Associate Mental Health Counselor Masters

Agence PROvidence; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 46,000 - 72,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center in Portland, OR, seeks an Associate Mental Health Counselor (Masters) for on-call day shifts in inpatient behavioral health.

Under clinical supervision, you will deliver multiple therapy modalities and contribute to discharge planning and multidisciplinary care. The role requires a Master's in psychology, social work, or related field, with licensure toward LPC/LMFT and a CSWA pathway.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a mental health field from an accredited program.
• Working toward licensure within state guidelines and supervision plan.
• CSWA temporary license or initiation within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical therapeutic programs and treatment in inpatient behavioral health units.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to implement treatment plans and stabilize patients.
• Assist in discharge planning and coordinate care for transitions to community or next level of care.
• Under supervision, use trauma-informed approaches across individual, group, and family modalities.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Group therapy

Individual therapy

Family therapy

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's Degree Psychology/Social Work

Master's Degree Recreational Therapy

Master's Degree Creative/Expressive Arts

Job description

Associate Mental Health Counselor, Masters at Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center- On-Call, Day Schedule

Under clinical supervision, this position is responsible for providing clinically therapeutic programs and treatment in the inpatient behavioral health units. Under the supervision of the manager/director and in collaboration with multidisciplinary treatment team, the Mental Health Professional Associate (MHP Associate) is responsible for providing various modalities of treatment from a trauma informed clinical model that can include group, individual and family therapy. The MHP Associate is responsible for the psychosocial interventions established in the patient's treatment plan. The MHP Associate will use their education and training to assist in stabilizing and treating patients during their stay on the unit. The MHP-Associate provides feedback and input to the multidisciplinary team regarding their assessment of the patients strengths, capacities, and responsiveness to the treatment. In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, the MHP-Associate will assist in supporting discharge planning efforts and interventions that support rapid stabilization and movement of the patient back into the community or the next level of care.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree Psychology, Social Work, or other mental health related field from an accredited school, or from a school in candidacy status by the appropriate higher education council. Temporary CSWA license, or proof of CSWA initiated within six months of hire, required. Must be working toward licensure that must be completed within 5 years of state board approval. Documentation of an approved supervision plan required.
• Master's Degree Recreational therapy from an accredited school, or from a school in candidacy status by the appropriate higher education council, required. Working toward licensure with NCTRC. Documentation of an approved supervision plan required. Must obtain clinical licensure within the deadlines established by the appropriate Oregon board of licensure.
• Master's Degree Creative/Expressive Arts from an accredited school, or from a school in candidacy status by the appropriate higher education council, required. It is also required that this Masters degree be eligible for licensure as LPC or LMFT in accordance with the appropriate Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists.
• LPC Registered Intern or LMFT Registered Intern from the appropriate Oregon Board is required to be obtained within 6 months of hire. Must obtain clinical licensure within the deadlines established by the appropriate Oregon board of licensure.
• Experience gathering histories of mental and physical disabilities, alcohol and drug use, past mental health services and criminal justice contacts.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year Experience in an inpatient mental health setting.
• 1 year
• Adult Unit: Experience with adult population preferably in an inpatient setting.
• Child and Adolescent Unit: Experience with child/adolescent population preferably in an inpatient setting.
• Senior Unit: Experience with geriatric population preferably in an inpatient setting.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

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About The Team

Providence has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1856 when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence is located in areas ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 465781

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Behavioral Health

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Per-Diem

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Clinical Professional

Department: 5002 PSVMC PSYCH ADULT

Address: OR Portland 9205 SW Barnes Rd

Work Location: Providence St Vincent Medical Ctr-Portland

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $33.63 - $52.22

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.