Mental Health Therapist III

002 Sea Mar Community Health Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington State seeks a dedicated clinician to support counseling and recovery services. The role emphasizes empathy, client-centered care, and collaboration with the treatment team to address alcohol and drug addiction and mental health needs.

Responsibilities include counseling, documentation, and coordinating referrals while upholding regulatory standards. The position requires strong communication, integrity, and a commitment to social justice in a

Qualifications

• Ability to follow agency treatment policies and procedures and applicable regulations (federal, state, local).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to provide patient-centered counseling for emotional, social and behavioral issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group counseling for patients addressing emotional, social, and behavioral problems using approved treatment approaches.
• Complete daily clinical documentation and patient records per supervisor guidance.
• Collaborate with mental health technicians, clinicians, peer counselors, and discharge planners to tailor therapies to patient needs.
• Maintain knowledge of community resources and referral options.
• Uphold patient confidentiality and professional standards in all interactions.

Skills

Empathy

Client-focused

Communication

Integrity

Compassion

Social justice

Team collaboration

Job description

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.

We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally aware services.

Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include any or all of the following based on resident needs:

• Maintains professional standards and follows the treatment policies and procedures of the agency, as well as applicable federal, state and local regulations, especially WAC 246-337 requirements.
• Gains a thorough working knowledge of appropriate WAC's, WIG's and RCW's.
• Attends regular staff meetings and in-service training for clinical personnel.
• Completes all shift responsibilities as required, both on time and accurately.
• Follows each patient's individualized treatment program as designed and implemented by the treatment team.
• Works closely with Mental Health Technicians, Clinicians, Peer Counselor, and Discharge Planner in order to relate visual arts assignments to issues that the patient is addressing in treatment.
• Provides individual and group counseling for persons in the process of discovering and dealing with emotional, social and behavioral problems related to their alcohol and drug addiction and mental health problems, using both visual and performance arts as a medium of expression.
• Demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Able to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
• Completes daily record keeping, i.e., clinical documentation as directed by the Clinical Supervisor and Administrator, following the structure of the problem-oriented patient records system.
• Completes daily logging, Extraordinary Incident Reports (EIR's), medication logging (if trained), etc. on time and accurately.
• Provides all physical care of patients required to meet their physical and emotional needs, consistent with agency policy and applicable licensing WACS.
• Gains an accurate knowledge of available community and statewide referral resources.
• Maintains consistent and positive relationships with all collateral contacts.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions