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Yamhill County; McMinnville (OR); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Crisis Social Workers to join their Adult Behavioral Health team. In this role, you'll provide essential behavioral health services to adults facing mental health challenges, ensuring they receive the care and support they need. You'll be involved in crisis management, conducting assessments, and collaborating with local law enforcement and healthcare providers. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while working alongside a passionate team. If you're organized, detail-oriented, and possess excellent communication skills, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

15 paid holidays per year

19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time

100% employer funded PERS contributions

Full health benefits starting at $58.82/month

$750 for professional development annually

$200 for license/certification fees annually

Loan repayment opportunities

Eligibility for public service student loan forgiveness

Overtime eligibility for most positions

Qualifications

• MSW or master’s degree in social services required.
• Experience as a Human Services Specialist I or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated behavioral health services for adults.
• Conduct intake assessments and crisis screenings.
• Travel to local hospitals for acute care placement.

Skills

Communication Skills

Crisis Management

Behavioral Health Knowledge

Detail-oriented

Organizational Skills

Education

MSW or Master’s degree in Social Services

Job description

Yamhill County has two regular full-time positions for a Crisis Social Worker (QMHP) in Adult Behavioral Health. In this position, you will be responsible for providing integrated behavioral health services using your training and experiences in evidence-based practices for adults with co-occurring mental health conditions. The clients that you will interact with may present with serious mental illness, trauma disorders, and/or moderate mental health conditions. Your duties will include intake assessments, crisis screenings in the clinic and community, effective case management, and community crisis assistance in partnership with local law enforcement. In addition to working closely with an integrated behavioral health team, you will also be expected to travel to local hospitals to assist with acute care placement recommendations, diagnosis and treatment planning activities, providing treatment to your assigned clients, and maintaining accurate treatment records.

This position may be filled as either an Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician or a Behavioral Health Clinician, depending on experience and credentialing.

Please see classification specifications below for details.

Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $6261 - $7934/month (DOE)

Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $5751 - $7351/month (DOE)

The Benefits:

Yamhill County offers generous employee benefits:

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $58.82/month for the current plan year.

Additional benefits for HHS employees:

• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.

The Qualifications:

Required: A MSW or master’s degree in a social services field from an accredited school is required in addition to:

Behavioral Health Clinician:

• One year of experience as a Human Services Specialist I.
• Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.
• Must qualify as a QMHP or CADC to work in respective fields.
• May require licensing.

Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician:

• Three years post-master’s experience.
• Active professional license in the state of Oregon as a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).
  • Or be a non-licensed QMHP with dual credentialing as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC I, II, or III).

Preferred:

• Licensed Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC).
  • It is expected that the individual in this position will be eligible to become a CADC candidate and to complete the CADC I requirements within their first two years of hire.
• Must have an NPI number or be able to obtain one upon employment.

Successful completion of a background check is also required.

The Candidate:

Do you have a working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services? Are you able to understand the behavior of people under stress? Do you possess excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, to develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, law enforcement agencies, the courts, and public and private administrators? If so, you are the type of candidate that we are looking for.

It is crucial that you are dependable, organized, self-directed, detail-oriented, and possess courteous, professional interpersonal communication skills to promote a positive workplace among our team, your coworkers, clients, and the general public. The work you will do in this role will be