Mental Health Care Provider - Adult Outpatient - Pines Location

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Mental Health Care Provider for its Adult Outpatient (AOP) program at the Pines location in Spokane Valley. The provider delivers client-centered, trauma-informed clinical behavioral health services that help clients reach their goals in areas such as health, education, employment, family, housing and recreation.

Adult Outpatient services are voluntary and collaborative, can be short- or long-term, and may include brief treatment, individual and group therapy, case management, psychological testing, psychiatric medication management and crisis management. Frontier Behavioral Health is a Spokane nonprofit providing evidence-based, trauma-informed behavioral health services, including outpatient, inpatient, community outreach and crisis services.

What you'll do

• Provide episodic, trauma-informed, person-centered counseling using evidence-based practices within your scope of practice, and lead or co-lead client treatment groups
• Work with clients on areas such as sleep hygiene, mindfulness, emotional regulation, cognitive coping, behavioral activation and communication basics, and teach them about their diagnosis and treatment, in virtual, office or community settings
• Conduct risk assessments, build and carry out safety plans, and provide crisis intervention and stabilization when needed, including helping clients get inpatient behavioral health care
• Develop and carry out care plans with measurable objectives and achievable goals together with each client, checking progress and adjusting as needed
• Provide care management, such as connecting clients with community resources, building healthy coping skills, employment and housing help when appropriate, and education on how a diagnosis affects major life areas
• Administer mental health measures and give feedback, and coordinate care through discharge planning, referrals and work with other providers
• Work on a multidisciplinary care team with prescribers, master level clinicians, peer support specialists and care navigators, bring the client's support network into care coordination, and meet productivity standards
• Complete FBH charting, correspondence, Workday and other paperwork fully and on time, keep client records timely and confidential, and follow state regulations and FBH policies and procedures
• Attend required staff meetings, weekly clinical staff meetings and regular supervision, plus required training and consultation calls, and onsite visits or reviews when a contract requires them
• Take on delegated assignments such as quality improvement teams, committees, mentoring or training, and supervise bachelor's level interns if assigned

What you need

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology or a related field
• Within 30 days of hire, apply for the Counselor Agency Affiliated – Registered (CAAR) credential through the WA State Department of Health
• A valid, unrestricted driver's license and active car insurance, and willingness to use your own vehicle for work
• Knowledge of Washington state rules and statutes on mental health treatment and service delivery
• Excellent spoken and written communication that is clear, positive, prompt and appropriate, while maintaining confidentiality
• Proven active listening skills that show respect, professionalism, engagement, a positive attitude and empathy
• Client services both in the office and in the community, on an occasional to frequent basis, in places such as homes, group living settings, hospitals, shelters and the streets
• Some work settings may not be clean or fully habitable
• Ability to drive, walk up to several city blocks over varied terrain, use stairs and get in and out of vehicles often
• Daily computer use
• May need to lift 10 to 20 pounds

Preferred

• One year of experience working with people who have a psychiatric impairment
• Crisis intervention experience

Schedule

• Full-time
• Travel to see clients in the community and between work sites

Benefits

• Quarterly productivity incentives
• Paid time off, accruing up to 26 days in the first year, plus 9 paid federal holidays
• Extended sick leave and paid sick and safe time
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• A 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution and an additional 3% employer match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-paid life insurance starting the first of the month after 6 months of employment
• A signing bonus
• Free supervision for staff working toward clinical licensure
• Federal and state loan forgiveness for qualifying programs
• Reimbursement of the license or certification application fee the position requires
• A free Employee Assistance Program and staff discounts at FBH partners around Spokane
• Some benefits vary based on FTE