QMHP Swing Shift Crisis Specialist

• Annual salary range of:
  • QMHP – Health Care Professional 2: $69,716.88 – $
  • QMHP – Health Care Professional 3: $73,881.87 – $

Benton County is seeking dedicated and passionate Qualified Mental Health Professionals (QMHP) to join our Crisis Team.

This position provides phone and face-to-face crisis screening, assessment, and referral involving a variety of situations including high-risk children and adults needing hospital, residential or respite care. Clinician may perform a variety of treatment services for clients including, but not limited to, crisis interventions and assessments, safety planning, care coordination, case management, and follow up care. This position would require becoming a director’s designee in Benton County within 60 days of starting in this position.

The workload has variety, and this environment allows for your working hours to be fluid and dynamic. Our QMHP Crisis Specialists work closely with Case Managers, Peer Support Specialists, and Behavioral Health Technicians to coordinate appropriate responses and services for clients from a multi-discipline team approach. We also coordinate services with numerous community partners including law enforcement, 911 dispatch, hospitals, schools, and other mental/physical health care clinics.

for a complete list of the duties, responsibilities and physical requirements of this position. This position will work Monday – Friday 1:30pm-10:30pm. Will be required to work some holidays

First review of applications will be September 21, 2026.

Applications submitted after this date may or may not be considered. Please note that this recruitment may close at any time after the first review date.

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Apply theory in behavioral health and addictions diagnosis.
• Plan and implement intervention programs.
• Handle crisis situations.
• Work effectively both independently and in a team setting.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, clients and their families, other agencies and the public at all times.
• Collaborate with team members.
• Act professionally with regard to code of ethics and confidentiality.

Knowledge of or experience with:

• Community behavioral health and addictions concepts.
• Client assessment and case management.
• Treatment services, planning and protocols.
• Behavioral health disorders and diagnostic classifications.
• Psychological, sociological and psychiatric theories.

• Well-developed human relations skills with an appreciable interpersonal sensitivity and awareness of client situations and values.
• Interviewing and counseling skills.
• Writing skills to prepare clear and concise reports.

Please Note:

An employee working at the Crisis Center will be assigned a scheduled shift.

• The shift assignments will be either Day, Swing, or Night. Employees will be paid a shift differential according to their assigned shift.
• 6:00 am – 9:00 am;
  Days – None
• 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm;
  Swing – 9%
• 9:00 pm – 12:00 am;
  Nights – 12%
• All differentials paid are calculated on the base salary of the employee’s current wage.
• The department reserves the right to assign mental health stand by duties as operationally needed.
• This position can be filled at a level 2 or 3, depending on qualifications.

• $4,000 Hiring Bonus
  • One-time incentive for employees assigned to the Crisis Center to be paid after completion of probationary period
• Training and Licensure support!
  • $1,000 annual Training Budget available
  • Reimbursement for Licensure fees or MHACBO certification available
• Generous time off to maintain a healthy work-life balance!
  • 11 Paid Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays + 8 hours of vacation accrual every month + sick leave. Vacation accrual increases with…