Licensed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•    Schedules, coordinates and manages an ongoing caseload of 30-35 clients.
•    Provides individual, couple, family and group counseling, intake and assessment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, drop-in, and follow up services.
•    Provides tools in regulating emotions, relationship building, social emotional skills and executive function development. 
•    Participates in staff meetings, consultations, case presentations, and training programs.
•    Maintains client progress, and provides outreach and advocacy to help people attain their highest degree of health and independence.
•    Provides ongoing outreach to children, youth, parents, schools and communities to ensure awareness of community needs and service availability.
•    Develops and maintains positive relations with community referral sources.
•    Advocates and facilitates the delivery of medical/psychiatric, housing, employment and educational services.
•    Maintains case records in an accurate and timely manner; develops and maintains current crisis plan.
•    Meets with supervisor on a regular basis and attends required meetings, consultations and trainings.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•    Experience, training, and knowledge in assessing and treating children and adolescents utilizing evidenced based modalities required
•    Child Mental Health Specialist designation strongly preferred
•    Knowledge of treatment approaches for individuals with special needs, neurodiversity, and family counseling and support, crisis intervention and brief therapy.
•    Knowledge of group process.
•    Ability to develop and monitor goal-directed treatment relationships.
•    Ability to develop community resources and market services.
•    Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
•    Ability to read, write and speak in English.
•    Must demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences.
•    Experience working in Tribal communities preferred.

Position Qualifications
•    Master’s Degree in Social Services field or related field (Psychology, Mental Health Counseling).
•    Washington State Counselor’s license (LMHC, LICSW, LMFT).
•    Experience working with neuro-diverse children and youth.
•    Experience in working with children and families.
•    Experience in leading groups, trainings and workshops.
•    Experience working with diversified, ethnic/cultural populations in social services.
•    Ability to pass criminal background check and pre-employment drug screen.
•    WA state Driver’s license and ability to be approved by Tribal insurance to drive Tribal vehicles.
•    Must keep up to date certification CEU’s to provide services to clients.