Mental Health Care Professional

Mental Health Care Professional

Our Commitment to Equity The Y actively promotes a culture free from bias and injustice. We are dedicated to removing institutional and systemic barriers that result in oppression and racism. We will be accountable to marginalized communities for creating equitable and sustainable environments where social justice is woven into every facet of our programs, and by caring for our communities in a culturally versatile and respectful manner.

The Mental Health Care Professional provides comprehensive, short-term crisis outreach services to children and families experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Services are provided in the family home, school or other convenient location for the family. The MHCP works as part of a team to stabilize the initial crisis, provide intensive support and link the family to ongoing formal and informal support systems.

This position can be based in either Auburn and Central Seattle.

This position is at the Social Impact Center Y, the social services branch of YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS). The mission of the Social Impact Center Y is to accelerate young people's ability to build safe, successful, and happy lives. Every year, we serve 5,000 children, youth, young adults, and families across King County with programs that aim to strengthen young people's ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors;

navigating systems towards successful life transition; ensuring stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center Y's programs include housing, behavioral health, foster care licensing, violence prevention, education, and employment. Many of the young people we serve have had involvement in the foster care, criminal justice system, and/or homelessness systems.

This is a full-time, hourly position.

What you'll get from working at The Y:

• Membership to the YMCA of Greater Seattle for you and your household
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Retirement with generous employer contributions
• Free access to mental health resources
• Rapidly accruing paid time off (PTO)
• Discounts on qualifying YMCA of Greater Seattle childcare, day camp, overnight camp and outdoor leadership programs. 25% for part-time staff, 50% for full-time staff

* Some benefits only available to full-time staff

Hiring Range: $28.00 - $31.00/hour

Responsibilities:

• Provides immediate, short-term, acute crisis intervention services to families in King County to prevent out of home care and safely divert psychiatric hospitalization for children and youth.
• On a rotating schedule, provides on-call crisis coverage for incoming referrals and current clients experiencing crisis.
• Triages and prioritizes emergent outreaches and calls based on level of risk.
• Conducts a mental health assessment at the initial outreach to determine level of risk and develops safety plans based on the assessment which may include coordination with Designated Crisis Responders, voluntary hospitalization, Family Initiated Treatment or less restrictive options (to be reviewed by CIS or Supervisor).
• Provides crisis and stabilization services in homes, schools and other community locations of families.
• This role will have job duties that reflect that of Peers and Advocates
• Meets each child and family with the appropriate urgency, frequency and intensity for their crisis.
• Coordinates with other MRSS (Mobile Response Stabilization Services) team members to develop and implement a family driven Action Plan to meet priority needs.
• Takes a leadership role to provide training and mentoring to new Parent Partners and/or Family Advocates.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Code of Conduct for Applicants:

All employees and volunteers are responsible for adhering to abuse prevention policies, maintaining appropriate boundaries, completing required training, reporting suspicious or inappropriate behavior, and complying with mandated reporting requirements.

Responsible for ensuring staff are properly screened, trained, supervised and held accountable to the organization's abuse risk management standards.

Qualifications:

• A Washington State registered Agency Affiliated Counselor.
• A bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in mental health or related field or 4 years of experience in mental health or a related field.
• Completed all required training.
• Minimum three years of experience working with teens or young adults in foster care, group care, housing, education, juvenile justice, anti-poverty, vocational support, mental health, chemical dependency and/or homelessness fields.
• Ability to teach effective independence skills for a variety of learning styles and to plan supportive activities.
• Strong youth engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including skills in coaching and giving/receiving feedback.
• Strong…