Mental Health Therapist

Job Title: Mental Health Therapist

Department/Program: Outpatient

Location: Milwaukie

Job Type: In-person

Reports to: Clinical Supervisor/Manager

FLSA status: Full Time/Exempt/Salaried

Salary:

• Unlicensed
  : $31.74/hr - $34.93/hr (66,000/yr - 72,600/yr)
• Bilingual Spanish
  : $34.59/hr - $38.07/hr (71,900/yr - 79,100/yr)
• Licensed
  : $33.64/hr - $37.03/hr (69,900/yr - 77,000/yr)
• Bilingual Spanish
  : $36.67/hr - $40.36/hr (76,200/yr - 83,900/yr)

Morrison Child and Family Services: 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 Mental Health Therapist (MHT) provides outpatient mental health and/or substance use treatment services for children, adolescents, and their families, in a clinic setting. The responsibilities of the MHT include assessments, treatment planning, individual, family, and group therapy. Therapists work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team and represent the organization and its values.

• Provides individual, group, and family therapy services. Completes all clinical documentation in accordance with state, federal and organizational requirements, with an emphasis on collaborative documentation.
• Provides case management and coordinates referrals to community resources. Assists clients with completion of necessary paperwork to facilitate access to services and funding sources essential to completion of the established plan of care.
• Recognizes personal strengths and limitations, feelings and needs.
• Verbally and non‑verbally de‑escales crisis situations in a manner that protects dignity and integrity.
• Uses scheduled supervision constructively, seeks feedback to improve performance, and accepts and utilizes feedback to improve outcomes.
• Models safe language and demonstrates appropriate boundaries with peers, clients, and families. Intervenes and provides support when staff, clients or families are unsafe with language or behaviors.
• Is present and punctual for work and/or meetings. Works well within a team environment, sharing workload, credit, and opportunities.
• Demonstrates a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
• Participates in staff development, in‑services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma‑informed behavioral healthcare organization.
• Completes other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department.

• Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge appropriate to the mental health treatment of children birth to 18 (e.g., DSM‑5, general counseling skills, therapeutic interventions etc.).
• Implements intervention strategies consistent with client information and goals.
• Behaves professionally (demeanor, dress, language, commitments, etc.).
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize professional limitations and seeks supervision when appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in assessing suicide risk factors and facilitating screening and triage.
• Demonstrates sufficient knowledge to support clients experiencing a mental health crisis including de‑escalation techniques and facilitating access to appropriate crisis services.
• Understands and complies with mandatory reporting requirements. Uses developmentally appropriate and trauma‑informed approach to follow agency protocol for assessment and intervention.

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