Mental Health Specialist 3 (Child and Family Team)

Mental Health Specialist 3 (Child and Family Team)

Job ID: 107517

Location: Oregon City, Oregon

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary:Regular

CLACKAMAS COUNTY CORE VALUES

Clackamas County employees work to serve the public and enrich our community. In that spirit, we pledge to hold ourselves to these standards at all times in our interactions with customers and one another:

• Service

• Professionalism

• Integrity

• Respect

• Individual accountability

• Trust

By incorporating these values into our daily routines, we can better serve our customers, ourselves and our projects. We're always looking to improve. That's the Clackamas County SPIRIT.

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Clackamas County is committed to building a community where people thrive, have a sense of safety, connection, and belonging, so that everyone is honored and celebrated for the richness in diversity they bring.

We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds and lived experience to apply.

CLOSE DATE

This Job Posting closes at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

PAY AND BENEFITS

Annual Pay Range: $91,537.25- $116,175.14

Hourly Pay Range: $44.008292 - $55.853432

Salary offers will be made within the posted pay range and will be based on a candidate's experience (paid or unpaid) that is directly relevant to the position.

Clackamas County proudly offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including competitive wages, cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases (for eligible employees), and a robust sick and vacation plan for regular status employees.

We encourage and support employee health and wellness by offering, health and wellness classes and events, and alternative care benefits, so you can customize your wellness needs to fit your lifestyle.

Employee benefits become effective the first of the month following an employee's date of hire.

Attractive benefits package and incentives for employees in regular status positions are detailed below.

Generous paid time off package, including:

• 12 hours of vacation accrued per month

• Eligible newly hired employees will have the one-time option to frontload their first year of vacation accruals in compliance with https://dochub.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/a51ff5d3-d243-49ba-aa11-15324f4c0bf8! This means you have access to vacation time at time of hire.

• 8 hours of sick accrued per month

• 10 paid holidays and 1 personal day per year

Other Benefits:

• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP):

• Employer paid 6% PERS retirement contribution (The county currently pays the employee's share of the retirement contribution.)

• OPSRP members get vested after five years of contributions or when they reach age 65

• A Choice of Medical Plans that include chiropractic coverage, alternative care, vision, and prescription drug coverage

• A Choice of Dental Plans

• Robust EAP and wellness programs, including gym discounts and wellness education classes

• Longevity pay

• Other retirement Savings Options that allow for additional retirement funds savings, including an option to contribute a portion of employee earnings on a pre or post-tax basis to a 457b Deferred Compensation Plan

• A variety of additional optional benefits (see links below for additional information)

This is a full time County position represented by the Employees' Association.

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JOB DETAILS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Clackamas County Health Centers - Behavioral Health Clinics is looking for an experienced, licensed mental health clinician to help support and lead the Child and Family Team. As a Mental Health Specialist 3, you will provide advanced level professional treatment and program services to children, adolescents and their families with mental health and substance abuse issues as well as provide clinical supervision and lead the work for clinical staff.

The Mental Health Specialist 3 is the highest level in the series and acts as the lead clinician in specific treatment areas requiring advanced training or expertise. This position will provide a variety of advanced level professional treatment and program services to mental health consumers' ages 0-25 and their families in addition to providing treatment services to youth and young adults with substance abuse issues. The successful candidate will participate as an effective member on a diagnostic team of mental health professionals which conducts evaluations, treatment planning, and placement for consumers, with expertise in early childhood modalities and able to train/supervise new clinicians and interns in parent education and dyadic family therapy relevant to the 0-5 age range.

As an independent therapist or service provider, Mental Health Specialist 3 is a lead worker over lower level professional and paraprofessional staff. Lead work duties include: assigning clients to treatment staff, providing oversight to the provision of treatment services, providing clinical supervision to treatment staff, assisting in evaluating overall work performance of staff, acting on behalf of the program supervisor as directed, training staff and providing direction on complex technical or procedural issues and maintaining accurate information in supervisory notes.

The Mental Health Specialist 3 is expected to participate as an effective team member and will conduct mental health and addictions assessments, treatment plans and services for children, adolescents and their families.

Clackamas County Health Centers' aim is to work with each individual to help them be as healthy as they can be. We believe engagement and participation in mental health treatment provides positive outcomes in the lives of each person, their chosen family, and the community in which they reside. The therapists providing services to the community are responsible for the highest quality of care and should be diverse in their treatment skills. Candidates with a strong commitment to providing equitable services to the community and supporting Clackamas County's commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity are encouraged to apply. This is your opportunity to give back to the community!

Required Minimum Qualifications/ Transferrable Skills:*

• Licensure granted by the State of Oregon to practice as a Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

• Meets the criteria to be a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) as established by the State of Oregon.*

• A minimum of three (3) years of related experience that would provide the required knowledge and skills to perform the responsibilities of this position.

• Experience providing treatment and therapy services to children, adolescents and families.

• Experience working with Evidence Based Treatment used in child, adolescent and family therapy.

• Knowledge in use of Feedback Informed Treatment.

• Experience, knowledge and commitment to serving a diverse population and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate.

* A ”Qualified Mental Health Professional" (QMHP) means a Licensed Medical Provider or any other person meeting one or more of the following minimum qualifications as authorized by the Local Mental Health Authority or designee:

Graduate degree in psychology;

Graduate degree in social work;

Graduate degree in recreational, art, or music therapy; or

Graduate degree in a behavioral science field.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• Must pass post-offer, pre-employment drug test. https://dochub.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/69fd8013-4594-4afd-bee9-f1e0aeab42ea

• Must pass a criminal history check which may include national or state fingerprint records check

*For Veterans qualified for Veteran's Preference: If you believe you have skills that would transfer well to this position and/or special qualifications that relate to this position, please list those skills and/or qualifications in the open-ended question at the end of the application and explain how those skills and/or qualifications relate to this position.

