Assertive Community Treatment Therapist

PLEASE NOTE:

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

Yamhill County HHS Community Support Services Programs has one regular, full-time position for a behavioral health clinician (QMHP or licensed clinician) to work in the Yamhill County Community Support Services division providing integrated mental health and substance use services as part of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. This position will work within a multidisciplinary, community-based team to support adults achieve wellness and recovery.

Responsibilities include providing high fidelity treatment in alignment with the current ACT fidelity model; direct treatment management of assigned clients; participation in diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment planning; case management, care coordination, counseling, and/or consultation with community partners and state resources. For more information about the ACT model and the Tool for Measurement of ACT (TMACT) scale visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). HHS is a National Health Service Corp (NHSC) and Oregon Office of Rural Health approved site for candidates seeking loan repayment opportunities.

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

Please see classification specifications below for details.

Advanced Practice Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $6450 - $8171/month (DOE)

Behavioral Health Clinician Salary: $5925 - $7571/month (DOE)

Yamhill County offers generous employee benefits:

• 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 current plan year . *

• $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).

This position requires a master's degree from an accredited school in social work, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, or a related field and
:

• 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 QMHP or CADC, to work in respective fields.
• May require licensing.

• Three (3) 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.

The successful candidate must have an NPI number or the ability to obtain one upon employment. Additional preference will be given to those that are bilingual in English and Spanish, successful candidates will be required to pass a skills test. Will be subject to successful completion of a background check.

The successful candidates must have a working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services and the following abilities: to understand the behavior of people under stress; to develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, law enforcement agencies, the courts, and public and private administrators; to interpret community mental health and chemical dependency services, and to prepare concise and complete client treatment and progress records.

Typing and computer proficiency are required for collaborative documentation. Additionally, the successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, and will 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.

• Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits); and
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal procurement…