Community Counselor III; Outreach

Community Counselor III (Housing Outreach)
** Job Overview
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* Location:

** Garlington Center in NE Portland.
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* Schedule:

** Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
** Program**:
Housing Outreach The Counselor III, Community plays a critical role within Cascadia, ensuring timely and effective behavioral health assessments and service planning, individual and group interventions and, developing case presentations for the team. This position provides and coordinates a wide range of supportive and therapeutic mental health services for individuals who experience severe mental illnesses and addiction issues.

This position must understand, appreciate, and respect the differences within our Cascadia community. As such, it is expected that this position promotes integrated care, our vision of trauma-informed and person-first approaches and helps create a work environment of acceptance.
** Essential Duties
*** This position description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties as necessary.
*** General*
* · Complete timely and implement comprehensive behavioral health assessments for new and ongoing clients.
· Conduct diagnostic evaluations using DSM-5 criteria to inform individualized treatment planning.
· Complete and implement treatment plans and other clinically indicated assessments, including annual reviews.
· Engage clients and their support systems in the development of person-centered service plans, incorporating goals that reflect client priorities and address social determinants of health.
· Assist clients in developing and accessing natural community supports and community services; promote inclusion of family or identified supports in treatment planning.
· Monitor and revise service plans based on client progress, evolving needs, and interdisciplinary team input.
· Provide individual and group counseling, including community-based interventions, consistent with service plans.
· Provide advocacy services to help clients secure benefits, housing, medical, and emergency services, and remove barriers to obtaining and maintaining housing.
· Promote illness self-management and recovery throughout treatment.
· Facilitate family/support person sessions and conduct termination sessions as appropriate.·
· Offer psychoeducation and link clients and families to external resources as needed.
· Collaborate with hospitals to support client discharge planning and continuity of care.
· Partner with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate, monitor, and evaluate services that address clients' health, social, and other needs while minimizing care gaps and preventing duplication.
· Ensure clients receive comprehensive care by collaborating with medical, psychiatric, housing, and other service providers.
· Connect clients with appropriate staff or community resources for additional support.
· Offer clinical guidance and support to team members, promoting collaborative problem-solving and service quality.
· Respond to client crises, providing assessments and interventions aimed at de-escalation and stabilization.
** Regulatory & Compliance*
* · Comply with and implement regulations, policies, and procedures under which the program operates.
· Assist in crisis situations as appropriate, following emergency protocols/procedures and coordinating with the treatment team with interventions which support a trauma informed environment for residents and staff.
· Respect and honor client rights and responsibilities and demonstrate professional boundaries and ethics.
· Document and maintain clinical records in a manner that assures compliance with all agency policies and procedures…