TYPICAL TASKS

• Provide clinical consultation to interns and staff. Biweekly consultation hour in addition to ongoing guidance, training and mentoring. Monthly individual consultation with staff. Run CAF team meeting 1-2 times/month, and lead breakouts focused on Early Childhood Mental Health and Feedback Informed Treatment during weekly CAF meetings.

• Provide onboarding support for interns, new staff and staff needing ongoing support with the electronic health records, privacy law, mandatory reporting, collaborative teaming with other child-services agencies.

• Assign and review cases for staff, provide specialized training outside of scheduled supervision times, to teach evidence-based protocols for Early Childhood Mental Health and for Feedback Informed Treatment. Triage custody-conflict referrals that are inappropriate for our agencies scope of mental health treatment services.

• Train/orient/coach staff in effective consultation/coordination with community partners, including DHS, Children's Center, specialized evaluators and treatment providers, intensive treatment providers, Child Dependency Court, schools, I/DD services and others

• Provide specialized mental health and CANS assessments as requested by DHS and court system maintain critical community collaboration based on high quality of assessments and recommendations. Train other staff to provide subpoena-ready documentation for dependency and custody cases.

• Manage CANS training and recertification schedule and protocols for all CAF and ACCESS staff and provide CANS supervision/trainings

• Provide individual, family, and group counseling to SUD and MH clients using evidenced-based protocols. These are the main tasks of any clinician on the team.

• Evaluate, research and recommend programmatic changes to the Early Childhood Mental Health and Child and Family Mental Health team.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Thorough knowledge of: Accepted principles and methods of community intervention and technique of identifying and utilizing community resources to treat mental health clients; theories, principles, and techniques of group, family, and individual therapy, techniques and procedures employed in evaluating, modifying and motivating human behavior; principles and methods of diagnosing emotional, behavioral, mental or developmental problems; rules, laws, regulations and ethics governing the treatment of mental health patients and clients; confidentiality requirements required by HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 and OAR's; theories of human behavior and personality development; social psychological and physical causes of mental disorders; diagnostic treatment planning and evaluation activities; principles of case management and case supervision: principles of treatment courts.

Working knowledge of: Basic methods and techniques of supervision; office equipment, including personal computers and software programs.

Substantial skill to: Apply social and psychological theories of behavior and personality to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health clients and patients; analyze available behavioral and historic data on patients and make accurate diagnostic/treatment decisions; conduct group, family, and individual therapy; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, prepare clear and concise written reports and evaluations and make effective verbal presentations.

Skill to: Supervise, review and evaluate therapeutic techniques of lower level mental health personnel; supervise a small program consisting of staff with varied experience and training; operate computer software and other office equipment; establish and maintain effective working relationships.

WORK SCHEDULE

This position works 40 hours during a standard workweek of Monday through Friday. Specific hours of work will be discussed with the candidate selected for this position at the time an offer of employment is extended.

This position is eligible for hybrid on-site/telework subject to the https://dochub.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/9065b5fb-2237-47ce-9534-e7c8c40fc2bc and based on the Department's business needs. The exact amount of on-site/telework and schedule will be discussed with the hiring manager during time of offer. Telework locations cannot be located outside of Oregon or Washington. Washington residents must perform 50% of their time on-site at Clackamas County.

EXPLORE CLACKAMAS COUNTY

Clackamas County is in a prime location in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area and is recognized nationally as one of the most livable areas in the United States. Located on the southern edge of the City of Portland and extending to the top of Mt. Hood, Clackamas County is part of a thriving region in the Northwest. It has a population of about 420,000 residents.

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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Clackamas County Health Centers provide direct medical, dental, and mental health services to Clackamas County residents.

We provide services at our Integrated Primary Health Care Clinics, our mental health clinics, or through our School Based Health Centers.

Health Centers is a Division of the http://www.clackamas.us/h3s/

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Health, Housing, and Human Services (H3S) consists of six divisions, dedicated to ensuring health families and strong communities in Clackamas County.

Mission Statement: We lead and learn with equity in serving individuals, families, and communities by providing access to high quality healthcare, housing, and services that strengthen social and economic resilience.

Vision Statement: Individuals, families, and communities are resilient and thriving.

H3S is committed to improving programs and ensuring better outcomes for the people served, and focuses on the following goals:

• EMPOWERED AND THRIVING STAFF - H3S staff are empowered, engaged and have a sense of belonging while being valued and supported to thrive.

• EQUITY DRIVEN SERVICES - H3S promotes and provides accessible, equitable and culturally responsive services.

• ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE & CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - H3S operates consistently, efficiently and effectively as a cohesive department, using our individual and collective skills and expertise.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Clackamas County only accepts online applications.

Help With Your Application:

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If you have any questions or issues you may contact the Department of Human Resources at 503-655-8459 or mailto:jobs@co.clackamas.or.us?subject=Application%20Materials%20Question. Our office hours are Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time (closed on Fridays).

HOW TO CLAIM VETERAN'S PREFERENCE

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VISA SPONSORSHIP

Clackamas County does not offer visa sponsorships. Once a job applicant has accepted a position, they will be required to complete an I-9 and confirm authorization to work in the United States prior to their first day.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Clackamas County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, political affiliation, disability or any other factor unrelated to the essential functions of the job.

If you wish to identify yourself as a qualified person with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and would like to request an accommodation, please address the request to the Department of Human Resources prior to the recruitment close date. You may request an accommodation during the online application process.

RECRUITING QUESTIONS?

E.D. Barnett, Recruiter

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