Crisis Mental Health Specialist

Sign-on bonus Available!
Mental Health Specialist QMHP, Not Licensed: $7,500.00
Mental Health Specialist LPC/LMFT/ LCSW Licensed: $10,000.00      

Working Title: Crisis Mental Health Specialist
Program: Crisis- Mobile
Report to: Clinical Services Manager
Pay Range:

• Mental Health Specialist I      $5,569.21– $6,769.41 per/month
• Mental Health Specialist II     $5,903.37– $7,175.58 per/month
• Mental Health Specialist III    $6,257.57 – $7,606.11 per/month

Location: On-site, The Dalles, Oregon (Subject to work in Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties)
Hours/FTE: 1.0 FTE(37.5 hours/week) Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
FSLA Status: Exempt

• 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 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.
• Use agency vehicles to travel within the community, provide transportation for clients, and drive between business offices in order to complete essential responsibilities and attend required meetings and/or trainings.
• Regular and reliable attendance, professional communication, and confidentiality.

• 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 face-to-face 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 Director’s Custody/Director’s 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 individual's 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 OAR 309-072-0120 by completing required Mobile Crisis trainings.
• Provide telephone or walk-in 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 on-call staff. Maintain an up-to-date 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.

• 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
• 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 [email protected].