Mental Health Professional

Position Summary

 The counselor, using appropriate individual, couple and family therapy, group counseling, educational classes and case management services, provides counseling and crisis intervention services to adults and families in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and with Behavioral Health policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·         Schedules, coordinates and manages an ongoing caseload of 40 -45 clients.

·         Provides individual, couple, family and group counseling, intake and assessment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, drop-in, and follow up services.

·         Participates in staff meetings, consultations, case presentations, and training programs.

·         Provides education services (i.e., parenting classes, skill building classes), and community and school trainings and presentations.

·         Maintains client progress, and provides outreach and advocacy to help people attain their highest degree of health and independence.

·         Develops and maintains positive relations with community referral sources.

·         Advocates and facilitates the delivery of medical/psychiatric, housing, employment and educational services.

·         Provides necessary agency and program statistical information and information necessary for program/services evaluation.

·         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.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

·         Knowledge of treatment approaches for individual and family counseling, crisis intervention and brief therapy.

·         Knowledge of group process.

·         Ability to develop and monitor goal-directed treatment relationships.

·         Knowledge of treatment approaches for clients diagnosed with substance use disorders, and ability to work with clients experiencing substance use issues.

·         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.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job

·         Frequently involves sedentary work.

·         Occasionally involves light work.

·         Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

·         Constantly requires the ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal communication.

·         Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.

·         Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

·         Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.

·         Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.

·         Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

·         Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

 Position Qualifications

·         Master’s Degree in Social Services field or related field (Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Social Work).

·         Washington State Counselor’s license.

·         Experience in counseling adults and families.

·         Experience in leading groups, trainings and workshops.

·         Experience working with diversified, ethnic/cultural populations in social services.

·         Experience with drug using clients.

·         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.

• Medical, dental, vision available on the 1st day of the month after hire date- choose either a PPO or HDHP with a health saving account.


•  Paid time off (PTO)


• Parental Leave


• 401 (k) retirement with a generous company match


• Holiday bank hours


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