Mental Health Therapist; Community Based

Department/Program:
Outpatient

Reports to:

Clinical Supervisor/Manager

Work location:

Home Base
- Beaverton

FLSA status:
Exempt/Salaried

Salary:

• Unlicensed
  • $34.91/hr.
    
    - $38.42/hr. ($72,600/yr.
    
    - $79,900/yr.)
  • (Bilingual Spanish) $37.76/hr.
    
    - $41.57/hr. ($78,500/yr.
    
    - $86,400/yr.)
• Licensed
  • $37.00/hr.
    
    - $40.73 /hr. ($76,900/yr.
    
    - $84,700/yr.)
  • (Bilingual Spanish) $40.03/hr.
    
    - $44.06/hr. ($83,200/yr.
    
    - $91,600/yr.)

We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:

• Nonviolence
  -being safe and doing the right thing
• Emotional Intelligence
  -managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
• Social Learning
  -respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
• Democracy
  -shared decision making whenever possible
• Open Communication
  -saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
• Social Responsibility
  -everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
• Growth and Change
  -creating hope for our clients and ourselves

The Community Based Mental Health Therapist (MHT) will provide in-home and community-based comprehensive and individualized mental health services to youth, ages 2-18, and their families. These services include assessment, treatment planning, safety planning, individual and family therapy, as well as crisis support, care coordination, and case management. This position will be part of a multi-disciplinary team including therapists, skills trainers, case managers, and a licensed medical provider.

Our Community-Based Program is meant to provide short-term (3-9 months) intensive services for clients experiencing acute behavioral health and crisis response needs. Each therapist carries a caseload of 8-10 clients who reside in the Portland-Metro area.

This position requires candidates to drive throughout the workday, to clients’ homes in Multnomah and parts of Clackamas counties.

In-house Licensure supervision toward LCSW, LPC and LMFT is provided!

• Provides mental health services for youth, ages 2-18, and their families: assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, individual, and family therapy.
• Provides case management, crisis support, safety planning, coordination of care, referrals to ancillary and/or specialty services, and group therapy, as needed.
• Shares in being part of the team’s on-call rotation. Each clinician is on call for one week at a time, with a backup supervisor for support.
• Completes all clinical documentation in accordance with state, federal and organizational requirements, emphasizing collaborative documentation.
• Applies knowledge of the local mental health system and collaborates with partners such as Coordinated Care organizations, Department of Human Services, Wraparound Services, Primary Care Providers, Emergency Departments/Services, and other Mental Health Providers.
• Abides by the appropriate code of ethics and follows all of Morrison’s policies and procedures.
• Is present and punctual for work, supervision, and/or meetings. Works well within a team environment, sharing workload, credit, and opportunities.
• Is aware of Morrison Compliance Program including Compliance Officer, Compliance Standards of Conduct, and Employee Compliance Hotline. Understands Compliance Standards of Conduct and signs attestation document. Completes all assigned compliance, HIPAA, client privacy, and fraud, waste, and abuse training. Knows how to report any client privacy or fraud, waste, or abuse concerns.
• Completes other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of…