Mental Health Clinician

• Unlicensed: $30.07/hr. - $33.13/hr. ($62,500/yr. - $68,900/yr.)
• Licensed: $33.65/hr. - $36.41/hr. ($69,900/yr. - $75,700/yr.)

• 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

Job Summary:

The Mental Health Clinician provides mental health assessments, with the ability to conduct a mental status examination, as well as provides ongoing individual and group counseling services, screens for human trafficking concerns, and provides crisis intervention services. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provides mental health assessments for unaccompanied youth 
• Provides ongoing individual and group counseling services 
• Screens for human trafficking concerns 
• Provides crisis intervention services 
•  Ability to conduct a mental status examination, and when appropriate, may complete a DSM diagnosis  
• Conducts best practice suicide risk assessments and flight risk assessments  
• Provides safety planning 
• Writes and supervises the implementation of an individual service plan
• May involve oversight of Bachelor Level Clinicians (QMHA) and graduate students
• Provides required documentation, services and external communication for youth on their caseload 
• Referrals for Psychiatric and Psychological services 
• Develops and facilitates transition plans for clients per ORR guidelines
• May help supervise children and youth in milieu, on outings, and to appointments outside facility 
• Attends and participates in regular staff and clinical meetings
• Coordinates with other service providers and participates in program development
• Attends outside workshops and agency trainings as part of professional development activities
• Adheres to program, agency and contract quality assurance standards
• Develops skills to work with diverse clientele from a multicultural perspective.
• Is aware of Morrison Compliance Program including Compliance Officer, Compliance Standards of Conduct, and Employee Compliance Hotline. Understands Compliance Standards of Conduct and signs attestation document. Completes all assigned compliance, HIPAA, client privacy, and fraud, waste, and abuse training. Knows how to report any client privacy or fraud, waste, or abuse concerns.
• 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.  

Competencies:

• Professionalism
• Applied Human Development
• Relationship and Communication
• Assessmen

Required Position Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work with clinical experience in the program, or Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, marriage and family counseling or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a program requirement,
• Bi-lingual in Spanish and English, written, read and verbal required. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish.
• Licensure or licensed eligible. Non-licensed staff must be actively working towards licensure while employed and attain licensure within 3 years of employment date.

Preferred Position Qualifications: 

• Ability to work effectively in an environment serving clients who are struggling with severe emotional and mental health related disorders
• Ability to exercise tact, discretion and judgment while working with a variety of people
• Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries while working with others and in handling confidential information
• Ability to work independently and seek out supervision as needed or required
• Ability to regularly attend scheduled shift, be punctual for scheduled shifts and meetings, and be in a condition suitable for assuming responsibilities of position
• Ability to follow HIPAA guidelines, federal regulations and Morrison policy
• Skills in assessing and treating disturbed adolescents
• Knowledge of treatment modalities and counseling methods
• Knowledge of Federal, State and agency regulations
• Visual acuity allowing for analysis of written data
• Manual dexterity allowing for operation of routine office equipment (computers, telephone, fax, copy machine, typewriter, calculator, etc.)
• Physical dexterity allowing for reaching, stooping, and repetitive motion of wrist, hand or fingers
• Conducts self in manner that is respectful to others and cognizant of cultural differences

Other Requirements:  

• Bloodborne Pathogens training is required
• Must pass criminal history check.
• Pass a criminal history background check though Morrison and a suitability determination investigation through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. For further information review:  https://www.opm.gov/suitability/suitability-and-credentialing-faqs/  
• Be in compliance with ORR’s vaccination requirements.
• Travel between program locations
• Meet agency driving requirements