Vocational Mental Health Therapist - PACT Outreach

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FTE: 1.0    Shift: Day/Swing     Schedule: Varies

The position will begin with a standard Monday through Friday dayshift.  However, as the program grows and needs evolve, candidates will need to adapt to a schedule that provides adequate coverage, including evenings and weekends, that meets requirements of fidelity.  More information on this will be discussed at interview.

PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery. The multidisciplinary team shares a caseload of individuals who experience symptoms of the most serious forms of mental illness, predominantly but not exclusively the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Many individuals also experience substance abuse, victimization and trauma, psychiatric hospitalizations, arrests and incarceration, homelessness, and additional significant challenges. The symptoms and complications of mental illnesses lead to serious functioning difficulties in several areas of life, often including work, social relationships, residential independence, money management, and physical health and wellness.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team including mental health professionals, nurses, prescribers, peer counselors, SUD specialists, and vocational staff.

• Deliver recovery-oriented services such as case management, treatment planning, resource assistance, crisis intervention, and group/individual services.

• Assist clients in identifying and accessing resources and collaborate with community resources on behalf of clients.

• Assist clients in the development of healthy coping mechanisms in individual or group settings.

• Conduct risk assessments, develop and implement safety plans, and provide crisis intervention and stabilization services as needed, including facilitating access to inpatient facilities for behavioral health care.

• Provide ongoing support to clients in their homes and community environments.

• Participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation and deliver after-hours support as needed.

This position requires regular driving and mobility in community settings. 

Position Summary

The Vocational Mental Health Therapist (VMHT) for the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) serves clients with severe and persistent mental health challenges whose employability or job adjustment may be impaired by physical, mental, behavioral or other impairment conditions. The VMHT prepares adult clients for work activities and/or jobs in their communities by delivering counseling and case management services and partnering with the local business community to determine a job match and/or create customized employment. The VMHT maintains a client caseload following established treatment guidelines and agency policies and procedures by providing evidence-based therapeutic intervention that are individually matched to the needs of each client, provides referrals to other services and programs in the community as needed, and actively advocates on behalf of the client.

Incumbents are required to participate in an on-call schedule and perform scheduled work outside of normal business hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health related field or four (4) years of experience working with people with disabilities or a combination of education and experience required
• Must be eligible and apply for a Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor within 30 days and obtain within 90 days of placement in job, unless a higher credential is held
• Current Washington state driver’s license
• Minimum one (1) years of experience providing mental health counseling services preferred
• Experience in job development for individuals with mental health disabilities
• Proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle report from the appropriate state

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employees
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” for several years running
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $28.13 - $40.49 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.