Mental Health Clinician (Bilingual Spanish) at Morrison Child and Family Services
Morrison Child and Family Services · Portland, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Professional
- Office in Portland
TITLE: Mental Health Clinician - Bilingual Spanish
POSITION: Full Time /Exempt
DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: ORR
JOB TYPE: Full Time/Part Time
LOCATION: Hybrid (Onsite - Downtown Shelter)
REPORTS TO: Program Director or Clinical Supervisor
SALARY: Unlicensed - $30.07/hr. - $33.13/hr. ($62,500/yr. - $68,900/yr.)
(Licensed - $31.72/hr. - $34.95/hr.) ($65,900/yr. - $72,600/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
Seeking Mental Health Clinician to provide individual and group counseling services and assessments for Morrison’s shelter Mi Futuro serving immigrant youth.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ORR Immigrant Youth Services - Shelter Our shelter is well equipped to comfortably house and care for up to 25 youth at a time. The youth are place in our residential facility by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with the main purpose of assessing and completing family reunification in a timely manner. In our residential facility, the youth have access to education, medical, case management, mental health, legal and religious services. The shelter serves adolescent boys and girls (13– 17 years of age) who primarily arrive from Latin American countries, and occasionally from other countries such as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.
ORR Immigrant Youth Services - Shelter Our shelter is well equipped to comfortably house and care for up to 25 youth at a time. The youth are place in our residential facility by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with the main purpose of assessing and completing family reunification in a timely manner. In our residential facility, the youth have access to education, medical, case management, mental health, legal and religious services. The shelter serves adolescent boys and girls (13– 17 years of age) who primarily arrive from Latin American countries, and occasionally from other countries such as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Position 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 including best practice suicide risk assessments and flight risk assessments
- Provides ongoing individual and group counseling services and ability to conduct a mental status examination, and when appropriate, may complete a DSM diagnosis
- 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
- 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.
Experience/Education Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work with clinical experience in the program, or Master’s degree in psychology, sociology, 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 preferred
Preferred Qualifications: (Additional skills, experience, or education that are not required but would make a candidate especially well-suited for the job).
- Experience working in an environment serving clients who are struggling with severe emotional and mental health related disorders
- Ability to follow HIPAA guidelines, federal regulations and Morrison policy
- Ability to regularly attend scheduled shift, be punctual for scheduled shifts and meetings, and be in a condition suitable for assuming responsibilities of position
- Skills in assessing and treating disturbed adolescents
- Knowledge of Federal, State and agency regulations
Other Requirements
- Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion.
- 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/
- Proof of Vaccination (MMR, Varicella, DTap & Influenza annually)
- May need to travel with youth on occasion on airplane or company vehicles.
- Position may require working at multiple ORR Program sites
- Current CPR and Standard First Aid required
- 40 hours of required training per year
Working Conditions:
Environment: Work is done in clinical offices, community settings, including Morrison Residential, administration buildings, public locations, and social service sites. Breaks and meals are subject to interruption. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, exposure to disease, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.
Mental demands: Work assigned is diverse and may involve addressing new and unique circumstances. The work might be unpredictable and disrupts planned tasks, requiring flexible time management.
Physical demands: Ability to remain calm and emotionally available serving youth, adults and or families who have experienced trauma. Proficient with office equipment and physical movement. Ability to perform physical interventions if needed in accordance with program and training. Physical dexterity for reaching, stooping, and repetitive wrist and hand motions.
All Morrison programs and services are accredited by The Joint Commission, a nationally recognized standards-setting and accreditation body for health care. Morrison is also certified as a trauma-informed organization by the Sanctuary Institute. Certification recognizes our dedication to providing a trauma-informed culture and environment for children, families and staff through implementing Sanctuary values, commitments, and tools.
We are an Affirmative Action Plan Employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. In compliance with our Affirmative Action Plan, Morrison uses E-Verify to determine employment eligibility after an offer is accepted.
Applications will be reviewed as received. Morrison reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any point during the posting period.
Morrison employees are offered a variety of benefits including Medical, Vision, Dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employer-Paid Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
If your personal values align with our agency's vision and dedication to serving youth and families, please submit your résumé, application, and cover letter to www.morrisonkids.org/careers.
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