This position is eligible for a $15,000.00 Loyalty bonus paid out in installments!* Relocation reimbursement available for qualifying candidates!

Excellent benefits! Including employer paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents!

BestCare Treatment Services in Prineville is recruiting for a School-Based Health Center Mental Health Clinician! This is a Full Time regular position that includes a competitive benefits package, FOUR WEEKS of paid time off, NINE recognized holidays, and a retirement account option. Staring hourly wage for this position is $31.39 - $41.19 for non-licensed professionals and $34.84 - $45.71 for licensed professionals dependent upon verified applicable experience and education. Bilingual strongly preferred and compensation (or pay) commensurate with bilingual skillset.

BestCare Treatment Services is proud to be one of the longest-term providers of alcohol & drug rehabilitation and mental health services in the Central Oregon region. We got our start in November of 1997, thanks to a partnership between Deschutes County, State of Oregon, and St. Charles Medical Center. From a modest, singular drug rehab center, we have grown to offering residential and outpatient services in four cities in addition to the only Spanish-speaking alcohol and drug rehab facility in the state. We have helped thousands of people find the help they need in a caring and collaborative environment and we remain true to our founding mission:

To advocate and provide compassionate care in the treatment and prevention of addiction and mental illness.

As an agency, BestCare has a family feel with a supportive staff of hard-working professionals whose compassion and dedication is unmatched in our industry. They are smart, kind, innovative and strive to offer the best services available under all circumstances. Does this sound like you? If so, we invite you to join our team by applying for this exciting position.

Located in beautiful Central Oregon, Prineville, Oregon, is home to scenic river gorges, deep desert canyons, and other delightful treasures. The community is tight-knit and is known for its livability, affordability, community spirit and its easy access to many outdoor activities. The surrounding landscape offers gorgeous snow-capped mountain views, fresh, clean rivers and lakes and breezy high desert plains. Prineville is in close proximity to a myriad of destination locations for fun and relaxation including the breath-taking Cascade Mountains, world famous Smith Rocks State Park, and Cove Palisades State Park on Lake Billy Chinook just to name a few.

If this sounds enticing, don’t wait! Apply today and join the family!

Title: School-Based Health Center Mental Health Clinician

Program: Crook County CMHP

Program Location: Prineville, Oregon

Employment Status: Full Time Regular

FLSA Classification: Exempt

General: School Based Health Centers are a unique health care model for comprehensive physical, mental and preventive health services provided to youth and adolescents either within a school or on school property. With easy access to health care in a school setting, SBHCs reduce barriers such as cost, transportation, and concerns surrounding confidentiality that often keep children and youth from seeking the health services they need. This position will be an employee of BestCare, but will be stationed primarily out of the SBHC office at Mosaic Medical. This provider engages in direct patient care through brief interventions, referral and coordination of specialty mental health services as needed, and psycho-education.

Job Relationships:

• Reports to: Mental Health Clinical Supervisor (Child/Family); Program Director
• Employees Supervised: None

Duties:

• Work closely as part of a multi-disciplinary team, in collaboration with primary care providers, to support the behavioral, physical, and psychosocial needs of a diverse patient population within a school based health center setting.
• Work with other members of primary care team to assess, treat, and manage patients effectively within an integrated behavioral health care model.
• Assists in the development of patient care plans, provides consultation as needed, and makes referrals when appropriate.
• Plans and provides psychological assessment and diagnosis in a primary care setting with brief psychotherapeutic interventions as needed.
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with a wide range of community partners, public health, the medical community including (but not limited to): local school districts, DHS-Child Welfare, Crook County Juvenile Department, Public Health, local health clinics and other programs and departments.
• Gather, track, and present outcome data.
• Provide one-to-one, group, and family counseling, case management, and mental health outreach.
• Work collaboratively with treatment team members and other agencies and document those services in the client file.
• Lead psycho-educational, skill development, anger management, parenting, process, gender-specific, and family groups as assigned.
• Although stationed and working in the school-based health center, remain very closely linked to the Mental Health Team/BestCare and attend weekly mental health team meetings (i.e. child/family team meeting, and others as assigned).
• Learn and remain abreast of local social service network to be able to assist students and families with accessing needed resources (housing, counseling, food bank, local medical community, etc.).
• Maintain documentation within agency timelines in client files.
• Model appropriate counselor behavior to the newer staff and help train and orient new staff to the program.
• Complete training/certification required to perform mental health crisis work and be part of the afterhours MH crisis rotation.
• Will include hours in BestCare clinic depending on caseload size and service demand.
• Other duties as assigned by the program manager and/or clinical supervisor.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral sciences, or related field required. Preference given to people with licensure. Dually credentialed as a CADC is preferred, but not required.
• Ability to work effectively in multiple cultural contexts is essential. Ability to develop strong collaborative relationships with a range of community partners is critical. Flexibility is a must.
• Have the knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrating competence in the following essential job functions: treatment of mental health and substance-related disorders including client evaluation and individual, group, family, and other counseling techniques; program policies and procedures for client case management and record keeping; and accountability for recording information in the client files assigned to them consistent with those policies and procedures and applicable OAR’s.
• Have demonstrated competencies to identify precipitating events; gather histories of mental, emotional and physical disabilities, alcohol and drug use and substance abuse disorders, past mental health services and criminal justice contacts; assess family, social, and work relationships; conduct a mental status assessment; document a multiaxial DSM diagnosis; write and implement or supervise implementation of a treatment plan; conduct and document a mental health assessment; and provide mental health treatment and rehabilitative services within the scope of his or her practice.

Tools and Equipment Used:

Must have competency in using a computer for word-processing, data base and internet usage. Must be able to operate usual office equipment such a fax, telephone, and photocopy machine. Must have a current and valid driver’s license.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential function s of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use hands to handle, feel or operate objects or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty (20) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The primary office for this position will be at the SBHC, but this individual will continue to coordinate with BestCare team and will be on site at BestCare as needed.

The position requires the employee to dress in a professional manner that meets the standards for professional employees in Central Oregon.

To Apply:
Please complete the application using the link below, and submit along with a cover letter, resume with personal email address for correspondence, any applicable licenses, certifications or degrees with transcripts, and contact information for three supervisory/professional references.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $31.39 - $45.71 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Prineville, OR 97754: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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