QMHP -- BFOQ Female only (Baker City, OR)

QMHP -- BFOQ Female only

Program Recovery Village Baker House Exempt Non-Exempt Non-Exempt Class Title QMHP Qualified Mental Health Specialist II Effective Date General Purpose Provides culturally competent and appropriate behavioral health treatment for assigned individuals. Provides counseling and education for individuals couples families and groups. Supervision Received Works under the direct supervision of the Clinical Director Program Director. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Conducts individual group and family counseling for individuals needing mental health services. Provides crisis intervention counseling evaluations and related services. Provides consultation education and information to community agencies that routinely come in contact with individuals with mental or emotional disturbances such as community providers police agencies hospital and emergency rooms and emergency shelters. Governed by a code of ethics of the individual s professional discipline including rules of confidentiality working knowledge and techniques of comprehensive community mental health services and the relationship of all mental health disciplines to the field of community of psychiatry skill in dealing with mentally ill developmentally disabled and alcohol or drug addicted persons and able to understand the behavior of people under stress ability to develop cooperative relationships with patients their families and the community ability to maintain a relationship with physicians law enforcement agencies the court public and private administrators and the community in general ability to interpret community mental health services ability to prepare concise and complete patient treatment and progress records. Conducts comprehensive evaluations and diagnostic evaluations develops treatment plans which may include the delivery of medical and mental health services to include prescribed medications and the maintenance of medication supplies. Maintains liaison with key community agencies that service people with severe and or persistent mental emotional or behavioral disturbances. Provides psychotherapy counseling and case management services to individuals couples families and groups. This includes interviews to accumulate pertinent data assess patient problems and develops treatment plans. Counseling and psychotherapy may include working with assigned individuals developing communication skills doing assertiveness training providing behavior modification programs and monitoring the effects of prescribed medications. Actively participates in joint case planning and coordination with internal multidisciplinary team and agency psychiatrists. Performs joint case planning and coordination in areas of behavioral health with other community agencies such as schools group homes community detention facility community medical hospital and other Department of Human Service programs. Works with other staff and community representatives to initiate new programs reviews evaluates and revises existing programs as necessary. Provides behavioral health education and information to various interest groups. Develops and conducts various groups and classes providing intensive group therapy. Utilizes agency clinical software system to prepare current client records of treatment and reports as necessary and required. Responsible for maintenance and timeliness of all records (i.e. mental health assessments treatment plans progress notes level of care instruments etc) and other required documentation. Assists and or provides back-up support with screening referral and crisis services as needed and directed by supervisor. Participates in team meetings as scheduled or assigned. Must have the ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally. Must interact amiably with co-workers individuals and outside contacts. PERIPHERAL DUTIES As assigned. DESIRED REQUIREMENTS Working towards professional licensure either LCSW or LPC. Must obtain certification from the Department of Human Services as a Mental Health Investigator and or Mental Health Examiner. PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS Journey-level professional counseling position with an M.A. degree plus two years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED Computer 10-key phone system copy machine. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand walk and use hands to finger handle feel or operate object or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit climb or balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl and talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The working environment is representative of those a New Directions Northwest Inc. employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet during indoor operations. The position requires the employee to dress in a professional manner that meets the standards for professional employees of Baker County. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY THE EMPLOYER AS THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYER AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB CHANGE.