Mid-Columbia Center for Living

Crisis Mental Health Specialist-Week nights (SIGN ON BONUS)

The Dalles, OR
Full Time
Crisis
Experienced
Working Title: Mental Health Specialist – Crisis
Program: Crisis
Report to: Clinical Supervisor or Program Manager

Pay Range:
  • Mental Health Specialist I      $5,433.38 – $6,604.30 per/ month
  • Mental Health Specialist II     $5,759.38 – $7,000.56 per/month
  • Mental Health Specialist III    $6,104.94 – $7,420.60 per/month

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

Location: On-site, The Dalles, Oregon (May serve Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman County)
Hours/FTE: Monday- Thursday 5:00 pm-8:30 am, 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours)
FSLA Status: Exempt

                                                                       
Description:
Join us as a Mental Health Specialist in Oregon’s stunning Columbia River Gorge! Imagine being paid while enjoying freedom when not responding to calls and supporting our community during weekends. Your role involves answering and responding in the community as indicated to crisis calls from Monday to Thursday 5:00 pm-8:30 am, with an hour response time for Hood River and Wasco County, and a two-hour response for Sherman County—all while remaining within Oregon.

When not responding, immerse yourself in the Gorge's offerings while enjoying Full-Time benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, ample vacation time, and PERS contributions. Earn a competitive salary wage of $4,976.52-5,486.63/month while spending your time as you choose and responding to crisis calls as needed, complemented by a $2500 sign-on bonus for QMHPs and a $5000 bonus for LPCs/LCSWs. Embrace a fulfilling career with us, where making a difference meets the beauty of nature!

Mid-Columbia Center for Living (MCCFL) is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) that specializes in providing services that are both trauma-informed and recovery-oriented to persons/consumers with mental illness and addictions. Trauma-informed care includes safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment for both clients and staff. MCCFL serves Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman Counties and utilizes a consumer-involved, consumer-engaged, and consumer-driven model. MCCFL provides a whole-person care approach to adults and children to address both physical and mental health needs. MCCFL offers a variety of programs including a mobile crisis unit, intensive case management, ongoing counseling, community support, supported employment, jail diversion, hospital discharges, hearings, and more.

What you bring:
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:
  • Master's degree in a Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) qualifying field AND
  • Two (02) years of professional experience providing behavioral health counseling.
  • Experience with co-occurring 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 Driver's 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 OAR 407-007-0220 to 407-007-037
Additional Specifications for Level I:
  • Must be certified as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) or register as QMHP-R 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.
What you'll 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 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.
  • 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.

Position-Specific 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 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. 

What we’ll do:
We recognize your value and will strive to keep you engaged and appreciated. The selected candidate will receive:

  • 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 a year for exempt employees
  • 12 sick days a year
  • Education reimbursement and loan forgiveness- HRSA!

The hiring process:
  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 hr@mccfl.org.

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