Behavioral Health Specialist II, South

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

Deschutes County Health Services supports over 400 staff in Behavioral and Public Health programs working to promote and protect the health and safety of the community in a broad variety of community-based settings.

Deschutes County Behavioral Health (DCBH) is the Community Mental Health Program providing safety net and core clinical services for community members in Deschutes County dealing with mental health and substance use conditions. DCBH is also a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). As such, DCBH relies on multi‑disciplinary teams to provide innovative, evidence-based, recovery‑oriented services in behavioral healthcare settings co‑located with physical health providers.

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We know where you choose to live, work and play matters. Deschutes County is one of the largest employers in Central Oregon and the largest municipal government in the region. Our dedicated and passionate workforce of more than 1,250 employees provide County services in a number of departments, divisions, and offices.

Located in the heart of Central Oregon, between the towering Cascade Mountain Range to the west and the high desert plateau to the east, Deschutes County is the outdoor recreation capital of Oregon. We enjoy a renowned quality of life, with big‑city opportunities and small‑town neighborhoods.

We hope you’ll consider joining our talented team.

As a part of the South County Behavioral Health team, the Behavioral Health Specialist II primarily provides individual and group counseling, assessment and service planning services to children and teens as well as some adults. This position will have the opportunity to provide outpatient services to a diverse group of individuals with mental health and co‑occurring medical and/or substance use conditions.

This includes children, teens and adults with a variety of diagnoses or experiences including, but not limited to anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, Bi‑polar disorder, and psychosis. In addition to being skilled at providing individual and group counseling, a successful candidate is willing and able to provide integrated health interventions, family‑focused treatment services, case management services, lead therapy groups, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Our team provides collaborative team‑based care, so you will work closely with case managers, WRAP coordinators, peer support specialists, psychiatry providers and RNs for treatment planning and service coordination. We offer a variety of services to clients within an episodic model of care, so that our focus is on stabilizing clients and readying them to graduate from our care and move to a lower level of care, when indicated.

This position works as part of an outpatient approach from our South County Clinic in La Pine. Services will be provided face‑to‑face in the clinic or community (such as in the schools), via video, and over the phone.

• Providing individual and group services to children and families.
• Prepare comprehensive assessments using the DSM‑V‑TR, service plans, and progress notes.
• Provide crisis risk assessment, crisis care, and safety plans.
• Coordination with medical providers, child welfare, and other community partners.
• Collaboration with other Deschutes County Behavioral Health teams.

• Preparing concise and complete assessments, service plans and documentation related to client treatment, progress and services in a timely and professional manner.
• Working effectively both independently and in a team setting within a rural community.
• Screening, assessing and diagnosing clients for services.
• Implementing…