General Outpatient Therapist

PLEASE NOTE:

Salary is dependent on experience. Yamhill County typically hires between steps 1-4

Yamhill County has two regular full-time positions for a General Outpatient Therapist (QMHP) to provide integrated behavioral health services using training and experience in evidence-based practices for adults with co-occurring mental health conditions such as serious mental illness, trauma disorders, and/or moderate mental health conditions. Duties will include providing treatment to assigned clients, diagnosis and treatment planning activities, maintaining accurate treatment records, effective case management, while working closely with an integrated behavioral health team.

We are actively working on being a trauma-informed agency. This position provides a great opportunity for professional development and advancement in clinical skills.

These positions may be filled as either an Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician or a Behavioral Health Clinician, depending on experience and credentialing.

• Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician: $6,450 – $8,171/month (DOE)
• Behavioral Health Clinician: $5,925 – $7,571/month (DOE)

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8‑hr day).*
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) – 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $70.18/month for PPA or $0/month for HMO during the current plan year 2025‑2026.*

Additional benefits for Human Services Staff (HHS) employees:

• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.*

* Subject to the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement (7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026).

Required

MSW or master's degree in a social services field from an accredited school is required in addition to:

• One year of experience as a Human Services Specialist I.
• Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.
• Must qualify as a QMHP or CADC to work in respective fields.
• May require licensing.

• Three years post‑master's experience.
• Active professional license in the state of Oregon as a Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP).
• Or be a non‑licensed QMHP with dual credentialing as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC I, II, or III).

Preference will be given to those applicants with training and experience in evidence‑based practices and experience providing intensive mental health and addictions services in a community‑based setting. Additional preference may be given to those fluent in English and Spanish.

The successful candidate must have an NPI number or the ability to obtain one upon employment and will be subject to successful completion of a background check.

To be successful in this role you must have a working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services and the following abilities.

• Understand the behavior of people under stress.
• Develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, law enforcement agencies, the courts, and public and private administrators.
• Interpret community mental health and chemical dependency services, and prepare concise and complete client treatment and progress records.

Typing and computer proficiency are required for collaborative documentation. Additionally, you should have excellent communication skills, be dependable, organized, self‑directed, detail‑oriented, and possess the ability to work in a team environment and to interact with co‑workers, clients, and the public in a courteous, professional manner.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification with or without accommodation.

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