Mental Health Professional (MHP) - Night Shift, CDF

Days Off: Sunday, Monday

Shift: Night

Shift Differential: $1.00 per hour

Insurance Benefits: Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage), Dental, Life, Long-term Disability

Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

Union Representation: This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

About DESC:

Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time. Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs, 19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.

Job Description:

The Crisis Solutions Center is a residential treatment facility that provides stabilization services to clients experiencing acute or ongoing behavioral health crises. Mental Health Professionals work within a multi-disciplinary team to create and implement detailed, recovery-oriented disposition plans; provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments; facilitate group and individual counseling; complete risk and safety assessments; ensure crisis resolution services are fully integrated with mental health, substance use, and primary care teams. With other staff, Mental Health Professionals will help develop and maintain a comprehensive list of community partners and client resources; participate in staff meetings and trainings; and maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Is familiar with Recovery Principles, Crisis Intervention and Stabilization, Integrated Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders, Intensive Case Management, Illness Management, Trauma-Informed Treatment, strengths-based client centered treatment, relevant Evidenced based/Emerging best practices, and strong working knowledge of DSM V.
• Participates in psychiatric consultation, supervision, program meetings and in-service trainings; participates in clinical reviews and case consults for clients admitted to the CSC.
• Completes and documents biopsychosocial assessments, risk and safety assessments, success plans, care conference outcomes, and other clinical support provided according to agency guidelines; provides one-on-one counseling with clients to support their stabilization.
• Creates and implements short-term care plans, develops client-driven goal planners and discharge dispositions; facilitates linkages to community resources and services as needed.
• Participates in verbal de-escalation and physical interventions in emergent situations. Work as a team to maintain a safe, therapeutic environment including 15-minute client wellness checks.
• Demonstrates DESC core values and professionalism in all client and staff interactions; follows agency clinical policies and procedures; participates in quality assurance reviews when assigned
• Ability to provide phone consolation for referents of the CSC, monitor office security cameras, answer phone calls, and other administrative duties
• Willingness to serve food, do laundry and change linens, help clean common areas, and occasionally clean up bodily fluids and biohazardous waste using appropriate PPE.
• Attend a 2-week onboarding process upon hiring and attending a full day of mandatory training during employment.
• Provides transportation for clients (such as appointments outside of CSC) when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.