Kitsap Mental Health Services Careers

Description

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Coverage: Enjoy extensive health, dental, and vision benefits to support your well-being, with access to top-tier care and services.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take advantage of up to 19 days of paid time off (PTO), plus 2 mental health days and 10 paid holidays in your first year, giving you the time you need to recharge and take care of yourself. (Pro-rated for part-time employees.)
• Company-Paid Life & Disability Insurance: We’ve got you covered with short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance, all provided at no cost to you, so you can feel secure in every situation.
• Student Loan Assistance & Professional Development: Benefit from student loan repayment assistance and a commitment to your growth with extensive training and development opportunities to advance your career.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Take control of your future with a wide range of investment options in our 403(b) plan. Depending on eligibility, you could also receive generous company contributions to help grow your retirement savings.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access confidential support through our EAP, offering resources for personal and professional challenges, including counseling, financial advice, and more.
• Pets Best Pet Insurance: Keep your furry family members healthy with comprehensive pet insurance for your cats and dogs, covering a variety of treatments and services.
• 2MorrowHealth Behavioral Change App: Improve your mental and physical well-being with free access to 2MorrowHealth, a powerful app designed to support healthy behavior changes and wellness goals.
• Home Support Services: Whether you’re buying, selling, or refinancing, we offer valuable resources to assist with your home journey, helping you navigate the process with confidence.
• Dynamic, Collaborative Team Environment: Join an incredible team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and support, where every voice is heard and every idea valued.

• Carry a caseload of clients needing outreach/engagement strategies as primary intervention for participating in outpatient services. Conduct telephonic or in person outreach to clients who are un-engaged in order to assist in addressing any barriers that may exist for engagement.
• Provide supportive pre-engagement and engagement activities, through phone calls or in person, including problem-solving, client education, referral to resources, reminders and outreach.
• If a client does not come to their first session with assigned provider, Engagement Specialist will reach out to this client to do telephonic or physical outreach to attempt to re-engage client into services.
• Provide initial engagement outreach, including motivational counseling, problem solving, patient advocacy, education, referral to resources, reminder calls and outreach, to encourage and facilitate client to connect with behavioral health treatment services. Arrange for interpreters or signers as needed.
• Act as a community liaison between KMHS and other community services for the purposes of engaging clients in services.
• Assist with setting up paratransit or educating on the Kitsap transit system in order to assist clients with removing transportation barriers for engagement.
• Assists in monitoring clients on alternative scheduling and attempting to assist them in re-engaging in services.
• Coordinate with Population Health team in response to needs for engagement with clients on the high utilizer list/coming out of the hospital. If a client cannot be seen by their primary clinician within seven calendar days of discharge from a psychiatric hospital (hospital for psychiatric reasons), then the Engagement Specialist can be scheduled to see them for a one time post discharge session.
• Monitor and assess when a client is ready for more consistent and ongoing appointments and coordinate the transfer to a new provider.
• Collaborate with client in developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals and plans. Primary interventions will likely be engagement activities, motivational interviewing and address barriers to consistent treatment.
• Educate and support clients’ families and advocate for clients’ rights and preferences.  Consult with families and community agencies such as DSHS, court systems, housing authorities, etc., to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
• Provide crisis intervention counseling and coordinate with Designated Crisis Responders/crisis services when appropriate during engagement activities. Outreach to CTC/AIU/Keller/Emergency Departments in order to engage clients during and after a mental health crisis. Help client identify goals for increasing stability and increasing engagement in outpatient services. 
• Provide triage services for clients who walk-in to the agency needing to be seen and who cannot be seen by their primary provider or anyone else on their primary team.
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established policies and procedures.
• Participate in treatment team meetings as appropriate to review client engagement and need for re-engagement.

• Maintain a working knowledge of current trends in community mental health, including health care reform and automation of job tasks using computer technology.
• Maintain a working knowledge of mental health rehabilitation standards.

• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, clients, organizations, and the public.
• Communication ‑ Communicates clearly and concisely.
• Computer skills ‑ Ability to operate a personal computer, fax machine, printer, and copier proficiently.

• Demonstrated ability to meet or exceed productivity standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively as a team member.
• Able to assist in building positive working relationships with staff of all agency departments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse communities and populations