Mental Health Clinician II - Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Mental Health Clinician II for its Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) in Spokane. PACT is an intensive, community-based team that shares a caseload of adults whose needs traditional outpatient services can't meet; the clinician engages clients, builds their skills, handles crisis work and helps them get the services they need.

Frontier Behavioral Health is a Spokane nonprofit offering evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for adults, youth and seniors facing many kinds of behavioral health issues. The PACT team offers case management, individual and group therapy, ongoing assessments, help with employment and housing, family support and education, and substance use services, so clients can live successfully in the community.

What you'll do

• Engage clients through supportive listening, psychoeducation, skill building and resource education, and help them get services while measuring progress toward goals
• Conduct crisis and risk assessments, create and carry out safety plans, and provide crisis prevention, intervention and stabilization, including helping clients reach inpatient behavioral health care
• Provide outreach-based, consumer-centered treatment, rehabilitation and support; the program requires that 80% of services be delivered through outreach in the community
• Develop and carry out care plans with measurable objectives and reachable goals in collaboration with the client, and evaluate progress and adjust as needed
• Help clients find and access resources, working with community resources on their behalf and including their support network and involved community partners in care coordination
• Help clients build healthy coping skills in individual or group settings
• When the program requires it, MHC IIs whose credential qualifies them as a Mental Health Professional (L-AAC, LMHCA, LMFTA or LICSWA) do intake assessments, with preliminary diagnoses and treatment recommendations for youth and adults
• Keep client records, FBH charting, correspondence, Workday tasks and other paperwork complete, timely and confidential
• Take on delegated assignments such as committees, task groups, quality improvement teams, consultations, mentoring or training
• Attend required supervision and daily clinical staff meetings, and take part in required training, consultation calls and contract site visits or reviews

What you need

• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, counseling, social work or a related field
• Within 30 days of hire, apply for the Counselor Agency Affiliated – Registered credential through the WA State Department of Health
• A valid, unrestricted driver's license, passing a motor vehicle screening and a driving test, active car insurance and willingness to drive a personal vehicle for work
• Knowledge of service delivery models such as groups, skills training, brief or focused therapy and community-based interventions for adults who have serious, persistent mental illness
• Knowledge of the Washington administrative codes and statutes covering mental health treatment and service delivery
• Knowledge of, and experience with, evidence-based psychotherapy modalities
• Able to communicate and engage well with people of varied backgrounds, cultures, education levels, socio-economic status and trauma experiences
• Excellent oral and written communication that is clear, positive, prompt and appropriate, while keeping client information confidential
• Serve clients in community settings every day, such as residences, 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 possibly lifting 10 to 20 pounds

Preferred

• Two years of clinical behavioral health service experience

Schedule

• Full-time
• Rotating weekend shifts to cover clients on non-business days; staff who work a weekend shift can take another day off that week
• Weekend and holiday coverage shifts as needed
• Daily travel to see clients in the community and between work sites, in FBH-owned vehicles or a personal vehicle

Benefits

• Paid time off, accruing up to 26 days in the first year, plus 9 paid federal holidays
• Paid sick and safe time, plus extended sick leave
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• A 403b plan with a 3% employer contribution and a further 3% employer match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-paid life insurance starting the first of the month after 6 months from the hire date
• A sign-on bonus
• Free licensure supervision for staff working toward clinical licensure
• Eligibility for federal and state loan forgiveness through qualifying programs
• Reimbursement of the required license or certification application fee
• A free Employee Assistance Program and staff discounts with FBH partners around Spokane