Mental Health Therapist - Bilingual

Job Title:  Mental Health Therapist - Bilingual

Department/Program:  Outpatient

Job type: In-Person

Reports to:  Clinical Supervisor/Manager

Work location: Gresham

FLSA status: Exempt/Salaried

Salary: 

• Unlicensed : $34.59/hr. - $38.07/hr. (71,900/yr. - 79,100/yr.) 

• Licensed: $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 

Position Summary:

The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist position provides mental health treatment services to youth, ages 2-18, and their families. This is an in-person position that may provide services in-person or via telehealth. Therapists work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and their clients may also receive skills training, case management, SUD treatment services, and medication management from other Morrison providers. The therapist’s caseload size is dependent on their program (clinic, community-based, or school-based) and on the level of need (level of care) and engagement of each client on their caseload.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provides mental health services for youth, ages 2-18, and their families: assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, individual, and family therapy.
• Provides case management, crisis support, safety planning, coordination of care, referrals to ancillary and/or specialty services, and group therapy, as needed.
• Completes all clinical documentation in accordance with state, federal and organizational requirements, emphasizing collaborative documentation.
• Abides by the appropriate code of ethics and follows all of Morrison’s policies and procedures.
• Is present and punctual for work, supervision, and/or meetings. Works well within a team environment, sharing workload, credit, and opportunities.
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.    
• Participate 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 or department. 

Competencies: 

• Assessment and Diagnostic Skills: Training and knowledge in assessing and diagnosing mental health conditions in children using standardized tools and clinical judgment as evidenced by graduate program transcript and completion of Intake and Assessment training.
• Treatment Planning: Skill in collaboratively identifying measurable goals/objectives for treatment as evidenced by completion of the treatment planning training, supervisor observation, and supervisor review of clinical documentation.
• Basic Counseling Skills: Training and knowledge of basic counseling skills including active listening, being aware of nonverbal communication, and building rapport as evidenced by graduate program transcript.
• Privacy and Confidentiality: Understanding HIPAA and ensuring client confidentiality and privacy as evidenced by completion of Orientation Part II. 
• Suicide Prevention and Intervention: Demonstrates knowledge and skill in screening for suicide risk, conducting suicide risk assessments, and effectively triaging as evidenced by completion of Suicide Prevention and Intervention training and supervisor review of documentation.
• Crisis Intervention and Management: Demonstrates sufficient knowledge to support clients experiencing a mental health crisis including de-escalation techniques and facilitating access to appropriate crisis services as evidenced by completion of crisis intervention policy/procedure training, completion of de-escalation training, and supervisor review of clinical documentation.
• Mandatory Reporting: Understands and complies with mandatory reporting requirements. Uses developmentally appropriate and trauma informed approach to follow agency protocol for mandatory reporting as evidenced by completion of mandatory reporting training and supervisor review of clinical documentation.

Required Position Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or related field 
• Experience working with children and adolescents in a mental health, social services, educational, or other related setting.
• Bilingual in Spanish, both written and spoken. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish

Preferred Position Qualifications: 

• CADC Certification
• Current Oregon or other state behavioral health license
• Two years direct treatment experience with children and/or adolescents in a mental health setting

Other Requirements:

• Pass a DHS (Department of Human Services) criminal history background
• If driving for position, must meet agency driving requirement

Physical demands:

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50-75% of the time. (depending on ages of clients)

Work environment:

• May involve exposure to communicable diseases that can encompass a variety of infections and illnesses, including the common cold, flu, TB, Hepatitis A, B and/or C, meningitis, and HIV.
• May involve exposure to angry, upset, and/or severely traumatized children, adolescents and families.
• May require some crisis intervention and therapeutic de-escalation of children, resulting in the possibility of personal injury.
• Home-based work may involve exposure to environments that are not drug free/non-smoking. Outside weather conditions during travel time.