Behavioral Health Provider

About the job

CHAS Health is hiring a full-time behavioral health provider for its CHAS Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Spokane, WA. The provider offers social and behavioral health services, such as counseling and mental health evaluations, to patients and families to improve the overall health of the communities CHAS Health serves.

CHAS Health runs multiple clinics and continues to expand. It aims to remove barriers to care and offer evidence-based care close to home, treating everyone with dignity and respect whatever their situation.

What you'll do

• Provide individual and group counseling within your scope of practice to help clients develop and adjust more effectively in personal, social, educational and vocational areas
• Be available for behavioral health consultation and staffing with primary care providers
• Collect psychosocial information about individuals and share it with providers to help them manage medical care
• Do mental health evaluations with approved tools, judging how amenable each person is to mental health treatment and what level of care they need
• Write a detailed care plan for each client and document it in the electronic health record
• Connect clients with community resources
• Give in-service training to CHAS staff when asked and take part in community outreach as directed
• For staff with chemical dependency expertise: do chemical dependency assessments with approved testing and evaluation tools and decide whether clients are suited for referral to other agencies or programs
• For staff with chemical dependency expertise: lead individual and group counseling and education covering relapse prevention, cognitive behavioral change and alcohol and drug treatment
• For staff with clinical supervision training: supervise and coordinate volunteers and behavioral health or social work students, and facilitate peer review and chart audits

What you need

• One of these valid state licenses: Licensed Advanced Social Worker, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor or Licensed Professional Counselor
• For the Licensed Advanced Social Worker, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, the associate version of the license also qualifies
• Knowledge of available community linkage resources
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Computer skills
• Consistent independent judgment and discretion
• BLS (CPR/AED)
• A valid driver's license and insurance
• A commitment to keeping the workplace safe and respectful
• Able to talk, hear and sit for more than two-thirds of the day
• Hand use and communication for more than two-thirds of the day, reaching with the arms for less than a third, and minimal climbing, stooping or crawling
• Regularly lifting or moving up to 10 pounds, and occasionally up to 25 pounds

Preferred

• Two years of clinical practice with underserved populations

Schedule

• Full-time

Benefits

• An annual milestone bonus for eligible employees, based on years worked
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus long-term care and life insurance, offered by CHAS Health
• A 401(k) with an employer match of up to 6%
• More than six weeks of paid time off a year for full-time employees
• Tuition assistance and student loan repayment
• Yearly childcare reimbursement
• CME and license fee reimbursement
• Benefits offered depend on eligibility and criteria