Thank you for your interest in the position with Coos County government.
At Coos Health & Wellness (CHW) we work Together, Inspiring Healthier Communities. Want to be part of a community dedicated to helping youth develop and be successful in life? Join our school-based mental health therapy team! If you enjoy working with school aged children the Mental Health Specialist II - School Therapist is a rewarding opportunity to work in an ever-changing environment based in the local School District and provides mental health services to children & adolescents under the direction of the district administrator and CHW.
What’s in it for you? We offer up to $6,000 relocation assistance. This position follows the school calendar with summers off. However, this position pays 12 months a year, with seamless health insurance. Full employer paid Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and Excellent Health Insurance for you and your family and Long Term Disability.
Coos Health & Wellness supports education leave and funding for ongoing training in the latest evidenced-based modalities. For those pursuing clinical licensure, supervision may be available or can be arranged. Associate registration is not required to begin working as a school-based therapist. Coos County offers a variety of unique school populations and sizes; with positions at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Here’s what you would be doing:
- Perform comprehensive mental health assessments with appropriate DSM-V_TR diagnosis for students, complete treatment plans and maintain progress notes.
- Observe and identify at risk students developing mental or emotional disorders, poor school performance, or self-destructive, or antisocial acts and initiate interventions. Provide mental health services to students with identified disorders.
- Collaboration with school administrators to advocate for mental health and help students with the challenges they face.
- Provide preventative interventions and treatment to resolve or minimize the impact of a disorder on the child/adolescent, the school and the community.
- Coordinate service plans with family, caregivers, medical, psychiatric and other providers.
- Evaluate and make appropriate community referrals.
- Facilitate social skills training in a group or classroom setting.
- Represent the comprehensive mental health program to the community to promote the interest and education in mental health.
- Maintain Quality Assurance standards as set by CCMHD.
Skills and experience we are seeking for this position include:
- Qualified Mental Health Professional or eligible; Masters degree in psychology, social work, counseling or other related behavioral health field; or Bachelors’ in nursing or occupational therapy with license and experience.
- Through knowledge of the techniques and principles of psychological, behavioral, and social disorders, skills dealing with the mentally ill and their families.
- Prefer 2 or more years post graduate experience providing clinical mental health services to children/adolescents. CADC, bi-lingual a plus.
- Skilled in providing treatment to individuals with psychological, behavioral, and social disorders. Ability to develop a cooperative relationship with families, physicians and other parties involved in treatment.
- Ability to learn/utilize computer medical record systems and general office equipment.
Coos Health & Wellness is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $62,904.00 - $73,584.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- No weekends
- Overtime
Education:
Experience:
- post graduate: 2 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Coos Bay, OR 97420 (Required)
Work Location: In person
