Mental Health Care Coordinator (Internal title: FBH Clinical Care Coordinator) Salmon Creek

Ccsww • Vancouver, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Catholic Community Services, Family Behavioral Health is looking for a Mental Health Care Coordinator (Internal title: Clinical Care Coordinator) to join their team of innovators who explore and develop new approaches and implement novel strategies. Their teams provide individualized, creative, and flexible services, infused with evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies. They are a values-driven organization, providing family-oriented behavioral health care for children, youth, and families, primarily in their own homes and communities. Their enthusiastic clinical teams provide whatever is needed to help children and youth remain safely in their own homes with their family, restoring hope, providing intense mental health services and supports, and helping to strengthen family unity. With sites located in Western Washington including Vancouver/Portland Metro area, they offer comprehensive intensive, Wrap-around mental health services to a diverse population for youth and families. They employ almost 800 energetic and compassionate employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, behavioral sciences or equivalent, accredited degree.
• Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively within multi-cultural situations.
• Energetic, innovative style with the ability to engage children, youth and family members in services.
• Enthusiastic and optimistic approach, encouraging ongoing participation of all involved.
• Natural ability to work with others through a genuine strengths-based approach, appreciating unique qualities and assets of all involved.
• Passion for helping families stay together.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to visually assess safety within family homes.
• Ability to meet with clients and colleagues in homes and community locations.
• Ability to drive to our family homes within the community with reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and current automobile insurance with an acceptable driving record per CCS policy.
• Preference for a flexible schedule rather than a traditional, fixed, 8-5, Monday through Friday, facility-based position.
• Should be able to participate in on-call rotation responsibilities, which will be discussed in our screening process.
• Applicant must successfully pass required background clearances prior to an offer of employment.
• Support and uphold the mission, beliefs and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.

Nice To Haves

• Novelty seeker
• Seeks new ideas and creative approaches
• Tired of working 9-5
• Needs flexibility

Responsibilities

• Meet and engage the family communicating compassion, support, respect and enthusiasm for them and your role as a helper.
• Provide and/or arrange necessary crisis response and stabilization services, completing and communicating the safety/crisis plan with family and others.
• Prepare the family for next steps in the intervention (e.g., team development, planning process, natural supports, etc.).
• Customize helping approaches to fit the family’s uniqueness, personality, culture and interest.
• Provide intensive and strength based therapeutic mental health services and supports to children, youth and families in the community including: assessing for immediate safety and stabilization needs, treatment plan development, safety and crisis planning, child and family team meeting facilitation, on-going assessment and evaluation of current treatment planning strategies, goals, and outcomes.
• Brainstorm and negotiate strategies that build on child and family strengths.
• Consult with clinical supervisor, mental health specialists and others as needed and incorporate recommendations.
• Meet productivity and documentation standards using collaborative problem-solving strategies to ensure complete, accurate and strength-based documentation for all children/youth and families served.
• Respond to crises in a prompt, effective and collaborative manner.
• Provide and/or facilitate the provision of a range of therapeutic responses that support the overall plan (including individual and family therapies).
• Utilize parent/family expertise in problem solving around specific needs.
• Modify and adjust individual intervention techniques for each situation without changing the direction of the plan.
• Facilitate others, including a team, to implement the plan from beginning.
• Reevaluate, modify, and redesign plan based on new information.
• Inspire confidence in the child, family and other team members about their strengths and ability to transition successfully.
• Arrange and negotiate a process for ongoing formal and informal services and supports.
• Create and practice a plan for aftercare supports and response post CCS involvement.
• Participate in an on-call rotation with other Clinicians and Clinical Care Coordinators.
• This position will be based out of Family Behavioral Health Salmon Creek office, located in North Vancouver.
• This position requires scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of youth and families served.
• The services offered will be provided in community-based settings and in family homes.

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays; plus 1 personal holiday each year!
• 3 weeks' vacation per year
• 12 sick-days per year
• Medical Dental Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance (1 times annual salary)
• Retirement Plans: 403-B Employee Savings Plan and an Employer Contribution Pension
• Relocation Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level