Clinician I - Forensic PATH & HARPS - Mon-Fri 10:30AM-7PM

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health in Spokane is hiring a full-time Clinician I to work in both its Forensic PATH (FPATH) and Forensic HARPS (FHARPS) programs, working a Monday through Friday day shift. The clinician is part of a multidisciplinary team of peers, a SUDP and bachelor's- and master's-level clinical staff that reaches out to and engages people with past involvement in the forensic mental health system, offering case management and housing support.

Frontier Behavioral Health, a Spokane nonprofit, runs a Forensic PATH team that connects people involved with the forensic mental health system to community resources across Region 1 of Washington State (Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane and Stevens counties). Its FHARPS team gives Trueblood class members case management and housing help under a Housing First and Permanent Supportive Housing model, with short-term housing bridge subsidies and links to long-term providers.

What you'll do

• Find people on the HCA referral list and, with other Trueblood Settlement Programs such as Trueblood Housing, Forensic Navigators and Outpatient Competency Restoration, engage and build rapport with eligible individuals
• Assess clients, create or build on recovery plans with ongoing support, help complete care plans, and refer people to outpatient or inpatient treatment
• Provide evaluation and treatment for people with behavioral health concerns, including crisis and hospital diversion services and suicide and homicide risk assessments for those at high risk
• Help clients reach crisis hospital diversion resources, such as Stabilization or E&T admission
• Help non-Medicaid clients access Medicaid, and help clients obtain SOAR services
• Bring each client's support network into care coordination, help clients find and use resources that meet their needs, and coordinate with community resources on their behalf
• Provide consultation, training and education on behavioral health issues to staff as your supervisor assigns
• Keep client records and other required documentation timely and confidential, following agency policies and practices

What you need

• A bachelor's in psychology, counseling, social work or a related field from an accredited college or university
• Within 30 days of hire, apply for the Counselor Agency Affiliated – Registered credential from the Washington State Department of Health
• A valid, unrestricted driver's license, active car insurance, a passing result on a motor vehicle screening and driving test, and willingness to use your own vehicle for work
• Able to communicate and engage with people of many cultures, backgrounds, education levels, trauma experiences and socio-economic groups
• Daily client work in community settings such as homes, group living settings, hospitals, shelters and the streets, some of which may not be clean or habitable
• Able to drive, walk up to several city blocks over varied terrain, climb stairs, and get in and out of vehicles often
• Daily computer use, and lifting 10 to 20 pounds when required

Preferred

• Two years of work with psychiatrically impaired populations
• Experience in the criminal justice system

Schedule

• Day shift, Monday through Friday, 10:30AM to 7PM
• Full-time
• Daily travel between work sites and to clients in the community, using FBH vehicles and/or your own

Benefits

• A shift differential added to base pay for this Monday through Friday shift
• Paid time off that accrues up to 26 days in the first year, plus 9 paid federal holidays
• Paid sick and safe time, plus extended sick leave
• A compressed workweek option, available for some positions, worth up to 26 extra days off a year
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• A 403b retirement plan with a standard 3% employer contribution and an additional 3% employer match
• Company-paid life insurance starting the first of the month after 6 months from your hire date
• A sign-on bonus
• Federal and state loan forgiveness for qualifying programs
• Reimbursement of the license or certification application fee the job requires
• No-cost supervision for staff working toward clinical licensure
• A free employee assistance program and staff discounts with FBH partners around Spokane