array of office management tasks.
• Working calmly and collaboratively on a dynamic and diverse team.

• Standard office software including records management word processing spreadsheets databases and electronic mail.
• Basic strategies of working with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis such as the ability to regulate your own emotions experience implementing de-escalation strategies utilizing empathic listening with clients and asking open-ended questions.
• Understanding of the local behavioral health system and the role of Benton County Health Services in that system.

• Balancing a schedule which often requires working with several challenging situations at once.
• Tracking and executing various administrative tasks and projects in an organized and timely fashion.
• Assisting with emergency behavioral services and crisis interventions.

This posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but rather constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function.

• $4000 Hiring Bonus
  • One-time incentive for employees assigned to the Crisis Center to be paid after completion of probationary period
• Training and Licensure support!
  • $1000 annual Training Budget available
  • Reimbursement for Licensure fees or MHACBO certification available
• Generous time off to maintain a healthy work-life balance!
  • 11 Paid Holidays 2 Floating Holidays 8 hours of vacation accrual every month sick leave! Vacation accrual increases with years of service.
• $0 Health Insurance Premium!
  • Medical Dental and Vision -cover your eligible family members without additional premium.
  • In addition the County contributes up to $1400 per year to your Health Savings or Reimbursement account!
    • Apart from your deductible you can use this money for things that arent traditionally paid by insurance i.e. Ibuprofen Tylenol and other preventative type medications
    • You never lose your Health Savings Account funds as it rolls over from year to year
  • Dependents up to age 26 are covered
• Get ready for retirement. Generous employer paid contributions!
  • After 6 months of employment:
    • The County makes a retirement contribution of 6% of your salary towards Oregon PERS
    • The County makes a deferred compensation 457b plan contribution of 1.5% of your salary. You can add more if you wish.
• A free and award-winning wellness program
  • Interactive and personalized approach focused on your whole health.
  • Onsite and virtual seminars wellness challenges and fun activities.
  • Monetary incentives and cool prizes to engage everyone and meet your individual needs.
• 100% employer-paid coverage for AD&D ($100000) Life ($50000) and Long-Term Disability coverage.
  • Supplemental plans are available at reasonable rates
• Annual salary range of:
  • $46463 - $64868
  • This position is eligible for up totwo salary raiseswithin your first year. Increases may be given at the end of the 6-month probationary period depending on starting salary and at the 1-year anniversary as long as your performance is in good standing! Increases are given until the maximum of the salary range is reached.
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• Only complete applications received by the posted application deadline date or the first review date will be considered.
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• This is a FLSA non-exempt position.
• This position is represented by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
• This position requires driving and may require use of a personal vehicle.
• This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
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• Eligible veterans who meet the qualifications will be given veterans preference. For further information please see the following website:Veterans Resources. NOTE: If claiming veterans preference please be sure to attach your DD214 or Disability letter from the VA.
• Benton County does not offer VISA sponsorships. Within three days of hire you will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Securitys I-9 form confirming authorization to work in the United States. Benton County will review these documents to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.
• If you wish to identify yourself as an individual with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and will be requesting accommodation please contact the Benton County Human Resources Department by calling .