Mental Health Professional - PACT (FT) Job at Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington
Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington Wenatchee, WA 98801
Excited about this role, but don't meet 100% of the expected qualifications listed above? We'd still love for you to apply! Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where unique experiences are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute. Research has continuously shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all the listed qualifications. We want to help overcome this trend and seek to make space for unique and relevant skills and attributes. So, when applying to Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington, rest assured that your application is reviewed by a living, breathing human being, and evaluated based on key competencies needed for success in the position. Questions or concerns? Contact recruiting@catholiccharitiescw.org, we'd be happy to connect!
Wage Range:
Responsibilities:
- Provide service coordination (Case Management) for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities.
- Assumes primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans as clients' needs change.
- Educate, support clients' families, and advocate for clients' rights and preferences.
- Participate in a client-centered comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history as directed by the supervisor.
- Will complete sections of the PACT comprehensive assessment as assigned to include Social Development and functioning, activities of daily living, and family structure and relationships.
- Consults with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
- Participate in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings.
- Participate in providing substance use and treatment services.
- On-call and medication monitoring.
- Assist in the provision of ongoing assessment of client's mental illness symptoms and clients' responses to treatment.
- Make appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior that put clients at risk.
- Assist in the provision of symptom education to enable clients to identify their mental illness symptoms.
- Assist in the provision of direct Clinical Services to clients on an individual, group, and family basis in the office or in the community setting to teach behavioral symptoms, and management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication.
- Promote clients' personal growth and development by assisting them to adapt and cope with internal and external stresses.
- Assist with individual or group treatment in an office or community setting in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational, and considers interactions of Mental illness, substance abuse, and client-determined goals.
- Coordinate with outside inpatient services to detoxify clients and establish linkage to self-help programs
- Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Narcotics Synonymous.
- Residential Facilities.
- Participate in the provision of rehabilitation services.
- Provide ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill training supervisions, and environmental adaptions to assist clients with activities of daily living.
- Assist clients to find and maintain a safe affordable place to live.
- Apartment hunting.
- Finding a roommate.
- Landlord negotiations.
- Cleaning.
- Furnishing and decorating.
- Procuring necessities (telephone, furnishings, linens).
- Assist and support clients to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry.
- Ensure clients have adequate financial support (help to gain employment or apply for entailments).
- Teach money management skills (budgeting and bill pay).
- Assist clients in assessing financial services.
- Professional financial counseling.
- Emergency loan sources.
- Help clients to access reliable transportation.
- Obtain a driver's license and car.
- Arrange for cabs.
- Access bus line.
- Finding rides.
- Assist and support clients to have effective use of a personal primary care physician, dentist, and other medical specialists as required.
- Provide individual supportive therapy (problem-solving, role-playing, modeling, and support), skill development, and assertiveness training to increase client social and interpersonal activities in a community setting.
- Plan, structure, and prompt social, and leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Provide side-by-side support and coaching (going with the client to a basketball game, supporting a client before going to a family reunion).
- Organize and lead individual or group social, and recreational activities to structure clients' time to increase social experiences, provide opportunities to practice social skills, and receive feedback and support.
- Provide practical help, support, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem-solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities for daily living.
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Human Services preferred.
- 1 to 3 years experience in relevant work.
- Strong individual employment plan writing and computer skills.
- Problem-solving skills to assist and support clients with persistent mental illness and their families.
- Possess and utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to be self-motivated, and work independently and as a team member.
- Ability to represent the agencies in a professional manner within the community.
- Establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illness, respect for client rights, and personal preference in treatment.
- Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration.
- First Aid/CPR Certification.
- Valid Washington State driver's license and required minimum liability insurance for WA State.
- Being cleared by a criminal background check and fingerprinting when required.
About Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington:
Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington provides help and creates hope for thousands of people each year regardless of religious, social, or economic backgrounds. Though serving the outreach efforts of the Diocese of Yakima, Catholic Charities is a separate 501(c)3 charitable organization, funded in part by the State of Washington, federal contracts, the United Way, fees for service, grants, foundations, and charitable contributions. While rooted in a Catholic tradition that shapes its core mission of service to all, staff do not need to be Catholic to work for Catholic Charities. We serve all in the community, regardless of faith, race, gender, social class, or economic status. With office locations in Yakima, Wenatchee, Richland, Moses Lake, and Sunnyside, as well as our multi-family housing sites across Central Washington, we serve nearly 50,000 people annually. The agency remains a testimony to its ongoing mission of “Bringing Hope to Life.”
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