BA Counselor Bilingual- Khmer/Cambodian

Amherst H Wilder Founda•St. Paul, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position where you will join Wilder’s multidisciplinary Community Mental Health and Wellness team as a mental health provider. You will provide clinical service delivery that supports the community’s mental wellness. You will participate as a member of the Community Mental Health team in providing Adult Targeted Case Management (TCM) to assigned clients who meet program eligibility. Principle accountabilities will include assessment, treatment planning, service engagement, crisis intervention, documentation, case coordination to include providing integrated care by coordinating services with other healthcare professions, monitoring of services, information and referral, conduct home visits, and teamwork. Responsibilities may also include providing work direction and program and/or project leadership. Experience working within a culturally specific program is required. You must be Bilingual in Hmong/English, Karen/English, Khmer/English or Vietnamese/English. You will explain documents/information to clients with marginal English language skills, as needed. You will complete required documentation such as client progress and services delivered. Wilder is a first-implementer Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). As part of this innovative model of mental health care, you will collaborate closely with other service partners in ensuring coordinated, integrated care for clients and their families. Wilder is known nationally for its culturally-specific mental health services. Join a team who brings their diverse identities, cultures, lived experiences and skills to provide mental health and wellness services that are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and impactful for the whole family.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related Behavioral Health Degree is Required.
Must have at least 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services and have received regular ongoing supervision and clinical supervision totaling 38 hours per year, of which at least one hour per month must be clinical supervision regarding individual service delivery with a case management supervisor.
OR without 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of mental health services to persons with mental illness must: begin 40 hours of training approved by the commissioner of human services in case management skills and in the characteristics and needs of persons with mental illness before beginning to provide case management services; and receive clinical supervision regarding individual service delivery from a mental health professional at least one hour each week until the requirement of 2,000 hours of experience is met.
Without a bachelor's degree must meet one of the requirements below - have three or four years of experience as a case manager associate; be a registered nurse without a bachelor's degree who has a combination of specialized training in psychiatry and work experience consisting of community interaction and involvement or community discharge planning in a mental health setting totaling three years; or be a person who qualified as a case manager under the 1998 Department of Human Services waiver provision and meets the continuing education, supervision, and mentoring requirements in this section.
An immigrant who does not have the qualifications specified in this subdivision may provide case management services to adult immigrants with serious and persistent mental illness who are members of the same ethnic group as the case manager if the person: is currently enrolled in and is actively pursuing credits toward the completion of a bachelor's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or a related field including, but not limited to, social work, psychology, or nursing from an accredited college or university; completes 40 hours of training as specified in this subdivision; and receives clinical supervision at least once a week until the requirements of this subdivision are met.
Foundation Driver required – the essential functions of the job require that the incumbent(s) drive Foundation vehicles, Foundation clients, or both. Those that are designated as Foundation Driver required will have an implied driver’s license requirement as well.
Must be Bilingual in Hmong/English, Karen/English, Khmer/English or Vietnamese/English.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within a culturally specific program.

Responsibilities

Participate as a member of the Community Mental Health team in providing Adult Targeted Case Management (TCM) to assigned clients who meet program eligibility.
Assessment, treatment planning, service engagement, crisis intervention, documentation, case coordination to include providing integrated care by coordinating services with other healthcare professions, monitoring of services, information and referral, conduct home visits, and team work.
Providing work direction and program and/or project leadership.
Explain documents/information to clients with marginal English language skills, as needed.
Complete required documentation such as client progress and services delivered.
Collaborate closely with other service partners in ensuring coordinated, integrated care for clients and their families.